SAUDI ARABIA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,359	1	39,037	- 11,678
Stroke	2	16,248	2	16,793	- 545
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	14,128	5	6,132	+ 7,996
Road Traffic Accidents	4	8,808	3	12,317	- 3,509
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,690	9	3,890	+ 2,800
Liver Disease	6	6,013	7	4,931	+ 1,082
Kidney Disease	7	5,096	4	9,051	- 3,955
Violence	8	4,394	30	646	+ 3,748
Suicide	9	4,252	13	2,046	+ 2,207
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	4,043	11	2,442	+ 1,601
Stomach Cancer	11	4,024	36	389	+ 3,636
Lung Disease	12	3,451	10	2,842	+ 609
Prostate Cancer	13	3,130	50	148	+ 2,982
Liver Cancer	14	2,954	21	845	+ 2,109
Hypertension	15	2,928	22	834	+ 2,094
Lung Cancers	16	2,613	26	775	+ 1,838
Oesophagus Cancer	17	2,483	44	229	+ 2,254
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	2,464	35	457	+ 2,007
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,280	12	2,307	- 27
Low Birth Weight	20	2,200	18	989	+ 1,212
HIV/AIDS	21	2,034	47	192	+ 1,842
Other Injuries	22	2,001	8	4,004	- 2,003
Cervical Cancer	23	1,640	49	157	+ 1,483
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,600	31	526	+ 1,074
Drownings	25	1,593	24	821	+ 772
Falls	26	1,591	6	5,340	- 3,749
Breast Cancer	27	1,432	20	908	+ 524
Tuberculosis	28	1,402	27	752	+ 650
Asthma	29	1,386	17	1,168	+ 218
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,267	14	1,630	- 363
Oral Cancer	31	1,224	34	465	+ 760
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,189	25	776	+ 412
Lymphomas	33	1,144	28	716	+ 428
Epilepsy	34	953	29	694	+ 258
Birth Trauma	35	908	37	343	+ 565
Meningitis	36	862	45	227	+ 636
Inflammatory/Heart	37	850	16	1,342	- 491
Drug Use	38	807	33	491	+ 317
Fires	39	803	23	825	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	591	41	275	+ 316
Leukemia	41	586	19	925	- 338
Endocrine Disorders	42	537	15	1,447	- 910
Malnutrition	43	467	52	79	+ 388
Skin Disease	44	350	32	516	- 167
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	280	39	280	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	46	274	46	214	+ 59
Maternal Conditions	47	273	48	172	+ 101
Alcohol	48	246	51	128	+ 118
Encephalitis	49	227	43	234	- 8
Syphilis	50	195	59	33	+ 163
Ovary Cancer	51	191	42	247	- 56
Hepatitis B	52	170	53	57	+ 113
Poisonings	53	146	40	279	- 133
Skin Cancers	54	142	55	55	+ 88
Uterin Cancer	55	131	38	323	- 191
Other Neoplasms	56	120	57	40	+ 80
Multiple Sclerosis	57	55	56	49	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	40	62	9	+ 31
Tetanus	59	36	61	16	+ 21
Appendicitis	60	25	58	35	- 9
Pertussis	61	24	54	56	- 32
Hepatitis C	62	16	64	7	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	63	5	70	1	+ 5
War	64	4	65	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	2	66	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	69	1	- 0
Measles	68	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	63	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	67	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	79	0	60	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Cape Verde

Saudi Arabia

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.