IRAN VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		IRAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	66,171	1	93,308	- 27,137
Stroke	2	39,298	2	36,730	+ 2,568
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	34,169	8	11,243	+ 22,926
Road Traffic Accidents	4	21,303	3	17,803	+ 3,500
Diabetes Mellitus	5	16,179	5	13,910	+ 2,270
Liver Disease	6	14,544	12	6,637	+ 7,907
Kidney Disease	7	12,326	6	11,810	+ 515
Violence	8	10,626	27	2,535	+ 8,091
Suicide	9	10,285	16	4,334	+ 5,951
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	9,778	9	11,046	- 1,268
Stomach Cancer	11	9,733	10	9,822	- 88
Lung Disease	12	8,346	7	11,409	- 3,062
Prostate Cancer	13	7,570	21	3,583	+ 3,987
Liver Cancer	14	7,145	20	3,714	+ 3,430
Hypertension	15	7,081	4	16,415	- 9,334
Lung Cancers	16	6,321	11	6,784	- 463
Oesophagus Cancer	17	6,007	30	2,371	+ 3,636
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	5,959	33	1,836	+ 4,123
Congenital Anomalies	19	5,516	14	4,844	+ 672
Low Birth Weight	20	5,322	13	4,861	+ 462
HIV/AIDS	21	4,918	28	2,521	+ 2,398
Other Injuries	22	4,840	17	4,048	+ 791
Cervical Cancer	23	3,967	48	501	+ 3,466
Pancreas Cancer	24	3,870	29	2,418	+ 1,452
Drownings	25	3,853	40	930	+ 2,922
Falls	26	3,848	24	2,821	+ 1,026
Breast Cancer	27	3,464	19	3,736	- 272
Tuberculosis	28	3,391	41	882	+ 2,509
Asthma	29	3,352	22	3,360	- 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	3,065	15	4,575	- 1,510
Oral Cancer	31	2,962	45	655	+ 2,307
Parkinson's Disease	32	2,875	26	2,545	+ 330
Lymphomas	33	2,767	23	2,882	- 115
Epilepsy	34	2,304	44	719	+ 1,586
Birth Trauma	35	2,195	25	2,735	- 540
Meningitis	36	2,085	46	642	+ 1,443
Inflammatory/Heart	37	2,057	35	1,611	+ 446
Drug Use	38	1,953	31	2,242	- 289
Fires	39	1,942	34	1,823	+ 120
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	1,429	37	1,246	+ 183
Leukemia	41	1,418	18	3,966	- 2,548
Endocrine Disorders	42	1,299	32	2,092	- 793
Malnutrition	43	1,130	56	157	+ 974
Skin Disease	44	846	55	237	+ 608
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	678	38	996	- 318
Bladder Cancer	46	662	36	1,410	- 748
Maternal Conditions	47	661	52	285	+ 376
Alcohol	48	596	53	253	+ 343
Encephalitis	49	548	54	246	+ 302
Syphilis	50	472	61	52	+ 420
Ovary Cancer	51	462	39	937	- 475
Hepatitis B	52	410	49	425	- 15
Poisonings	53	354	43	816	- 462
Skin Cancers	54	344	47	518	- 174
Uterin Cancer	55	318	51	355	- 37
Other Neoplasms	56	291	58	112	+ 179
Multiple Sclerosis	57	133	50	405	- 272
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	96	59	80	+ 16
Tetanus	59	88	62	37	+ 51
Appendicitis	60	61	57	155	- 93
Pertussis	61	58	60	75	- 17
Hepatitis C	62	38	69	1	+ 37
Upper Respiratory	63	13	63	16	- 3
War	64	9	42	848	- 839
Ascariasis	65	6	67	3	+ 3
Chlamydia	66	1	65	4	- 3
Diphtheria	67	1	70	1	+ 0
Measles	68	0	68	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	64	8	- 8
Schistosomiasis	79	0	66	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAN

Cape Verde

Iran

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.