AFGHANISTAN VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,037	1	40,195	- 10,158
Stroke	2	17,839	3	19,060	- 1,222
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	15,510	4	14,649	+ 861
Road Traffic Accidents	4	9,670	11	6,033	+ 3,637
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,344	12	5,750	+ 1,595
Liver Disease	6	6,602	16	4,600	+ 2,002
Kidney Disease	7	5,595	10	6,590	- 995
Violence	8	4,824	19	3,217	+ 1,607
Suicide	9	4,669	24	1,573	+ 3,096
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	4,439	23	1,765	+ 2,674
Stomach Cancer	11	4,418	26	1,501	+ 2,918
Lung Disease	12	3,789	15	4,650	- 861
Prostate Cancer	13	3,436	55	258	+ 3,178
Liver Cancer	14	3,243	40	657	+ 2,586
Hypertension	15	3,214	8	7,995	- 4,781
Lung Cancers	16	2,869	32	1,076	+ 1,793
Oesophagus Cancer	17	2,727	29	1,314	+ 1,412
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	2,705	13	5,555	- 2,850
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,504	14	5,001	- 2,497
Low Birth Weight	20	2,416	5	12,631	- 10,215
HIV/AIDS	21	2,233	46	464	+ 1,769
Other Injuries	22	2,197	18	3,241	- 1,045
Cervical Cancer	23	1,801	44	541	+ 1,260
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,757	56	229	+ 1,528
Drownings	25	1,749	34	996	+ 753
Falls	26	1,747	37	905	+ 841
Breast Cancer	27	1,572	22	1,822	- 250
Tuberculosis	28	1,539	7	9,839	- 8,300
Asthma	29	1,522	17	3,403	- 1,881
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,391	39	741	+ 650
Oral Cancer	31	1,344	27	1,467	- 123
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,305	41	628	+ 677
Lymphomas	33	1,256	36	946	+ 310
Epilepsy	34	1,046	35	993	+ 53
Birth Trauma	35	997	6	10,723	- 9,726
Meningitis	36	946	20	2,626	- 1,679
Inflammatory/Heart	37	934	45	527	+ 407
Drug Use	38	887	51	328	+ 558
Fires	39	882	50	348	+ 534
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	649	25	1,505	- 856
Leukemia	41	644	42	610	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	42	590	28	1,364	- 774
Malnutrition	43	513	43	589	- 76
Skin Disease	44	384	61	94	+ 290
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	308	33	1,041	- 733
Bladder Cancer	46	300	54	272	+ 28
Maternal Conditions	47	300	9	7,807	- 7,507
Alcohol	48	270	58	150	+ 121
Encephalitis	49	249	31	1,190	- 941
Syphilis	50	214	60	94	+ 120
Ovary Cancer	51	210	48	369	- 159
Hepatitis B	52	186	38	863	- 677
Poisonings	53	161	47	384	- 223
Skin Cancers	54	156	59	145	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	55	144	53	289	- 144
Other Neoplasms	56	132	63	29	+ 103
Multiple Sclerosis	57	60	62	84	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	44	65	25	+ 18
Tetanus	59	40	30	1,254	- 1,214
Appendicitis	60	28	52	298	- 271
Pertussis	61	27	21	2,107	- 2,081
Hepatitis C	62	17	64	28	- 11
Upper Respiratory	63	6	68	9	- 3
War	64	4	2	25,620	- 25,615
Ascariasis	65	3	66	17	- 14
Chlamydia	66	1	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	67	16	- 16
Measles	68	0	49	350	- 350
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 0
Dengue	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	57	185	- 185
Leishmaniasis	78	0	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Cape Verde

Afghanistan

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.