JORDAN VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,365	1	4,856	+ 3,509
Stroke	2	4,968	2	2,908	+ 2,060
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,320	8	937	+ 3,382
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,693	3	1,717	+ 976
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,045	4	1,684	+ 362
Liver Disease	6	1,839	14	494	+ 1,345
Kidney Disease	7	1,558	6	1,494	+ 64
Violence	8	1,343	21	269	+ 1,074
Suicide	9	1,300	28	165	+ 1,135
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,236	11	706	+ 530
Stomach Cancer	11	1,231	17	365	+ 865
Lung Disease	12	1,055	15	444	+ 611
Prostate Cancer	13	957	33	131	+ 826
Liver Cancer	14	903	25	186	+ 717
Hypertension	15	895	5	1,532	- 636
Lung Cancers	16	799	7	1,059	- 260
Oesophagus Cancer	17	759	42	63	+ 696
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	753	30	152	+ 601
Congenital Anomalies	19	697	9	934	- 237
Low Birth Weight	20	673	10	857	- 184
HIV/AIDS	21	622	63	2	+ 620
Other Injuries	22	612	19	294	+ 318
Cervical Cancer	23	501	41	64	+ 438
Pancreas Cancer	24	489	22	245	+ 244
Drownings	25	487	36	107	+ 380
Falls	26	486	24	191	+ 296
Breast Cancer	27	438	12	686	- 248
Tuberculosis	28	429	53	12	+ 417
Asthma	29	424	35	114	+ 309
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	388	13	616	- 229
Oral Cancer	31	374	31	143	+ 232
Parkinson's Disease	32	363	27	169	+ 194
Lymphomas	33	350	18	323	+ 26
Epilepsy	34	291	46	49	+ 242
Birth Trauma	35	278	20	271	+ 7
Meningitis	36	264	37	78	+ 185
Inflammatory/Heart	37	260	38	74	+ 186
Drug Use	38	247	34	115	+ 132
Fires	39	246	29	153	+ 93
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	181	40	67	+ 114
Leukemia	41	179	16	370	- 190
Endocrine Disorders	42	164	26	180	- 16
Malnutrition	43	143	51	15	+ 128
Skin Disease	44	107	48	42	+ 65
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	86	50	22	+ 63
Bladder Cancer	46	84	23	213	- 129
Maternal Conditions	47	84	44	53	+ 31
Alcohol	48	75	55	11	+ 65
Encephalitis	49	69	52	14	+ 56
Syphilis	50	60	45	52	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	51	58	32	139	- 81
Hepatitis B	52	52	60	4	+ 48
Poisonings	53	45	47	47	- 2
Skin Cancers	54	44	49	38	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	55	40	39	74	- 34
Other Neoplasms	56	37	57	9	+ 28
Multiple Sclerosis	57	17	54	12	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	12	61	4	+ 8
Tetanus	59	11	56	11	+ 1
Appendicitis	60	8	58	8	- 0
Pertussis	61	7	43	55	- 47
Hepatitis C	62	5	64	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	2	69	0	+ 1
War	64	1	59	6	- 5
Ascariasis	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	62	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 JORDAN

Cape Verde

Jordan

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.