DENMARK VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,472	1	5,341	- 869
Stroke	2	2,656	5	3,662	- 1,007
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,309	6	2,244	+ 66
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,440	33	213	+ 1,226
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,093	10	1,284	- 190
Liver Disease	6	983	14	692	+ 291
Kidney Disease	7	833	12	911	- 78
Violence	8	718	47	63	+ 655
Suicide	9	695	16	617	+ 78
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	661	2	5,218	- 4,557
Stomach Cancer	11	658	23	484	+ 174
Lung Disease	12	564	3	4,387	- 3,823
Prostate Cancer	13	512	8	1,480	- 968
Liver Cancer	14	483	25	464	+ 18
Hypertension	15	479	15	642	- 164
Lung Cancers	16	427	4	3,721	- 3,294
Oesophagus Cancer	17	406	24	477	- 71
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	403	38	145	+ 258
Congenital Anomalies	19	373	36	153	+ 220
Low Birth Weight	20	360	41	116	+ 243
HIV/AIDS	21	332	55	23	+ 310
Other Injuries	22	327	30	347	- 20
Cervical Cancer	23	268	37	153	+ 115
Pancreas Cancer	24	262	11	1,096	- 834
Drownings	25	260	50	37	+ 223
Falls	26	260	22	541	- 281
Breast Cancer	27	234	9	1,299	- 1,065
Tuberculosis	28	229	57	16	+ 214
Asthma	29	227	44	82	+ 144
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	207	7	2,147	- 1,940
Oral Cancer	31	200	28	371	- 171
Parkinson's Disease	32	194	17	600	- 406
Lymphomas	33	187	13	730	- 543
Epilepsy	34	156	40	125	+ 31
Birth Trauma	35	148	56	21	+ 127
Meningitis	36	141	52	25	+ 116
Inflammatory/Heart	37	139	31	284	- 145
Drug Use	38	132	34	197	- 65
Fires	39	131	49	53	+ 78
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	97	32	216	- 120
Leukemia	41	96	20	558	- 463
Endocrine Disorders	42	88	19	575	- 487
Malnutrition	43	76	59	14	+ 62
Skin Disease	44	57	45	79	- 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	46	42	96	- 51
Bladder Cancer	46	45	21	545	- 501
Maternal Conditions	47	45	64	2	+ 42
Alcohol	48	40	18	598	- 558
Encephalitis	49	37	67	1	+ 36
Syphilis	50	32	70	0	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	51	31	29	367	- 336
Hepatitis B	52	28	61	6	+ 22
Poisonings	53	24	62	6	+ 18
Skin Cancers	54	23	26	388	- 365
Uterin Cancer	55	21	35	156	- 134
Other Neoplasms	56	20	27	378	- 358
Multiple Sclerosis	57	9	39	132	- 123
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	6	43	84	- 78
Tetanus	59	6	68	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	60	4	54	23	- 19
Pertussis	61	4	72	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	62	3	60	9	- 6
Upper Respiratory	63	1	58	15	- 14
War	64	1	66	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	81	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	65	2	- 2
Dengue	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	25	- 25
Oral conditions	82	0	63	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	46	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	48	57	- 57
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Cape Verde

Denmark

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.