ITALY VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	45,642	1	97,116	- 51,475
Stroke	2	27,106	2	62,633	- 35,528
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	23,568	9	16,339	+ 7,230
Road Traffic Accidents	4	14,694	30	3,221	+ 11,473
Diabetes Mellitus	5	11,160	8	19,836	- 8,676
Liver Disease	6	10,032	23	5,559	+ 4,472
Kidney Disease	7	8,502	11	12,726	- 4,224
Violence	8	7,330	50	409	+ 6,921
Suicide	9	7,094	26	4,042	+ 3,052
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	6,745	3	41,445	- 34,700
Stomach Cancer	11	6,714	14	10,252	- 3,539
Lung Disease	12	5,757	5	32,382	- 26,626
Prostate Cancer	13	5,221	20	8,409	- 3,188
Liver Cancer	14	4,928	17	9,620	- 4,692
Hypertension	15	4,884	6	29,931	- 25,047
Lung Cancers	16	4,360	4	34,152	- 29,793
Oesophagus Cancer	17	4,143	34	2,045	+ 2,098
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	4,110	36	1,622	+ 2,488
Congenital Anomalies	19	3,804	37	1,443	+ 2,361
Low Birth Weight	20	3,671	51	357	+ 3,313
HIV/AIDS	21	3,392	46	520	+ 2,873
Other Injuries	22	3,338	12	12,112	- 8,774
Cervical Cancer	23	2,736	40	1,154	+ 1,582
Pancreas Cancer	24	2,670	13	12,095	- 9,425
Drownings	25	2,657	52	344	+ 2,314
Falls	26	2,654	25	4,222	- 1,569
Breast Cancer	27	2,389	10	13,868	- 11,479
Tuberculosis	28	2,339	53	336	+ 2,003
Asthma	29	2,312	47	494	+ 1,819
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	2,114	7	21,254	- 19,139
Oral Cancer	31	2,043	27	3,343	- 1,301
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,983	19	8,428	- 6,445
Lymphomas	33	1,908	16	9,670	- 7,762
Epilepsy	34	1,589	39	1,337	+ 253
Birth Trauma	35	1,514	59	140	+ 1,374
Meningitis	36	1,438	60	128	+ 1,310
Inflammatory/Heart	37	1,419	24	5,531	- 4,112
Drug Use	38	1,347	45	654	+ 693
Fires	39	1,340	56	271	+ 1,069
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	986	43	690	+ 296
Leukemia	41	978	21	6,728	- 5,750
Endocrine Disorders	42	896	18	8,431	- 7,534
Malnutrition	43	780	41	775	+ 4
Skin Disease	44	583	38	1,440	- 857
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	468	32	2,216	- 1,748
Bladder Cancer	46	456	22	6,711	- 6,254
Maternal Conditions	47	456	67	6	+ 450
Alcohol	48	411	55	277	+ 134
Encephalitis	49	378	68	5	+ 374
Syphilis	50	325	69	4	+ 321
Ovary Cancer	51	319	28	3,282	- 2,963
Hepatitis B	52	283	54	334	- 51
Poisonings	53	244	58	154	+ 90
Skin Cancers	54	237	29	3,239	- 3,002
Uterin Cancer	55	219	33	2,198	- 1,979
Other Neoplasms	56	201	15	9,984	- 9,783
Multiple Sclerosis	57	92	44	677	- 585
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	66	42	701	- 635
Tetanus	59	61	63	22	+ 39
Appendicitis	60	42	61	49	- 6
Pertussis	61	40	73	1	+ 40
Hepatitis C	62	26	31	2,451	- 2,424
Upper Respiratory	63	9	64	20	- 11
War	64	6	66	6	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	4	80	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	76	0	+ 1
Measles	68	0	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	65	16	- 16
Dengue	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	72	1	- 1
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	70	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	241	- 241
Osteoarthritis	81	0	48	481	- 481
Oral conditions	82	0	62	47	- 47
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	35	1,672	- 1,672
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	49	424	- 424
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ITALY

Cape Verde

Italy

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.