NEW ZEALAND VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,864	1	5,095	- 1,231
Stroke	2	2,295	3	2,378	- 84
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,995	7	920	+ 1,075
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,244	16	458	+ 786
Diabetes Mellitus	5	945	8	769	+ 176
Liver Disease	6	849	32	158	+ 692
Kidney Disease	7	720	17	432	+ 288
Violence	8	621	42	57	+ 563
Suicide	9	601	15	528	+ 72
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	571	2	3,032	- 2,461
Stomach Cancer	11	568	22	323	+ 246
Lung Disease	12	487	5	1,815	- 1,327
Prostate Cancer	13	442	9	739	- 297
Liver Cancer	14	417	24	288	+ 129
Hypertension	15	413	20	327	+ 87
Lung Cancers	16	369	4	1,873	- 1,504
Oesophagus Cancer	17	351	25	279	+ 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	348	37	81	+ 267
Congenital Anomalies	19	322	30	176	+ 147
Low Birth Weight	20	311	38	78	+ 232
HIV/AIDS	21	287	57	10	+ 277
Other Injuries	22	283	28	218	+ 65
Cervical Cancer	23	232	41	61	+ 171
Pancreas Cancer	24	226	14	543	- 317
Drownings	25	225	44	54	+ 171
Falls	26	225	11	627	- 402
Breast Cancer	27	202	10	737	- 535
Tuberculosis	28	198	52	17	+ 181
Asthma	29	196	36	91	+ 105
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	179	6	1,495	- 1,316
Oral Cancer	31	173	31	164	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	32	168	19	353	- 185
Lymphomas	33	162	13	608	- 447
Epilepsy	34	135	43	55	+ 80
Birth Trauma	35	128	54	15	+ 114
Meningitis	36	122	59	9	+ 113
Inflammatory/Heart	37	120	23	313	- 193
Drug Use	38	114	40	69	+ 45
Fires	39	113	53	17	+ 97
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	83	39	70	+ 13
Leukemia	41	83	18	391	- 308
Endocrine Disorders	42	76	21	325	- 249
Malnutrition	43	66	55	14	+ 52
Skin Disease	44	49	34	118	- 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	40	35	113	- 73
Bladder Cancer	46	39	26	267	- 228
Maternal Conditions	47	39	63	5	+ 34
Alcohol	48	35	45	51	- 17
Encephalitis	49	32	66	1	+ 31
Syphilis	50	28	70	0	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	51	27	29	207	- 180
Hepatitis B	52	24	56	14	+ 10
Poisonings	53	21	58	9	+ 11
Skin Cancers	54	20	12	612	- 591
Uterin Cancer	55	19	33	145	- 126
Other Neoplasms	56	17	27	245	- 228
Multiple Sclerosis	57	8	47	43	- 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	6	46	47	- 41
Tetanus	59	5	69	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	60	4	62	6	- 2
Pertussis	61	3	65	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	62	2	48	30	- 27
Upper Respiratory	63	1	64	4	- 3
War	64	1	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Cape Verde

New Zealand

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.