SRI LANKA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,457	1	26,304	- 9,847
Stroke	2	9,774	6	6,805	+ 2,969
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	8,498	8	5,117	+ 3,381
Road Traffic Accidents	4	5,298	9	4,200	+ 1,099
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,024	2	12,460	- 8,436
Liver Disease	6	3,617	17	1,303	+ 2,314
Kidney Disease	7	3,066	5	6,858	- 3,793
Violence	8	2,643	31	499	+ 2,144
Suicide	9	2,558	10	2,977	- 419
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,432	4	6,939	- 4,507
Stomach Cancer	11	2,421	16	1,321	+ 1,100
Lung Disease	12	2,076	3	9,456	- 7,380
Prostate Cancer	13	1,883	30	507	+ 1,376
Liver Cancer	14	1,777	19	1,090	+ 687
Hypertension	15	1,761	20	1,055	+ 706
Lung Cancers	16	1,572	12	1,775	- 203
Oesophagus Cancer	17	1,494	13	1,544	- 50
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	1,482	28	605	+ 877
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,372	22	989	+ 383
Low Birth Weight	20	1,324	29	536	+ 787
HIV/AIDS	21	1,223	55	39	+ 1,184
Other Injuries	22	1,204	14	1,529	- 326
Cervical Cancer	23	987	26	762	+ 224
Pancreas Cancer	24	963	43	214	+ 749
Drownings	25	958	27	731	+ 228
Falls	26	957	23	964	- 7
Breast Cancer	27	861	15	1,383	- 522
Tuberculosis	28	843	25	769	+ 74
Asthma	29	834	7	6,471	- 5,637
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	762	24	911	- 149
Oral Cancer	31	737	11	2,893	- 2,157
Parkinson's Disease	32	715	45	168	+ 547
Lymphomas	33	688	21	1,027	- 339
Epilepsy	34	573	39	269	+ 304
Birth Trauma	35	546	44	193	+ 353
Meningitis	36	519	46	146	+ 373
Inflammatory/Heart	37	511	35	425	+ 87
Drug Use	38	486	40	257	+ 229
Fires	39	483	41	239	+ 244
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	355	56	38	+ 317
Leukemia	41	353	18	1,155	- 802
Endocrine Disorders	42	323	32	462	- 139
Malnutrition	43	281	54	43	+ 238
Skin Disease	44	210	36	293	- 82
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	169	53	49	+ 119
Bladder Cancer	46	165	34	432	- 267
Maternal Conditions	47	164	48	96	+ 68
Alcohol	48	148	51	82	+ 66
Encephalitis	49	136	61	10	+ 126
Syphilis	50	117	58	15	+ 103
Ovary Cancer	51	115	37	281	- 166
Hepatitis B	52	102	62	6	+ 96
Poisonings	53	88	49	93	- 5
Skin Cancers	54	86	52	58	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	55	79	42	218	- 139
Other Neoplasms	56	72	50	86	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	57	33	69	2	+ 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	24	60	11	+ 13
Tetanus	59	22	57	27	- 6
Appendicitis	60	15	64	5	+ 10
Pertussis	61	15	59	15	- 0
Hepatitis C	62	9	75	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	63	3	66	5	- 1
War	64	2	38	280	- 278
Ascariasis	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	47	131	- 131
Hookworm Disease	71	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	63	6	- 6
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	70	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	67	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	68	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	33	445	- 445
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	65	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Cape Verde

Sri Lanka

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.