Causes of mortality in Brazil

Brazil: Causes of mortality was 1.47 million Deaths in 2023. β–² Rising

Latest (2023)
1.47 million Deaths
Change on year
down 5.1%
World rank
4th
of 36 countries
All-time high
1.83 million Deaths
in 2021
All-time low
710,702 Deaths
in 1979
Years of data
45
1979–2023

Causes of mortality in Brazil, 1979–2023

0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M1979200120231979: 710.7k Deaths1980: 749.6k Deaths1981: 749.4k Deaths1982: 741.0k Deaths1983: 770.7k Deaths1984: 809.2k Deaths1985: 787.3k Deaths1986: 810.5k Deaths1987: 798.8k Deaths1988: 833.4k Deaths1989: 814.7k Deaths1990: 816.4k Deaths1991: 802.3k Deaths1992: 825.2k Deaths1993: 876.1k Deaths1994: 884.9k Deaths1995: 890.3k Deaths1996: 906.6k Deaths1997: 902.3k Deaths1998: 927.5k Deaths1999: 937.5k Deaths2000: 945.4k Deaths2001: 960.7k Deaths2002: 982.1k Deaths2003: 1.0M Deaths2004: 1.0M Deaths2005: 1.0M Deaths2006: 1.0M Deaths2007: 1.0M Deaths2008: 1.1M Deaths2009: 1.1M Deaths2010: 1.1M Deaths2011: 1.2M Deaths2012: 1.2M Deaths2013: 1.2M Deaths2014: 1.2M Deaths2015: 1.3M Deaths2016: 1.3M Deaths2017: 1.3M Deaths2018: 1.3M Deaths2019: 1.3M Deaths2020: 1.6M Deaths2021: 1.8M Deaths2022: 1.5M Deaths2023: 1.5M Deaths

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.

Analysis

In 2023, causes of mortality in Brazil stood at 1.47 million Deaths.

That represents a change of down 5.1% on the previous year and up 21.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Brazil peaked at 1.83 million Deaths in 2021 and was at its lowest, 710,702 Deaths, in 1979.

Brazil ranks 4th of 36 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 710,702 Deaths 710,702 Deaths 710,702 Deaths 1
1980s 786,460 Deaths 740,966 Deaths 833,369 Deaths 10
1990s 876,908 Deaths 802,292 Deaths 937,521 Deaths 10
2000s 1.02 million Deaths 945,439 Deaths 1.10 million Deaths 10
2010s 1.25 million Deaths 1.14 million Deaths 1.35 million Deaths 10
2020s 1.60 million Deaths 1.47 million Deaths 1.83 million Deaths 4

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 1 United States of America 3.09 million Deaths compare
  2. 2 Russian Federation 1.80 million Deaths compare
  3. 3 Japan 1.58 million Deaths compare
  4. 5 Germany 1.03 million Deaths compare
  5. 6 Mexico 778,865 Deaths compare
  6. 7 Italy 666,131 Deaths compare

See the full ranking of 46 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is causes of mortality in Brazil?
Causes of mortality in Brazil was 1.47 million Deaths in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 1.83 million Deaths in 2021.
What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 710,702 Deaths in 1979.
How does Brazil rank for causes of mortality?
Brazil ranks 4th out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Causes of mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Causes of mortality
Unit
Deaths
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
46 places, 2,503 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.