DR CONGO VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	86,397	7	34,713	+ 51,684
Stroke	2	51,310	6	36,596	+ 14,713
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	44,613	1	73,546	- 28,933
Road Traffic Accidents	4	27,815	10	30,256	- 2,442
Diabetes Mellitus	5	21,125	16	12,902	+ 8,223
Liver Disease	6	18,989	13	15,044	+ 3,945
Kidney Disease	7	16,093	20	9,077	+ 7,017
Violence	8	13,874	18	11,120	+ 2,754
Suicide	9	13,429	26	5,812	+ 7,617
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	12,767	28	4,548	+ 8,220
Stomach Cancer	11	12,709	37	2,579	+ 10,129
Lung Disease	12	10,897	14	13,527	- 2,629
Prostate Cancer	13	9,884	30	3,948	+ 5,935
Liver Cancer	14	9,329	31	3,840	+ 5,489
Hypertension	15	9,246	12	15,743	- 6,497
Lung Cancers	16	8,253	47	1,158	+ 7,095
Oesophagus Cancer	17	7,843	53	790	+ 7,052
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	7,780	5	41,301	- 33,521
Congenital Anomalies	19	7,201	11	16,256	- 9,055
Low Birth Weight	20	6,949	8	34,668	- 27,720
HIV/AIDS	21	6,422	15	13,286	- 6,864
Other Injuries	22	6,319	22	8,272	- 1,953
Cervical Cancer	23	5,179	27	4,823	+ 357
Pancreas Cancer	24	5,053	50	1,017	+ 4,037
Drownings	25	5,030	34	3,454	+ 1,577
Falls	26	5,024	33	3,483	+ 1,541
Breast Cancer	27	4,523	35	3,416	+ 1,107
Tuberculosis	28	4,428	2	43,759	- 39,332
Asthma	29	4,377	24	7,733	- 3,356
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	4,002	36	2,966	+ 1,036
Oral Cancer	31	3,867	51	1,003	+ 2,864
Parkinson's Disease	32	3,753	49	1,035	+ 2,719
Lymphomas	33	3,613	38	2,061	+ 1,551
Epilepsy	34	3,009	44	1,727	+ 1,282
Birth Trauma	35	2,867	9	33,075	- 30,209
Meningitis	36	2,722	17	11,568	- 8,846
Inflammatory/Heart	37	2,685	29	4,045	- 1,360
Drug Use	38	2,550	59	638	+ 1,911
Fires	39	2,536	39	2,007	+ 529
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	1,866	40	1,923	- 57
Leukemia	41	1,852	41	1,871	- 19
Endocrine Disorders	42	1,697	25	7,380	- 5,683
Malnutrition	43	1,476	21	8,910	- 7,434
Skin Disease	44	1,104	54	781	+ 323
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	886	43	1,728	- 842
Bladder Cancer	46	864	65	270	+ 594
Maternal Conditions	47	863	19	10,513	- 9,650
Alcohol	48	778	60	635	+ 143
Encephalitis	49	716	57	680	+ 36
Syphilis	50	616	32	3,751	- 3,135
Ovary Cancer	51	604	58	656	- 52
Hepatitis B	52	535	61	456	+ 79
Poisonings	53	462	42	1,729	- 1,267
Skin Cancers	54	449	55	765	- 316
Uterin Cancer	55	415	63	352	+ 63
Other Neoplasms	56	380	67	88	+ 292
Multiple Sclerosis	57	174	71	44	+ 130
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	125	66	217	- 92
Tetanus	59	115	46	1,166	- 1,051
Appendicitis	60	80	56	703	- 623
Pertussis	61	76	23	7,921	- 7,845
Hepatitis C	62	50	69	69	- 19
Upper Respiratory	63	17	62	370	- 353
War	64	12	45	1,658	- 1,646
Ascariasis	65	7	68	80	- 72
Chlamydia	66	2	73	15	- 13
Diphtheria	67	1	70	47	- 45
Measles	68	0	3	42,254	- 42,254
Otitis Media	69	0	72	38	- 38
Dengue	70	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	64	347	- 347
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Leishmaniasis	78	0	52	869	- 869
Schistosomiasis	79	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Cape Verde

DR Congo

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.