THAILAND VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	52,347	1	51,305	+ 1,041
Stroke	2	31,088	2	50,273	- 19,185
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	27,030	3	31,289	- 4,259
Road Traffic Accidents	4	16,853	7	22,428	- 5,575
Diabetes Mellitus	5	12,799	10	18,776	- 5,977
Liver Disease	6	11,505	11	17,596	- 6,091
Kidney Disease	7	9,751	4	26,822	- 17,072
Violence	8	8,406	31	2,965	+ 5,441
Suicide	9	8,136	16	6,147	+ 1,989
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	7,736	6	22,851	- 15,116
Stomach Cancer	11	7,700	27	3,451	+ 4,249
Lung Disease	12	6,603	9	19,474	- 12,872
Prostate Cancer	13	5,988	30	3,013	+ 2,976
Liver Cancer	14	5,652	5	23,883	- 18,231
Hypertension	15	5,602	34	2,179	+ 3,423
Lung Cancers	16	5,000	8	22,296	- 17,296
Oesophagus Cancer	17	4,752	29	3,156	+ 1,596
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	4,714	15	6,863	- 2,149
Congenital Anomalies	19	4,363	35	2,107	+ 2,256
Low Birth Weight	20	4,210	40	1,548	+ 2,663
HIV/AIDS	21	3,891	12	13,922	- 10,032
Other Injuries	22	3,829	21	4,869	- 1,041
Cervical Cancer	23	3,138	19	5,110	- 1,972
Pancreas Cancer	24	3,062	33	2,383	+ 679
Drownings	25	3,048	25	3,956	- 908
Falls	26	3,044	18	5,409	- 2,365
Breast Cancer	27	2,740	17	6,053	- 3,313
Tuberculosis	28	2,683	14	9,551	- 6,869
Asthma	29	2,652	24	4,182	- 1,530
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	2,425	13	9,908	- 7,484
Oral Cancer	31	2,343	20	4,961	- 2,618
Parkinson's Disease	32	2,274	23	4,292	- 2,018
Lymphomas	33	2,189	22	4,539	- 2,350
Epilepsy	34	1,823	47	689	+ 1,134
Birth Trauma	35	1,737	50	533	+ 1,203
Meningitis	36	1,649	43	931	+ 719
Inflammatory/Heart	37	1,627	32	2,879	- 1,252
Drug Use	38	1,545	45	794	+ 751
Fires	39	1,537	48	617	+ 919
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	1,131	39	1,679	- 548
Leukemia	41	1,122	26	3,902	- 2,780
Endocrine Disorders	42	1,028	37	1,888	- 860
Malnutrition	43	894	42	962	- 68
Skin Disease	44	669	28	3,375	- 2,706
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	537	51	436	+ 101
Bladder Cancer	46	523	38	1,798	- 1,275
Maternal Conditions	47	523	52	227	+ 295
Alcohol	48	471	49	548	- 77
Encephalitis	49	434	46	722	- 288
Syphilis	50	373	64	36	+ 337
Ovary Cancer	51	366	36	2,003	- 1,637
Hepatitis B	52	324	56	153	+ 171
Poisonings	53	280	57	132	+ 148
Skin Cancers	54	272	41	1,133	- 860
Uterin Cancer	55	252	44	864	- 613
Other Neoplasms	56	230	54	192	+ 39
Multiple Sclerosis	57	105	61	86	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	76	53	194	- 119
Tetanus	59	70	58	116	- 47
Appendicitis	60	49	59	114	- 65
Pertussis	61	46	62	77	- 31
Hepatitis C	62	30	67	7	+ 23
Upper Respiratory	63	10	65	18	- 7
War	64	7	60	87	- 80
Ascariasis	65	4	69	4	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	1	70	3	- 2
Diphtheria	67	1	71	1	- 0
Measles	68	0	63	56	- 56
Otitis Media	69	0	68	7	- 7
Dengue	70	0	55	172	- 172
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	66	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Cape Verde

Thailand

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.