CAMEROON VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,183	6	10,695	+ 12,488
Stroke	2	13,768	5	11,199	+ 2,569
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	11,971	1	19,694	- 7,723
Road Traffic Accidents	4	7,464	9	7,810	- 346
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,668	11	5,468	+ 201
Liver Disease	6	5,095	14	4,531	+ 564
Kidney Disease	7	4,318	13	5,140	- 822
Violence	8	3,723	24	1,666	+ 2,057
Suicide	9	3,603	19	2,333	+ 1,270
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,426	31	1,157	+ 2,269
Stomach Cancer	11	3,410	45	458	+ 2,953
Lung Disease	12	2,924	20	2,310	+ 614
Prostate Cancer	13	2,652	34	940	+ 1,712
Liver Cancer	14	2,503	37	875	+ 1,628
Hypertension	15	2,481	22	2,035	+ 445
Lung Cancers	16	2,214	51	301	+ 1,914
Oesophagus Cancer	17	2,104	59	135	+ 1,969
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	2,088	3	11,849	- 9,761
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,932	12	5,258	- 3,326
Low Birth Weight	20	1,865	8	7,950	- 6,086
HIV/AIDS	21	1,723	2	13,888	- 12,165
Other Injuries	22	1,696	16	3,289	- 1,594
Cervical Cancer	23	1,390	26	1,582	- 193
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,356	52	290	+ 1,066
Drownings	25	1,350	29	1,178	+ 172
Falls	26	1,348	27	1,235	+ 113
Breast Cancer	27	1,214	23	1,874	- 661
Tuberculosis	28	1,188	10	7,414	- 6,226
Asthma	29	1,175	25	1,619	- 445
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,074	43	569	+ 505
Oral Cancer	31	1,038	39	845	+ 192
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,007	46	449	+ 558
Lymphomas	33	969	44	489	+ 480
Epilepsy	34	807	38	867	- 59
Birth Trauma	35	769	7	8,243	- 7,474
Meningitis	36	730	15	3,441	- 2,710
Inflammatory/Heart	37	721	33	986	- 266
Drug Use	38	684	35	928	- 244
Fires	39	681	36	908	- 228
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	501	40	754	- 253
Leukemia	41	497	54	275	+ 222
Endocrine Disorders	42	455	18	2,474	- 2,019
Malnutrition	43	396	28	1,218	- 822
Skin Disease	44	296	48	324	- 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	238	49	323	- 86
Bladder Cancer	46	232	62	65	+ 167
Maternal Conditions	47	231	17	2,615	- 2,383
Alcohol	48	209	57	198	+ 11
Encephalitis	49	192	58	187	+ 6
Syphilis	50	165	30	1,170	- 1,005
Ovary Cancer	51	162	50	303	- 141
Hepatitis B	52	144	47	336	- 192
Poisonings	53	124	41	666	- 542
Skin Cancers	54	121	56	204	- 84
Uterin Cancer	55	111	60	75	+ 37
Other Neoplasms	56	102	63	49	+ 53
Multiple Sclerosis	57	47	64	41	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	34	68	26	+ 8
Tetanus	59	31	55	223	- 192
Appendicitis	60	22	61	72	- 51
Pertussis	61	20	21	2,288	- 2,267
Hepatitis C	62	13	66	27	- 14
Upper Respiratory	63	5	70	19	- 14
War	64	3	42	643	- 640
Ascariasis	65	2	65	30	- 28
Chlamydia	66	0	72	4	- 4
Diphtheria	67	0	67	26	- 26
Measles	68	0	32	1,028	- 1,028
Otitis Media	69	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	71	10	- 10
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	20	- 20
Schistosomiasis	79	0	53	288	- 288
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

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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.