CAPE VERDE VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	612	1	457	+ 155
War	2	390	64	0	+ 390
Stroke	3	290	2	272	+ 19
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	223	3	236	- 13
Low Birth Weight	5	192	20	37	+ 156
Birth Trauma	6	163	35	15	+ 148
Tuberculosis	7	150	28	23	+ 126
Hypertension	8	122	15	49	+ 73
Maternal Conditions	9	119	47	5	+ 114
Kidney Disease	10	100	7	85	+ 15
Road Traffic Accidents	11	92	4	147	- 55
Diabetes Mellitus	12	88	5	112	- 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	85	18	41	+ 43
Congenital Anomalies	14	76	19	38	+ 38
Lung Disease	15	71	12	58	+ 13
Liver Disease	16	70	6	101	- 30
Asthma	17	52	29	23	+ 29
Other Injuries	18	49	22	33	+ 16
Violence	19	49	8	73	- 24
Meningitis	20	40	36	14	+ 26
Pertussis	21	32	61	0	+ 32
Breast Cancer	22	28	27	24	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	27	10	68	- 41
Suicide	24	24	9	71	- 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	23	40	10	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	26	23	11	67	- 44
Oral Cancer	27	22	31	20	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	28	21	42	9	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	29	20	17	42	- 22
Tetanus	30	19	59	1	+ 18
Encephalitis	31	18	49	4	+ 14
Lung Cancers	32	16	16	44	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	16	45	5	+ 11
Drownings	34	15	25	27	- 11
Epilepsy	35	15	34	16	- 1
Lymphomas	36	14	33	19	- 5
Falls	37	14	26	27	- 13
Hepatitis B	38	13	52	3	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	11	30	21	- 10
Liver Cancer	40	10	14	49	- 39
Parkinson's Disease	41	10	32	20	- 10
Leukemia	42	9	41	10	- 1
Malnutrition	43	9	43	8	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	44	8	23	27	- 19
Inflammatory/Heart	45	8	37	14	- 6
HIV/AIDS	46	7	21	34	- 27
Poisonings	47	6	53	2	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	48	6	51	3	+ 2
Measles	49	5	68	0	+ 5
Fires	50	5	39	13	- 8
Drug Use	51	5	38	14	- 9
Appendicitis	52	5	60	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	53	4	55	2	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	54	4	46	5	- 0
Prostate Cancer	55	4	13	52	- 48
Pancreas Cancer	56	3	24	27	- 23
Malaria	57	3	77	0	+ 3
Alcohol	58	2	48	4	- 2
Skin Cancers	59	2	54	2	- 0
Syphilis	60	1	50	3	- 2
Skin Disease	61	1	44	6	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	57	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	63	0	56	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	0	62	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	0	58	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Afghanistan

Cape Verde

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.