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Brazil
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Brazil and Zambia health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Zambia
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Brazil Population Pyramid
228,980,400
Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Brazil BRAZIL   Zambia ZAMBIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
53.0
56.7
54.8
79
79
78
 
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
1970
56.8
61.1
58.9
86
86
85
 
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
1980
60.0
65.7
62.8
93
85
89
 
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
1990
62.9
70.4
66.6
106
90
98
 
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
2000
66.8
74.3
70.5
95
76
87
 
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
2010
70.2
77.5
73.8
84
60
71
 
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
2019
72.4
79.4
75.9
77
56
67
 
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Zambia ZAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.4
79.4
77
56
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age
72.4
79.4
77
56
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age 5
73.6
80.4
74
52
63.8
69.3
172
164
Age 10
73.6
80.4
74
52
64.2
69.7
172
164
Age 15
73.8
80.5
74
52
64.5
69.9
172
166
Age 20
74.3
80.6
71
52
64.9
70.2
171
166
Age 25
75.1
80.8
66
53
65.5
70.7
172
166
Age 30
75.7
81.0
61
53
66.1
71.3
172
166
Age 35
76.2
81.1
60
51
66.9
72.0
172
166
Age 40
76.7
81.4
59
51
67.9
72.9
171
165
Age 45
77.3
81.8
56
50
69.2
74.0
170
162
Age 50
78.1
82.2
57
49
70.8
75.2
170
159
Age 55
79.0
82.8
54
47
72.6
76.6
170
155
Age 60
80.1
83.5
54
47
74.7
78.1
171
153
Age 65
81.5
84.5
51
48
77.0
79.7
168
149
Age 70
83.2
85.6
51
47
79.7
81.7
167
146
Age 75
85.3
87.2
53
45
82.6
84.0
160
144
Age 80
87.6
89.0
55
46
85.8
86.7
155
139
Age 85
90.2
91.2
68
48
89.3
89.9
150
142
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Zambia ZAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
68.14
145
85.40
126
2. Stroke
50.40
128
156.50
19
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
38.59
70
87.45
35
4. Violence
31.58
11
7.04
67
5. Diabetes Mellitus
24.64
100
42.93
53
6. Lung Disease
24.17
82
25.95
72
7. Prostate Cancer
19.07
69
37.64
19
8. Breast Cancer
15.74
108
9.51
164
9. Kidney Disease
15.46
122
29.46
63
10. Road Traffic Accidents
15.08
97
32.93
43
11. Lung Cancers
13.20
87
4.41
142
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.93
151
18.87
72
13. Hypertension
11.69
121
56.20
6
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.62
80
2.98
177
15. Liver Disease
9.02
133
63.86
4
16. Falls
7.64
62
9.14
30
17. Stomach Cancer
7.50
69
3.21
149
18. Cervical Cancer
7.46
99
48.42
6
19. Inflammatory/Heart
7.37
45
6.33
60
20. Endocrine Disorders
7.18
33
3.28
99
21. Suicide
6.41
123
14.43
32
22. Congenital Anomalies
6.33
77
8.15
24
23. Other Injuries
6.04
118
13.38
34
24. HIV/AIDS
5.44
73
132.99
8
25. Pancreas Cancer
4.99
64
0.68
175
26. Liver Cancer
4.81
105
2.22
179
27. Lymphomas
4.37
106
6.38
29
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4.36
42
5.61
32
29. Oral Cancer
4.15
56
2.39
110
30. Leukemia
3.72
86
2.93
124
31. Ovary Cancer
3.36
131
2.00
173
32. Low Birth Weight
3.14
121
9.64
36
33. Alcohol
3.02
35
1.90
63
34. Skin Disease
2.94
29
1.69
87
35. Malnutrition
2.76
73
17.63
11
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.48
99
54.75
30
37. Drownings
2.32
97
3.21
69
38. Tuberculosis
2.19
108
49.91
19
39. Bladder Cancer
2.18
87
2.36
75
40. Chagas disease
2.10
3
0.00
182
41. Uterin Cancer
2.08
104
0.90
164
42. Skin Cancers
2.06
81
1.87
93
43. Other Neoplasms
1.94
53
0.36
116
44. Parkinson's Disease
1.92
162
4.09
94
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.76
126
3.48
77
46. Birth Trauma
1.71
99
10.07
26
47. Epilepsy
1.45
105
2.68
38
48. Asthma
1.09
127
10.81
57
49. Drug Use
1.08
110
1.19
92
50. Anemia
0.98
14
0.00
182
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Brazil BRAZIL   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
165,788
14.72
4,432
3.97
2. Stroke
123,207
10.94
7,948
7.12
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
94,705
8.41
9,517
8.52
4. Violence
68,779
6.11
1,153
1.03
5. Diabetes Mellitus
59,608
5.29
2,395
2.14
6. Lung Disease
59,373
5.27
1,273
1.14
7. Kidney Disease
37,690
3.35
1,760
1.58
8. Road Traffic Accidents
33,871
3.01
3,654
3.27
9. Lung Cancers
31,659
2.81
226
0.20
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
30,717
2.73
590
0.53
11. Hypertension
28,822
2.56
2,616
2.34
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23,161
2.06
203
0.18
13. Liver Disease
21,422
1.90
4,501
4.03
14. Breast Cancer
20,759
1.84
366
0.33
15. Prostate Cancer
19,001
1.69
561
0.50
16. Falls
18,847
1.67
596
0.53
17. Stomach Cancer
17,992
1.60
206
0.18
18. Inflammatory/Heart
17,508
1.55
501
0.45
19. Endocrine Disorders
16,927
1.50
354
0.32
20. Suicide
14,540
1.29
1,303
1.17
21. Other Injuries
13,807
1.23
1,729
1.55
22. HIV/AIDS
12,558
1.12
17,234
15.43
23. Congenital Anomalies
12,317
1.09
3,146
2.82
24. Pancreas Cancer
11,999
1.07
42
0.04
25. Liver Cancer
11,514
1.02
177
0.16
26. Oesophagus Cancer
10,466
0.93
359
0.32
27. Lymphomas
10,376
0.92
548
0.49
28. Oral Cancer
9,951
0.88
155
0.14
29. Cervical Cancer
9,511
0.84
1,799
1.61
30. Leukemia
8,531
0.76
261
0.23
31. Skin Disease
7,179
0.64
126
0.11
32. Alcohol
7,121
0.63
140
0.13
33. Low Birth Weight
6,881
0.61
4,857
4.35
34. Malnutrition
6,695
0.59
2,303
2.06
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,659
0.50
6,275
5.62
36. Bladder Cancer
5,306
0.47
132
0.12
37. Chagas disease
5,045
0.45
0
0.00
38. Skin Cancers
5,032
0.45
108
0.10
39. Drownings
4,937
0.44
689
0.62
40. Tuberculosis
4,895
0.43
5,941
5.32
41. Parkinson's Disease
4,770
0.42
164
0.15
42. Other Neoplasms
4,665
0.41
20
0.02
43. Ovary Cancer
4,355
0.39
82
0.07
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4,258
0.38
246
0.22
45. Birth Trauma
3,777
0.34
5,062
4.53
46. Epilepsy
3,263
0.29
332
0.30
47. Uterin Cancer
2,780
0.25
30
0.03
48. Asthma
2,595
0.23
741
0.66
49. Drug Use
2,467
0.22
122
0.11
50. Anemia
2,417
0.21
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
19.07
69
37.64
19
2. Breast Cancer
15.74
108
9.51
164
3. Lung Cancers
13.20
87
4.41
142
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.62
80
2.98
177
5. Stomach Cancer
7.50
69
3.21
149
6. Cervical Cancer
7.46
99
48.42
6
7. Pancreas Cancer
4.99
64
0.68
175
8. Liver Cancer
4.81
105
2.22
179
9. Lymphomas
4.37
106
6.38
29
10. Oesophagus Cancer
4.36
42
5.61
32
11. Oral Cancer
4.15
56
2.39
110
12. Leukemia
3.72
86
2.93
124
13. Ovary Cancer
3.36
131
2.00
173
14. Bladder Cancer
2.18
87
2.36
75
15. Uterin Cancer
2.08
104
0.90
164
16. Skin Cancers
2.06
81
1.87
93
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.