KUWAIT VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,350	1	2,325	+ 25
Stroke	2	1,395	3	599	+ 796
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,213	4	340	+ 873
Road Traffic Accidents	4	756	2	649	+ 107
Diabetes Mellitus	5	574	6	242	+ 332
Liver Disease	6	516	11	192	+ 325
Kidney Disease	7	438	8	204	+ 234
Violence	8	377	23	75	+ 303
Suicide	9	365	18	122	+ 243
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	347	14	139	+ 208
Stomach Cancer	11	346	25	72	+ 274
Lung Disease	12	296	21	84	+ 212
Prostate Cancer	13	269	26	58	+ 210
Liver Cancer	14	254	16	129	+ 124
Hypertension	15	251	5	256	- 5
Lung Cancers	16	224	12	161	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	17	213	32	35	+ 178
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	212	49	6	+ 205
Congenital Anomalies	19	196	9	202	- 6
Low Birth Weight	20	189	13	158	+ 31
HIV/AIDS	21	175	48	7	+ 168
Other Injuries	22	172	22	83	+ 89
Cervical Cancer	23	141	33	32	+ 109
Pancreas Cancer	24	137	20	89	+ 49
Drownings	25	137	41	19	+ 117
Falls	26	137	19	102	+ 34
Breast Cancer	27	123	7	230	- 107
Tuberculosis	28	120	34	31	+ 90
Asthma	29	119	40	21	+ 98
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	109	10	198	- 89
Oral Cancer	31	105	24	74	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	32	102	36	29	+ 73
Lymphomas	33	98	15	132	- 33
Epilepsy	34	82	39	22	+ 60
Birth Trauma	35	78	47	7	+ 71
Meningitis	36	74	45	9	+ 65
Inflammatory/Heart	37	73	31	36	+ 37
Drug Use	38	69	30	38	+ 31
Fires	39	69	38	28	+ 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	51	43	14	+ 37
Leukemia	41	50	17	123	- 72
Endocrine Disorders	42	46	28	44	+ 3
Malnutrition	43	40	60	0	+ 40
Skin Disease	44	30	53	4	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	24	46	8	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	46	23	27	52	- 29
Maternal Conditions	47	23	54	4	+ 20
Alcohol	48	21	44	12	+ 10
Encephalitis	49	19	52	4	+ 15
Syphilis	50	17	64	0	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	51	16	29	41	- 25
Hepatitis B	52	15	58	1	+ 14
Poisonings	53	13	42	16	- 4
Skin Cancers	54	12	37	28	- 16
Uterin Cancer	55	11	35	31	- 19
Other Neoplasms	56	10	51	4	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	50	5	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	3	56	1	+ 2
Tetanus	59	3	66	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	60	2	55	1	+ 1
Pertussis	61	2	63	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	62	1	59	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	62	0	+ 0
War	64	0	57	1	- 1
Ascariasis	65	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	61	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Cape Verde

Kuwait

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.