SOLOMON ISL. VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	544	1	975	- 431
Stroke	2	323	2	670	- 347
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	281	3	371	- 90
Road Traffic Accidents	4	175	8	111	+ 65
Diabetes Mellitus	5	133	4	322	- 189
Liver Disease	6	120	10	89	+ 31
Kidney Disease	7	101	15	64	+ 38
Violence	8	87	30	26	+ 61
Suicide	9	85	9	98	- 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	80	28	32	+ 49
Stomach Cancer	11	80	44	12	+ 68
Lung Disease	12	69	6	209	- 140
Prostate Cancer	13	62	41	13	+ 49
Liver Cancer	14	59	18	60	- 1
Hypertension	15	58	13	76	- 18
Lung Cancers	16	52	27	33	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	17	49	57	1	+ 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	49	5	218	- 169
Congenital Anomalies	19	45	16	63	- 18
Low Birth Weight	20	44	14	65	- 21
HIV/AIDS	21	40	80	0	+ 40
Other Injuries	22	40	17	60	- 20
Cervical Cancer	23	33	25	41	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	24	32	51	4	+ 28
Drownings	25	32	11	80	- 49
Falls	26	32	20	55	- 23
Breast Cancer	27	28	26	34	- 5
Tuberculosis	28	28	23	45	- 17
Asthma	29	28	12	78	- 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	25	31	23	+ 2
Oral Cancer	31	24	49	8	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	32	24	34	21	+ 3
Lymphomas	33	23	42	13	+ 10
Epilepsy	34	19	45	11	+ 8
Birth Trauma	35	18	21	51	- 33
Meningitis	36	17	43	13	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	37	17	37	17	- 1
Drug Use	38	16	58	1	+ 15
Fires	39	16	40	14	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	12	32	22	- 10
Leukemia	41	12	35	20	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	42	11	39	15	- 4
Malnutrition	43	9	36	19	- 10
Skin Disease	44	7	46	10	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	6	19	59	- 53
Bladder Cancer	46	5	52	4	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	47	5	22	46	- 40
Alcohol	48	5	48	9	- 4
Encephalitis	49	5	54	2	+ 3
Syphilis	50	4	29	28	- 24
Ovary Cancer	51	4	33	21	- 18
Hepatitis B	52	3	53	3	+ 0
Poisonings	53	3	38	15	- 12
Skin Cancers	54	3	69	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	55	3	47	9	- 6
Other Neoplasms	56	2	56	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	61	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	60	0	+ 0
Tetanus	59	1	59	1	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	1	55	1	- 1
Pertussis	61	0	50	7	- 7
Hepatitis C	62	0	62	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	64	0	+ 0
War	64	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	24	41	- 41
Hookworm Disease	71	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	7	146	- 146
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	70	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Cape Verde

Solomon Isl.

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.