CHILE VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,973	1	10,685	+ 3,288
Stroke	2	8,299	2	9,731	- 1,433
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,215	6	3,920	+ 3,296
Road Traffic Accidents	4	4,499	12	2,826	+ 1,672
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,417	10	3,177	+ 240
Liver Disease	6	3,071	13	2,647	+ 424
Kidney Disease	7	2,603	3	4,065	- 1,462
Violence	8	2,244	29	744	+ 1,500
Suicide	9	2,172	15	1,700	+ 472
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,065	5	4,000	- 1,935
Stomach Cancer	11	2,055	8	3,631	- 1,575
Lung Disease	12	1,763	4	4,062	- 2,300
Prostate Cancer	13	1,599	14	2,435	- 837
Liver Cancer	14	1,509	19	1,369	+ 140
Hypertension	15	1,495	7	3,817	- 2,321
Lung Cancers	16	1,335	9	3,452	- 2,118
Oesophagus Cancer	17	1,268	30	722	+ 546
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	1,258	39	334	+ 924
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,165	25	858	+ 307
Low Birth Weight	20	1,124	36	437	+ 686
HIV/AIDS	21	1,039	33	539	+ 499
Other Injuries	22	1,022	21	1,310	- 288
Cervical Cancer	23	838	27	780	+ 58
Pancreas Cancer	24	817	17	1,567	- 750
Drownings	25	814	44	283	+ 531
Falls	26	812	23	904	- 92
Breast Cancer	27	731	16	1,689	- 957
Tuberculosis	28	716	38	410	+ 306
Asthma	29	708	42	295	+ 413
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	647	11	3,022	- 2,375
Oral Cancer	31	625	40	307	+ 319
Parkinson's Disease	32	607	26	790	- 183
Lymphomas	33	584	18	1,394	- 809
Epilepsy	34	487	43	294	+ 192
Birth Trauma	35	464	54	87	+ 376
Meningitis	36	440	53	95	+ 345
Inflammatory/Heart	37	434	31	709	- 275
Drug Use	38	412	50	149	+ 264
Fires	39	410	41	295	+ 115
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	302	46	223	+ 79
Leukemia	41	300	24	879	- 580
Endocrine Disorders	42	274	22	1,286	- 1,012
Malnutrition	43	239	37	420	- 181
Skin Disease	44	179	28	763	- 585
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	143	52	104	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	46	140	32	641	- 501
Maternal Conditions	47	140	63	24	+ 116
Alcohol	48	126	47	207	- 81
Encephalitis	49	116	70	2	+ 114
Syphilis	50	100	66	5	+ 95
Ovary Cancer	51	98	35	514	- 417
Hepatitis B	52	87	60	30	+ 57
Poisonings	53	75	57	68	+ 7
Skin Cancers	54	73	34	526	- 453
Uterin Cancer	55	67	45	275	- 208
Other Neoplasms	56	61	20	1,358	- 1,296
Multiple Sclerosis	57	28	62	27	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	20	48	187	- 166
Tetanus	59	19	69	2	+ 17
Appendicitis	60	13	59	37	- 24
Pertussis	61	12	68	3	+ 10
Hepatitis C	62	8	61	27	- 19
Upper Respiratory	63	3	67	4	- 2
War	64	2	64	14	- 12
Ascariasis	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	2	- 2
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	55	79	- 79
Malaria	77	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	73	- 73
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	131	- 131
Oral conditions	82	0	65	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	49	180	- 180
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	58	38	- 38
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Cape Verde

Chile

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.