NORTH KOREA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,689	2	31,342	- 11,653
Stroke	2	11,693	1	49,648	- 37,955
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	10,167	6	6,231	+ 3,936
Road Traffic Accidents	4	6,339	7	6,210	+ 129
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,814	14	3,671	+ 1,143
Liver Disease	6	4,327	10	4,506	- 179
Kidney Disease	7	3,667	12	3,959	- 291
Violence	8	3,162	28	1,082	+ 2,080
Suicide	9	3,060	16	2,407	+ 653
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,909	11	4,340	- 1,430
Stomach Cancer	11	2,896	13	3,771	- 875
Lung Disease	12	2,483	3	26,178	- 23,694
Prostate Cancer	13	2,252	48	219	+ 2,033
Liver Cancer	14	2,126	9	5,326	- 3,200
Hypertension	15	2,107	8	5,368	- 3,261
Lung Cancers	16	1,881	5	11,893	- 10,013
Oesophagus Cancer	17	1,787	24	1,222	+ 565
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	1,773	40	374	+ 1,399
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,641	29	991	+ 650
Low Birth Weight	20	1,584	25	1,208	+ 375
HIV/AIDS	21	1,463	31	753	+ 710
Other Injuries	22	1,440	20	1,531	- 91
Cervical Cancer	23	1,180	33	704	+ 476
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,152	21	1,525	- 374
Drownings	25	1,146	27	1,126	+ 20
Falls	26	1,145	18	1,801	- 656
Breast Cancer	27	1,031	23	1,366	- 335
Tuberculosis	28	1,009	4	17,417	- 16,408
Asthma	29	997	22	1,439	- 442
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	912	15	3,232	- 2,320
Oral Cancer	31	881	37	513	+ 369
Parkinson's Disease	32	855	26	1,155	- 299
Lymphomas	33	823	35	560	+ 263
Epilepsy	34	686	45	266	+ 420
Birth Trauma	35	653	32	736	- 83
Meningitis	36	620	49	207	+ 413
Inflammatory/Heart	37	612	34	684	- 72
Drug Use	38	581	42	356	+ 225
Fires	39	578	46	253	+ 325
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	425	19	1,712	- 1,287
Leukemia	41	422	30	965	- 543
Endocrine Disorders	42	387	39	452	- 65
Malnutrition	43	336	43	317	+ 19
Skin Disease	44	252	52	158	+ 93
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	202	17	2,093	- 1,891
Bladder Cancer	46	197	38	500	- 303
Maternal Conditions	47	197	47	252	- 55
Alcohol	48	177	44	304	- 127
Encephalitis	49	163	54	117	+ 46
Syphilis	50	140	58	54	+ 86
Ovary Cancer	51	138	36	532	- 394
Hepatitis B	52	122	55	68	+ 54
Poisonings	53	105	41	366	- 261
Skin Cancers	54	102	51	168	- 66
Uterin Cancer	55	95	53	138	- 43
Other Neoplasms	56	87	59	44	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	57	40	60	40	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	29	50	198	- 170
Tetanus	59	26	62	28	- 1
Appendicitis	60	18	57	57	- 38
Pertussis	61	17	61	34	- 17
Hepatitis C	62	11	64	10	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	4	56	67	- 63
War	64	3	63	16	- 14
Ascariasis	65	2	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	65	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	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	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Cape Verde

North Korea

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.