BELIZE VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	311	1	192	+ 119
Stroke	2	185	4	127	+ 58
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	161	7	97	+ 64
Road Traffic Accidents	4	100	8	88	+ 12
Diabetes Mellitus	5	76	3	141	- 64
Liver Disease	6	68	9	58	+ 11
Kidney Disease	7	58	6	102	- 44
Violence	8	50	2	146	- 96
Suicide	9	48	16	28	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	46	13	45	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	11	46	20	23	+ 23
Lung Disease	12	39	11	46	- 7
Prostate Cancer	13	36	10	47	- 12
Liver Cancer	14	34	19	24	+ 10
Hypertension	15	33	12	46	- 12
Lung Cancers	16	30	15	30	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	17	28	43	2	+ 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	28	34	9	+ 19
Congenital Anomalies	19	26	21	23	+ 3
Low Birth Weight	20	25	25	20	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	21	23	5	119	- 96
Other Injuries	22	23	14	36	- 13
Cervical Cancer	23	19	17	28	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	24	18	31	9	+ 9
Drownings	25	18	18	24	- 6
Falls	26	18	27	13	+ 5
Breast Cancer	27	16	23	22	- 5
Tuberculosis	28	16	33	9	+ 7
Asthma	29	16	35	8	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	14	24	20	- 6
Oral Cancer	31	14	67	0	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	32	14	28	11	+ 3
Lymphomas	33	13	50	1	+ 12
Epilepsy	34	11	36	8	+ 3
Birth Trauma	35	10	32	9	+ 1
Meningitis	36	10	46	1	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	37	10	26	18	- 8
Drug Use	38	9	47	1	+ 8
Fires	39	9	40	4	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	7	38	5	+ 2
Leukemia	41	7	39	4	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	42	6	22	23	- 16
Malnutrition	43	5	29	10	- 4
Skin Disease	44	4	37	5	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	3	41	3	- 0
Bladder Cancer	46	3	81	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	47	3	42	2	+ 1
Alcohol	48	3	30	10	- 7
Encephalitis	49	3	48	1	+ 1
Syphilis	50	2	62	0	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	51	2	52	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	52	2	56	0	+ 2
Poisonings	53	2	45	1	+ 0
Skin Cancers	54	2	66	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	55	1	51	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	56	1	53	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	54	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	0	49	1	- 1
Tetanus	59	0	59	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	0	44	1	- 1
Pertussis	61	0	63	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	61	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	58	0	- 0
War	64	0	60	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	55	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	57	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELIZE

Cape Verde

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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.