TURKEY VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	62,976	1	85,905	- 22,929
Stroke	2	37,401	2	44,006	- 6,605
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	32,519	9	12,845	+ 19,674
Road Traffic Accidents	4	20,275	16	5,573	+ 14,702
Diabetes Mellitus	5	15,398	5	17,900	- 2,501
Liver Disease	6	13,842	13	6,340	+ 7,501
Kidney Disease	7	11,731	7	17,021	- 5,290
Violence	8	10,113	23	4,010	+ 6,103
Suicide	9	9,788	29	2,003	+ 7,785
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	9,306	6	17,308	- 8,002
Stomach Cancer	11	9,264	11	10,333	- 1,069
Lung Disease	12	7,943	4	25,088	- 17,145
Prostate Cancer	13	7,204	15	5,608	+ 1,596
Liver Cancer	14	6,800	20	4,542	+ 2,258
Hypertension	15	6,739	8	14,763	- 8,024
Lung Cancers	16	6,016	3	35,070	- 29,055
Oesophagus Cancer	17	5,717	33	1,321	+ 4,395
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	5,671	40	741	+ 4,930
Congenital Anomalies	19	5,249	17	4,966	+ 283
Low Birth Weight	20	5,065	24	3,478	+ 1,587
HIV/AIDS	21	4,681	53	204	+ 4,477
Other Injuries	22	4,606	30	1,678	+ 2,928
Cervical Cancer	23	3,775	34	1,311	+ 2,464
Pancreas Cancer	24	3,683	12	6,882	- 3,199
Drownings	25	3,667	44	549	+ 3,118
Falls	26	3,662	22	4,373	- 711
Breast Cancer	27	3,297	14	5,643	- 2,346
Tuberculosis	28	3,227	50	303	+ 2,924
Asthma	29	3,191	27	2,434	+ 756
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	2,917	10	10,606	- 7,689
Oral Cancer	31	2,819	35	1,305	+ 1,513
Parkinson's Disease	32	2,736	25	3,439	- 704
Lymphomas	33	2,633	19	4,849	- 2,215
Epilepsy	34	2,193	36	1,147	+ 1,046
Birth Trauma	35	2,089	41	720	+ 1,369
Meningitis	36	1,984	51	274	+ 1,710
Inflammatory/Heart	37	1,957	31	1,632	+ 325
Drug Use	38	1,859	38	972	+ 886
Fires	39	1,849	47	343	+ 1,506
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	1,360	39	789	+ 571
Leukemia	41	1,350	18	4,870	- 3,520
Endocrine Disorders	42	1,237	26	2,612	- 1,375
Malnutrition	43	1,076	43	588	+ 488
Skin Disease	44	805	48	324	+ 481
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	646	45	452	+ 194
Bladder Cancer	46	630	21	4,485	- 3,855
Maternal Conditions	47	629	57	109	+ 520
Alcohol	48	567	55	182	+ 385
Encephalitis	49	522	54	184	+ 338
Syphilis	50	449	61	50	+ 399
Ovary Cancer	51	440	28	2,287	- 1,847
Hepatitis B	52	390	60	72	+ 318
Poisonings	53	337	46	369	- 32
Skin Cancers	54	328	32	1,548	- 1,220
Uterin Cancer	55	303	37	1,090	- 788
Other Neoplasms	56	277	42	646	- 369
Multiple Sclerosis	57	127	56	169	- 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	91	52	237	- 146
Tetanus	59	84	64	12	+ 72
Appendicitis	60	59	59	93	- 35
Pertussis	61	56	58	103	- 47
Hepatitis C	62	36	63	19	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	63	12	66	5	+ 7
War	64	9	49	318	- 310
Ascariasis	65	5	70	1	+ 4
Chlamydia	66	1	69	2	- 1
Diphtheria	67	1	71	1	+ 0
Measles	68	0	65	6	- 6
Otitis Media	69	0	67	3	- 3
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	68	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	79	0	62	33	- 33
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKEY

Cape Verde

Turkey

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.