The death rate in Brazil decreased by 0.2 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants (-2.4 percent) compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significantly higher death rate than the preceding years.The crude death rate is the annual number of deaths in a given population, expressed per 1,000 people. When looked at in unison with the crude birth rate, the rate of natural increase can be determined.Find more statistics on other topics about Brazil with key insights such as total fertility rate, infant mortality rate, and total life expectancy at birth.

UNICEF's country profile for Brazil, including under-five mortality rates, child health, education and sanitation data.

The infant mortality rate in Brazil decreased to 12.5 deaths per 1,000 live births compared to the previous year. In 2022, the infant mortality rate thereby reached its lowest value in recent years. Notably, the infant mortality rate is continuously decreasing over the last years.The infant mortality rate refers to the number of infants who do not survive past the first year of life, expressed as a value per 1,000 births.Find more statistics on other topics about Brazil with key insights such as death rate, total life expectancy at birth, and crude birth rate.

In 2023, approximately 1.46 million deaths occurred in Brazil. With more than 383,245 deaths that year, diseases of the circulatory system, which include heart and cerebrovascular diseases among other ailments, were the leading cause of death in the South American country. Neoplasms or tumors followed, with over 252,600 reported deaths. High prevalence of hypertension Circulatory system diseases generally refer to conditions that affect the normal functioning of the heart and blood vessels. Risk factors for developing heart problems such as heart attacks or failures include high blood pressure and smoking. In the last few years, an increasing share of Brazilians have been diagnosed with hypertension, reaching over one quarter of the adult population by 2023, while the share of adults claiming to be smokers has been decreasing in recent years, a habit that has been more common among men than women. Cancer as a major health concern for Brazilians Cancer is an illness characterized by the abnormal growth of body cells, which can then spread to other parts of the body and form tumors. A recent study conducted in 2023 found that over one third of Brazilian adults considered cancer a top health concern people were facing in their country, ranking second after mental health. Moreover, the estimated number of deaths attributed to cancer reached almost 279,000 cases in Brazil in 2022, with lung and breast cancer accounting for most of these casualties.

The statistic shows the adult mortality rate in Brazil from 2012 to 2022, by gender. According to the source, the adult mortality rate is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60 - that is, the probability of a 15-year-old dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages. In 2022, the mortality rate for women was at 109.6 per 1,000 female adults, while the mortality rate for men was at 203.04 per 1,000 male adults in Brazil.

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The child mortality rate of Brazil, for children under the age of five years, was 417 deaths per thousand births in the year 1900. This meant that approximately 42 percent of all children did not make it to their fifth birthday. This number has continuously decreased until today, dropping at its fastest rate between 1930 and 1955,when it then fell to less than half the rate in 1900. Today, the child mortality rate in Brazil is 15 deaths per thousand births; pre-natal education, medical advancements and improved access to medical care are the driving forces behind these changes.

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In 2022, there were 4.1 deaths per 100,000 people due to AIDS reported in Brazil, down from around 4.2 deaths per hundred thousand people a year earlier. The AIDS death rate in Brazil showed an overall decrease during the analyzed period, ranging from 5.7 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in 2010, to four cases in every 100,000 people in 2020. In 2023, almost 11,000 people died from complications stemming from AIDS in the South American country.

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This dataset provides estimates for age-standardized mortality rates by cause and sex at the state level and the municipality level for each state of Brazil for 2001-2015. Data comes from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and the Global Health Data Exchange (GHDE).

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Crude Death Rate: per 1000 Population: South: Rio Grande do Sul在2015达6.779 %，相较于2014的6.719 %有所增长。Crude Death Rate: per 1000 Population: South: Rio Grande do Sul数据按每年更新，2000至2015期间平均值为6.539 %，共16份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于2015，达6.779 %，而历史最低值则出现于2006，为6.460 %。CEIC提供的Crude Death Rate: per 1000 Population: South: Rio Grande do Sul数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics，数据归类于Brazil Premium Database的Socio and Demographic – Table BR.GAE004: Crude Death Rate。

As of September 21, 2023, São Paulo was the Brazilian state where the majority of fatal COVID-19 cases occurred, with approximately 180,887 deaths recorded as of that day. Rio de Janeiro trailed in second, registering around 77,344 fatal cases due to the disease. As of August 2, 2023, the number of deaths from COVID-19 in Brazil reached around 704,659 people. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

This scatter chart displays suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) against date (year) and is filtered where the country is Brazil. The data is about countries per year.

Over the past 65 years, Brazil's infant mortality rate has fallen from 136 deaths per thousand live births in 1955, to less than one tenth of this level in 2020. In 1955, this meant that almost fourteen percent of all newborns were not expected to make it to their first birthday, whereas this number is just 1.3 percent today. The driving forces behind this decrease is improved access to medical care (particularly vaccination) as well as improved sanitation, quality of life and education.

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