CAPE VERDE VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	780	1	457	+ 322
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	480	10	68	+ 413
Stroke	3	378	2	272	+ 106
Lung Cancers	4	346	16	44	+ 302
Lung Disease	5	328	12	58	+ 271
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	290	3	236	+ 53
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	170	30	21	+ 149
Kidney Disease	8	151	7	85	+ 65
Breast Cancer	9	132	27	24	+ 108
Suicide	10	108	9	71	+ 37
Other Injuries	11	102	22	33	+ 69
Other Neoplasms	12	93	56	2	+ 91
Prostate Cancer	13	93	13	52	+ 41
Pancreas Cancer	14	92	24	27	+ 66
Falls	15	90	26	27	+ 63
Lymphomas	16	79	33	19	+ 60
Liver Disease	17	73	6	101	- 27
Endocrine Disorders	18	73	42	9	+ 64
Parkinson's Disease	19	70	32	20	+ 50
Diabetes Mellitus	20	65	5	112	- 47
Leukemia	21	61	41	10	+ 51
Bladder Cancer	22	55	46	5	+ 50
Inflammatory/Heart	23	54	37	14	+ 40
Liver Cancer	24	50	14	49	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	25	46	17	42	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	26	44	11	67	- 23
Hypertension	27	38	15	49	- 11
Oral Cancer	28	34	31	20	+ 14
Road Traffic Accidents	29	34	4	147	- 113
Ovary Cancer	30	33	51	3	+ 30
Skin Cancers	31	27	54	2	+ 24
Alcohol	32	25	48	4	+ 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	21	18	41	- 20
Uterin Cancer	34	20	55	2	+ 17
Skin Disease	35	19	44	6	+ 14
Epilepsy	36	18	34	16	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	15	45	5	+ 10
Malnutrition	38	15	43	8	+ 7
Drug Use	39	15	38	14	+ 1
Congenital Anomalies	40	14	19	38	- 24
Cervical Cancer	41	12	23	27	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	11	40	10	+ 1
Anemia	43	10	84	0	+ 10
Violence	44	8	8	73	- 66
Multiple Sclerosis	45	7	57	1	+ 7
Asthma	46	7	29	23	- 17
Drownings	47	4	25	27	- 23
Fires	48	4	39	13	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	4	58	1	+ 3
Low Birth Weight	50	4	20	37	- 33
Osteoarthritis	51	3	81	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	52	3	62	0	+ 2
Birth Trauma	53	2	35	15	- 13
Tuberculosis	54	2	28	23	- 21
Poisonings	55	2	53	2	- 0
Schizophrenia	56	2	86	0	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	57	2	21	34	- 32
Meningitis	58	1	36	14	- 13
Upper Respiratory	59	1	63	0	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	1	80	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	61	1	82	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	1	60	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	52	3	- 2
Maternal Conditions	64	0	47	5	- 4
Otitis Media	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	49	4	- 4
War	67	0	64	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	61	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	50	3	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	59	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	65	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Belgium

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.