TANZANIA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	50,506	9	13,215	+ 37,291
Stroke	2	29,994	7	16,894	+ 13,101
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	26,080	2	26,028	+ 52
Road Traffic Accidents	4	16,260	5	18,054	- 1,794
Diabetes Mellitus	5	12,349	15	6,247	+ 6,102
Liver Disease	6	11,101	13	6,586	+ 4,515
Kidney Disease	7	9,408	19	4,547	+ 4,861
Violence	8	8,111	18	4,713	+ 3,398
Suicide	9	7,850	24	2,474	+ 5,376
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	7,464	27	2,048	+ 5,416
Stomach Cancer	11	7,429	39	1,190	+ 6,239
Lung Disease	12	6,370	22	3,051	+ 3,319
Prostate Cancer	13	5,778	28	1,819	+ 3,959
Liver Cancer	14	5,453	36	1,413	+ 4,040
Hypertension	15	5,405	17	5,209	+ 196
Lung Cancers	16	4,824	61	159	+ 4,666
Oesophagus Cancer	17	4,585	25	2,247	+ 2,337
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	4,548	6	17,587	- 13,039
Congenital Anomalies	19	4,210	11	9,791	- 5,581
Low Birth Weight	20	4,062	10	12,173	- 8,111
HIV/AIDS	21	3,754	1	27,402	- 23,648
Other Injuries	22	3,694	20	4,270	- 576
Cervical Cancer	23	3,028	14	6,424	- 3,396
Pancreas Cancer	24	2,954	62	158	+ 2,796
Drownings	25	2,941	32	1,642	+ 1,299
Falls	26	2,937	34	1,533	+ 1,403
Breast Cancer	27	2,644	37	1,285	+ 1,359
Tuberculosis	28	2,588	4	20,269	- 17,681
Asthma	29	2,559	30	1,700	+ 859
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	2,340	33	1,567	+ 773
Oral Cancer	31	2,260	31	1,646	+ 615
Parkinson's Disease	32	2,194	45	513	+ 1,681
Lymphomas	33	2,112	41	805	+ 1,306
Epilepsy	34	1,759	43	707	+ 1,052
Birth Trauma	35	1,676	8	15,086	- 13,410
Meningitis	36	1,591	21	3,188	- 1,597
Inflammatory/Heart	37	1,570	38	1,227	+ 342
Drug Use	38	1,491	48	404	+ 1,087
Fires	39	1,483	35	1,424	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	1,091	46	462	+ 629
Leukemia	41	1,083	47	416	+ 667
Endocrine Disorders	42	992	29	1,778	- 786
Malnutrition	43	863	16	5,574	- 4,712
Skin Disease	44	645	52	359	+ 286
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	518	50	401	+ 117
Bladder Cancer	46	505	44	667	- 162
Maternal Conditions	47	504	12	6,835	- 6,331
Alcohol	48	455	56	270	+ 184
Encephalitis	49	419	59	199	+ 220
Syphilis	50	360	26	2,115	- 1,755
Ovary Cancer	51	353	53	337	+ 16
Hepatitis B	52	313	60	168	+ 145
Poisonings	53	270	40	1,170	- 900
Skin Cancers	54	263	42	744	- 482
Uterin Cancer	55	243	57	218	+ 25
Other Neoplasms	56	222	64	58	+ 165
Multiple Sclerosis	57	102	68	27	+ 75
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	73	63	81	- 8
Tetanus	59	67	49	402	- 335
Appendicitis	60	47	58	218	- 171
Pertussis	61	45	23	2,774	- 2,729
Hepatitis C	62	29	66	40	- 11
Upper Respiratory	63	10	54	299	- 289
War	64	7	67	30	- 23
Ascariasis	65	4	65	56	- 51
Chlamydia	66	1	71	9	- 8
Diphtheria	67	1	70	11	- 10
Measles	68	0	55	295	- 295
Otitis Media	69	0	69	17	- 17
Dengue	70	0	73	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	371	- 371
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Cape Verde

Tanzania

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.