NEPAL VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,300	2	19,677	+ 3,623
Stroke	2	13,837	4	12,909	+ 929
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	12,031	6	6,237	+ 5,794
Road Traffic Accidents	4	7,501	9	4,654	+ 2,847
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,697	14	2,929	+ 2,768
Liver Disease	6	5,121	5	6,383	- 1,262
Kidney Disease	7	4,340	10	4,284	+ 56
Violence	8	3,742	35	704	+ 3,038
Suicide	9	3,622	16	2,571	+ 1,050
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,443	19	2,022	+ 1,421
Stomach Cancer	11	3,427	25	1,379	+ 2,048
Lung Disease	12	2,939	1	27,027	- 24,088
Prostate Cancer	13	2,665	58	85	+ 2,580
Liver Cancer	14	2,516	46	256	+ 2,260
Hypertension	15	2,493	18	2,092	+ 402
Lung Cancers	16	2,226	12	3,586	- 1,360
Oesophagus Cancer	17	2,115	38	491	+ 1,624
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	2,098	7	6,071	- 3,972
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,942	21	1,949	- 7
Low Birth Weight	20	1,874	11	3,822	- 1,948
HIV/AIDS	21	1,732	34	737	+ 995
Other Injuries	22	1,704	22	1,655	+ 50
Cervical Cancer	23	1,397	20	1,969	- 573
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,363	41	445	+ 918
Drownings	25	1,357	23	1,505	- 148
Falls	26	1,355	13	3,321	- 1,966
Breast Cancer	27	1,220	27	1,038	+ 182
Tuberculosis	28	1,194	3	16,535	- 15,340
Asthma	29	1,180	8	5,930	- 4,750
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,079	26	1,167	- 88
Oral Cancer	31	1,043	24	1,389	- 346
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,012	33	760	+ 252
Lymphomas	33	974	32	768	+ 207
Epilepsy	34	811	30	874	- 63
Birth Trauma	35	773	15	2,676	- 1,903
Meningitis	36	734	43	377	+ 357
Inflammatory/Heart	37	724	48	217	+ 507
Drug Use	38	688	57	93	+ 594
Fires	39	684	50	184	+ 500
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	503	49	191	+ 312
Leukemia	41	499	36	668	- 168
Endocrine Disorders	42	458	45	257	+ 200
Malnutrition	43	398	31	845	- 447
Skin Disease	44	298	67	17	+ 281
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	239	17	2,320	- 2,081
Bladder Cancer	46	233	44	325	- 92
Maternal Conditions	47	233	28	977	- 744
Alcohol	48	210	52	168	+ 42
Encephalitis	49	193	29	882	- 689
Syphilis	50	166	54	134	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	51	163	37	585	- 422
Hepatitis B	52	144	56	117	+ 28
Poisonings	53	125	39	474	- 349
Skin Cancers	54	121	42	400	- 278
Uterin Cancer	55	112	60	56	+ 56
Other Neoplasms	56	102	61	50	+ 53
Multiple Sclerosis	57	47	63	38	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	34	51	173	- 139
Tetanus	59	31	53	134	- 103
Appendicitis	60	22	47	220	- 199
Pertussis	61	21	40	453	- 432
Hepatitis C	62	13	64	29	- 15
Upper Respiratory	63	5	66	24	- 19
War	64	3	65	24	- 21
Ascariasis	65	2	69	4	- 2
Chlamydia	66	0	68	5	- 5
Diphtheria	67	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	59	60	- 60
Otitis Media	69	0	70	4	- 4
Dengue	70	0	55	120	- 120
Hookworm Disease	71	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	62	39	- 39
Schistosomiasis	79	0	73	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 NEPAL

Cape Verde

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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.