SWITZERLAND VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,633	1	10,713	- 4,080
Stroke	2	3,940	3	3,918	+ 22
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,425	8	1,949	+ 1,476
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,136	34	193	+ 1,943
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,622	17	1,022	+ 600
Liver Disease	6	1,458	21	677	+ 781
Kidney Disease	7	1,236	13	1,261	- 25
Violence	8	1,065	51	42	+ 1,023
Suicide	9	1,031	14	1,249	- 218
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	980	2	7,192	- 6,212
Stomach Cancer	11	976	24	614	+ 362
Lung Disease	12	837	5	2,902	- 2,065
Prostate Cancer	13	759	10	1,579	- 820
Liver Cancer	14	716	19	805	- 89
Hypertension	15	710	6	2,471	- 1,761
Lung Cancers	16	634	4	3,520	- 2,886
Oesophagus Cancer	17	602	28	491	+ 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	597	35	186	+ 412
Congenital Anomalies	19	553	31	305	+ 248
Low Birth Weight	20	534	43	105	+ 429
HIV/AIDS	21	493	54	29	+ 464
Other Injuries	22	485	30	410	+ 76
Cervical Cancer	23	398	42	105	+ 293
Pancreas Cancer	24	388	12	1,486	- 1,098
Drownings	25	386	50	49	+ 337
Falls	26	386	9	1,919	- 1,534
Breast Cancer	27	347	11	1,577	- 1,230
Tuberculosis	28	340	56	21	+ 319
Asthma	29	336	46	95	+ 241
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	307	7	1,995	- 1,687
Oral Cancer	31	297	26	500	- 204
Parkinson's Disease	32	288	18	857	- 569
Lymphomas	33	277	15	1,131	- 854
Epilepsy	34	231	39	159	+ 73
Birth Trauma	35	220	52	32	+ 188
Meningitis	36	209	57	20	+ 189
Inflammatory/Heart	37	206	16	1,027	- 821
Drug Use	38	196	36	176	+ 20
Fires	39	195	55	21	+ 173
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	143	41	122	+ 21
Leukemia	41	142	22	671	- 529
Endocrine Disorders	42	130	25	593	- 463
Malnutrition	43	113	47	84	+ 29
Skin Disease	44	85	40	129	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	68	48	78	- 10
Bladder Cancer	46	66	23	669	- 603
Maternal Conditions	47	66	64	4	+ 62
Alcohol	48	60	32	229	- 169
Encephalitis	49	55	68	1	+ 54
Syphilis	50	47	65	2	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	51	46	29	457	- 411
Hepatitis B	52	41	63	5	+ 37
Poisonings	53	35	60	13	+ 23
Skin Cancers	54	34	27	493	- 459
Uterin Cancer	55	32	33	224	- 192
Other Neoplasms	56	29	20	681	- 652
Multiple Sclerosis	57	13	38	160	- 147
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	10	49	68	- 58
Tetanus	59	9	70	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	60	6	59	15	- 8
Pertussis	61	6	73	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	62	4	58	15	- 11
Upper Respiratory	63	1	61	11	- 10
War	64	1	67	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	37	170	- 170
Oral conditions	82	0	62	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	102	- 102
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	45	96	- 96
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Cape Verde

Switzerland

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.