HAITI VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,800	1	13,208	- 4,408
Stroke	2	5,226	2	11,779	- 6,553
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,544	3	7,064	- 2,520
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,833	13	2,115	+ 718
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,152	4	5,026	- 2,874
Liver Disease	6	1,934	10	2,425	- 491
Kidney Disease	7	1,639	6	2,701	- 1,062
Violence	8	1,413	12	2,330	- 916
Suicide	9	1,368	21	1,085	+ 282
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,300	23	955	+ 345
Stomach Cancer	11	1,294	26	863	+ 431
Lung Disease	12	1,110	11	2,334	- 1,224
Prostate Cancer	13	1,007	17	1,356	- 350
Liver Cancer	14	950	33	662	+ 288
Hypertension	15	942	7	2,632	- 1,690
Lung Cancers	16	841	36	492	+ 349
Oesophagus Cancer	17	799	49	155	+ 644
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	792	8	2,540	- 1,747
Congenital Anomalies	19	733	15	1,819	- 1,086
Low Birth Weight	20	708	9	2,516	- 1,808
HIV/AIDS	21	654	5	2,706	- 2,052
Other Injuries	22	644	16	1,499	- 855
Cervical Cancer	23	527	34	573	- 45
Pancreas Cancer	24	515	44	268	+ 246
Drownings	25	512	19	1,306	- 794
Falls	26	512	35	549	- 37
Breast Cancer	27	461	30	705	- 244
Tuberculosis	28	451	22	1,007	- 556
Asthma	29	446	20	1,107	- 661
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	408	32	680	- 272
Oral Cancer	31	394	45	261	+ 133
Parkinson's Disease	32	382	42	329	+ 53
Lymphomas	33	368	47	235	+ 133
Epilepsy	34	306	41	409	- 102
Birth Trauma	35	292	14	2,100	- 1,808
Meningitis	36	277	28	780	- 502
Inflammatory/Heart	37	273	25	941	- 667
Drug Use	38	260	52	140	+ 120
Fires	39	258	37	470	- 212
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	190	31	704	- 514
Leukemia	41	189	43	300	- 112
Endocrine Disorders	42	173	24	951	- 779
Malnutrition	43	150	29	717	- 566
Skin Disease	44	112	40	425	- 312
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	90	27	814	- 724
Bladder Cancer	46	88	55	92	- 4
Maternal Conditions	47	88	18	1,349	- 1,261
Alcohol	48	79	39	428	- 348
Encephalitis	49	73	54	118	- 45
Syphilis	50	63	46	251	- 189
Ovary Cancer	51	61	51	153	- 92
Hepatitis B	52	55	62	26	+ 29
Poisonings	53	47	50	154	- 107
Skin Cancers	54	46	56	56	- 11
Uterin Cancer	55	42	57	42	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	56	39	60	31	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	57	18	61	28	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	13	58	37	- 24
Tetanus	59	12	53	119	- 107
Appendicitis	60	8	48	172	- 163
Pertussis	61	8	38	446	- 439
Hepatitis C	62	5	65	7	- 2
Upper Respiratory	63	2	63	19	- 17
War	64	1	66	5	- 4
Ascariasis	65	1	67	5	- 5
Chlamydia	66	0	68	5	- 4
Diphtheria	67	0	69	3	- 3
Measles	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	64	17	- 17
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	59	36	- 36
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
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 HAITI

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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.