ERITREA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,749	4	2,154	+ 2,596
Stroke	2	2,821	2	2,564	+ 257
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,452	1	3,277	- 824
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,529	5	1,326	+ 203
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,161	7	944	+ 217
Liver Disease	6	1,044	6	1,215	- 171
Kidney Disease	7	885	12	578	+ 307
Violence	8	763	20	384	+ 378
Suicide	9	738	21	382	+ 357
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	702	24	310	+ 392
Stomach Cancer	11	699	48	48	+ 650
Lung Disease	12	599	9	662	- 63
Prostate Cancer	13	543	47	54	+ 489
Liver Cancer	14	513	45	69	+ 444
Hypertension	15	508	8	926	- 417
Lung Cancers	16	454	46	62	+ 392
Oesophagus Cancer	17	431	39	81	+ 350
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	428	3	2,292	- 1,864
Congenital Anomalies	19	396	18	432	- 36
Low Birth Weight	20	382	16	531	- 149
HIV/AIDS	21	353	25	308	+ 45
Other Injuries	22	347	15	540	- 193
Cervical Cancer	23	285	30	132	+ 152
Pancreas Cancer	24	278	58	20	+ 258
Drownings	25	277	33	118	+ 159
Falls	26	276	26	168	+ 108
Breast Cancer	27	249	23	311	- 63
Tuberculosis	28	243	14	543	- 300
Asthma	29	241	22	326	- 85
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	220	35	113	+ 107
Oral Cancer	31	213	44	71	+ 142
Parkinson's Disease	32	206	37	85	+ 122
Lymphomas	33	199	28	147	+ 52
Epilepsy	34	165	38	81	+ 84
Birth Trauma	35	158	11	616	- 459
Meningitis	36	150	19	404	- 255
Inflammatory/Heart	37	148	32	123	+ 25
Drug Use	38	140	53	36	+ 104
Fires	39	139	31	132	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	103	27	147	- 44
Leukemia	41	102	29	144	- 42
Endocrine Disorders	42	93	43	71	+ 22
Malnutrition	43	81	10	660	- 579
Skin Disease	44	61	50	45	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	49	41	77	- 28
Bladder Cancer	46	47	51	42	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	47	47	13	544	- 496
Alcohol	48	43	49	45	- 3
Encephalitis	49	39	62	16	+ 24
Syphilis	50	34	54	35	- 1
Ovary Cancer	51	33	40	79	- 46
Hepatitis B	52	29	57	28	+ 2
Poisonings	53	25	34	114	- 89
Skin Cancers	54	25	56	30	- 5
Uterin Cancer	55	23	61	18	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	56	21	66	6	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	57	10	67	4	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	7	64	12	- 5
Tetanus	59	6	52	37	- 31
Appendicitis	60	4	55	31	- 27
Pertussis	61	4	36	90	- 85
Hepatitis C	62	3	65	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	63	1	60	18	- 17
War	64	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	68	2	- 1
Chlamydia	66	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	63	13	- 13
Otitis Media	69	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	70	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	17	437	- 437
Leishmaniasis	78	0	59	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	79	0	42	73	- 73
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Cape Verde

Eritrea

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.