Brazil vs Mexico: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Brazil
- Mexico
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 1.47 million Deaths against 778,865 Deaths in Mexico, a difference of 686,215 Deaths.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.9 times Mexico's.
Across all 45 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 4th and Mexico ranks 6th of 36 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 710,702 Deaths | 425,976 Deaths | 284,726 Deaths | Brazil |
| 1980s | 786,460 Deaths | 412,772 Deaths | 373,689 Deaths | Brazil |
| 1990s | 876,908 Deaths | 427,137 Deaths | 449,771 Deaths | Brazil |
| 2000s | 1.02 million Deaths | 485,320 Deaths | 532,218 Deaths | Brazil |
| 2010s | 1.25 million Deaths | 638,882 Deaths | 608,448 Deaths | Brazil |
| 2020s | 1.60 million Deaths | 942,768 Deaths | 656,452 Deaths | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Brazil or Mexico?
- Brazil, at 1.47 million Deaths against 778,865 Deaths in Mexico as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Brazil and Mexico?
- 686,215 Deaths, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Mexico?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Mexico rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Brazil ranks 4th and Mexico ranks 6th of 36 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.