CHINA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		CHINA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,060,124	2	1,771,525	- 711,401
Stroke	2	629,589	1	2,043,210	- 1,413,621
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	547,421	12	183,342	+ 364,079
Road Traffic Accidents	4	341,298	8	250,272	+ 91,026
Diabetes Mellitus	5	259,209	14	161,672	+ 97,536
Liver Disease	6	233,007	15	145,603	+ 87,404
Kidney Disease	7	197,472	11	192,302	+ 5,170
Violence	8	170,246	47	11,115	+ 159,131
Suicide	9	164,776	17	116,324	+ 48,453
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	156,660	6	304,455	- 147,794
Stomach Cancer	11	155,940	5	398,439	- 242,499
Lung Disease	12	133,717	3	968,607	- 834,890
Prostate Cancer	13	121,276	28	51,056	+ 70,220
Liver Cancer	14	114,467	13	180,952	- 66,484
Hypertension	15	113,448	7	301,183	- 187,735
Lung Cancers	16	101,264	4	714,311	- 613,046
Oesophagus Cancer	17	96,231	10	242,891	- 146,660
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	95,466	50	8,719	+ 86,747
Congenital Anomalies	19	88,365	31	36,613	+ 51,753
Low Birth Weight	20	85,264	40	21,631	+ 63,633
HIV/AIDS	21	78,796	34	28,746	+ 50,050
Other Injuries	22	77,535	25	54,087	+ 23,448
Cervical Cancer	23	63,549	27	51,650	+ 11,899
Pancreas Cancer	24	62,006	18	111,537	- 49,531
Drownings	25	61,725	26	52,807	+ 8,918
Falls	26	61,642	16	138,878	- 77,236
Breast Cancer	27	55,493	19	92,757	- 37,264
Tuberculosis	28	54,328	32	34,802	+ 19,525
Asthma	29	53,709	39	23,147	+ 30,561
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	49,111	9	248,388	- 199,278
Oral Cancer	31	47,447	24	54,695	- 7,249
Parkinson's Disease	32	46,054	20	70,699	- 24,645
Lymphomas	33	44,327	23	57,838	- 13,511
Epilepsy	34	36,918	46	11,365	+ 25,553
Birth Trauma	35	35,173	43	17,644	+ 17,529
Meningitis	36	33,403	51	5,704	+ 27,699
Inflammatory/Heart	37	32,948	33	29,954	+ 2,995
Drug Use	38	31,289	38	24,214	+ 7,075
Fires	39	31,120	48	10,498	+ 20,622
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	22,897	30	37,723	- 14,826
Leukemia	41	22,723	22	58,145	- 35,421
Endocrine Disorders	42	20,818	37	25,613	- 4,794
Malnutrition	43	18,111	44	12,995	+ 5,117
Skin Disease	44	13,546	52	5,222	+ 8,324
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	10,867	21	65,350	- 54,483
Bladder Cancer	46	10,598	29	37,873	- 27,275
Maternal Conditions	47	10,584	54	3,596	+ 6,988
Alcohol	48	9,546	42	19,071	- 9,526
Encephalitis	49	8,786	55	2,796	+ 5,989
Syphilis	50	7,560	58	1,824	+ 5,736
Ovary Cancer	51	7,409	35	28,078	- 20,669
Hepatitis B	52	6,570	56	2,757	+ 3,813
Poisonings	53	5,671	36	25,762	- 20,091
Skin Cancers	54	5,513	41	19,669	- 14,156
Uterin Cancer	55	5,094	45	11,751	- 6,658
Other Neoplasms	56	4,663	53	4,374	+ 289
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2,132	59	1,734	+ 398
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1,537	49	10,108	- 8,572
Tetanus	59	1,409	63	491	+ 918
Appendicitis	60	985	60	1,468	- 483
Pertussis	61	936	64	484	+ 453
Hepatitis C	62	610	66	86	+ 524
Upper Respiratory	63	206	57	2,663	- 2,456
War	64	144	61	900	- 757
Ascariasis	65	90	68	34	+ 57
Chlamydia	66	19	67	55	- 37
Diphtheria	67	16	71	11	+ 5
Measles	68	2	62	558	- 555
Otitis Media	69	2	69	15	- 13
Dengue	70	2	70	12	- 10
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	65	400	- 400
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHINA

Cape Verde

China

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.