KENYA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,606	9	11,972	+ 31,634
Stroke	2	25,897	4	15,895	+ 10,002
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	22,517	1	22,571	- 54
Road Traffic Accidents	4	14,039	6	14,883	- 844
Diabetes Mellitus	5	10,662	14	5,651	+ 5,011
Liver Disease	6	9,584	7	13,405	- 3,820
Kidney Disease	7	8,123	16	4,464	+ 3,659
Violence	8	7,003	24	2,942	+ 4,060
Suicide	9	6,778	23	3,214	+ 3,563
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	6,444	31	1,827	+ 4,617
Stomach Cancer	11	6,414	28	2,010	+ 4,405
Lung Disease	12	5,500	20	4,280	+ 1,220
Prostate Cancer	13	4,988	37	1,292	+ 3,697
Liver Cancer	14	4,708	34	1,351	+ 3,358
Hypertension	15	4,666	17	4,418	+ 249
Lung Cancers	16	4,165	47	669	+ 3,497
Oesophagus Cancer	17	3,958	18	4,373	- 414
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	3,927	5	15,420	- 11,493
Congenital Anomalies	19	3,635	12	6,115	- 2,481
Low Birth Weight	20	3,507	11	9,562	- 6,055
HIV/AIDS	21	3,241	2	20,885	- 17,644
Other Injuries	22	3,189	19	4,336	- 1,147
Cervical Cancer	23	2,614	22	3,389	- 775
Pancreas Cancer	24	2,550	46	716	+ 1,834
Drownings	25	2,539	39	1,200	+ 1,339
Falls	26	2,536	33	1,465	+ 1,070
Breast Cancer	27	2,283	25	2,658	- 375
Tuberculosis	28	2,235	3	19,655	- 17,421
Asthma	29	2,209	26	2,300	- 91
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	2,020	32	1,477	+ 543
Oral Cancer	31	1,952	30	1,842	+ 109
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,894	50	470	+ 1,425
Lymphomas	33	1,823	29	1,931	- 108
Epilepsy	34	1,519	43	832	+ 686
Birth Trauma	35	1,447	10	9,957	- 8,510
Meningitis	36	1,374	15	5,364	- 3,990
Inflammatory/Heart	37	1,355	40	1,121	+ 234
Drug Use	38	1,287	62	113	+ 1,174
Fires	39	1,280	36	1,316	- 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	942	41	1,089	- 147
Leukemia	41	935	35	1,327	- 393
Endocrine Disorders	42	856	44	831	+ 25
Malnutrition	43	745	21	4,212	- 3,467
Skin Disease	44	557	51	455	+ 102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	447	53	408	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	46	436	57	318	+ 118
Maternal Conditions	47	435	13	5,651	- 5,216
Alcohol	48	393	55	355	+ 37
Encephalitis	49	361	60	189	+ 172
Syphilis	50	311	52	449	- 138
Ovary Cancer	51	305	45	795	- 490
Hepatitis B	52	270	49	522	- 252
Poisonings	53	233	38	1,269	- 1,035
Skin Cancers	54	227	48	638	- 411
Uterin Cancer	55	210	56	323	- 113
Other Neoplasms	56	192	67	60	+ 132
Multiple Sclerosis	57	88	68	39	+ 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	63	66	84	- 21
Tetanus	59	58	27	2,129	- 2,071
Appendicitis	60	41	58	240	- 200
Pertussis	61	39	42	1,014	- 975
Hepatitis C	62	25	61	152	- 127
Upper Respiratory	63	8	64	95	- 86
War	64	6	65	89	- 83
Ascariasis	65	4	71	9	- 5
Chlamydia	66	1	70	10	- 9
Diphtheria	67	1	69	13	- 12
Measles	68	0	63	103	- 103
Otitis Media	69	0	72	7	- 7
Dengue	70	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	8	12,652	- 12,652
Leishmaniasis	78	0	59	194	- 194
Schistosomiasis	79	0	54	370	- 370
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	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KENYA

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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.