SWEDEN VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,928	1	15,136	- 7,208
Stroke	2	4,708	3	6,035	- 1,326
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,094	7	2,659	+ 1,435
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,552	34	315	+ 2,237
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,938	11	1,834	+ 104
Liver Disease	6	1,743	23	723	+ 1,019
Kidney Disease	7	1,477	12	1,629	- 152
Violence	8	1,273	47	113	+ 1,160
Suicide	9	1,232	14	1,479	- 247
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,172	2	10,917	- 9,745
Stomach Cancer	11	1,166	26	612	+ 554
Lung Disease	12	1,000	4	4,344	- 3,344
Prostate Cancer	13	907	8	2,622	- 1,715
Liver Cancer	14	856	22	752	+ 104
Hypertension	15	848	10	1,838	- 990
Lung Cancers	16	757	5	3,722	- 2,965
Oesophagus Cancer	17	720	29	538	+ 182
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	714	36	289	+ 425
Congenital Anomalies	19	661	35	308	+ 353
Low Birth Weight	20	638	51	50	+ 587
HIV/AIDS	21	589	61	13	+ 577
Other Injuries	22	580	15	1,374	- 794
Cervical Cancer	23	475	38	228	+ 248
Pancreas Cancer	24	464	9	1,849	- 1,385
Drownings	25	462	46	114	+ 347
Falls	26	461	17	1,109	- 648
Breast Cancer	27	415	13	1,582	- 1,167
Tuberculosis	28	406	56	24	+ 382
Asthma	29	402	42	158	+ 243
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	367	6	3,049	- 2,682
Oral Cancer	31	355	31	379	- 24
Parkinson's Disease	32	344	19	943	- 599
Lymphomas	33	332	16	1,357	- 1,025
Epilepsy	34	276	44	121	+ 156
Birth Trauma	35	263	55	34	+ 229
Meningitis	36	250	54	35	+ 215
Inflammatory/Heart	37	246	28	547	- 301
Drug Use	38	234	30	423	- 189
Fires	39	233	49	65	+ 168
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	171	37	277	- 106
Leukemia	41	170	20	825	- 656
Endocrine Disorders	42	156	24	702	- 546
Malnutrition	43	135	45	117	+ 18
Skin Disease	44	101	39	220	- 119
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	81	48	110	- 29
Bladder Cancer	46	79	21	760	- 681
Maternal Conditions	47	79	64	5	+ 74
Alcohol	48	71	32	359	- 287
Encephalitis	49	66	71	0	+ 65
Syphilis	50	57	72	0	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	51	55	27	553	- 497
Hepatitis B	52	49	62	9	+ 40
Poisonings	53	42	60	18	+ 25
Skin Cancers	54	41	25	650	- 609
Uterin Cancer	55	38	33	345	- 307
Other Neoplasms	56	35	18	1,036	- 1,001
Multiple Sclerosis	57	16	41	170	- 154
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	11	43	129	- 117
Tetanus	59	11	68	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	60	7	59	18	- 11
Pertussis	61	7	67	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	62	5	53	44	- 40
Upper Respiratory	63	2	58	20	- 18
War	64	1	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	63	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	40	175	- 175
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	50	63	- 63
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Cape Verde

Sweden

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.