UNITED KINGDOM VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	51,252	2	71,728	- 20,476
Stroke	2	30,438	4	37,626	- 7,189
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	26,465	3	40,540	- 14,075
Road Traffic Accidents	4	16,500	33	2,169	+ 14,331
Diabetes Mellitus	5	12,532	17	5,842	+ 6,689
Liver Disease	6	11,265	14	7,666	+ 3,599
Kidney Disease	7	9,547	18	5,471	+ 4,076
Violence	8	8,231	46	868	+ 7,363
Suicide	9	7,966	20	5,325	+ 2,641
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	7,574	1	98,135	- 90,561
Stomach Cancer	11	7,539	24	4,999	+ 2,540
Lung Disease	12	6,465	6	32,896	- 26,431
Prostate Cancer	13	5,863	8	13,289	- 7,426
Liver Cancer	14	5,534	21	5,237	+ 297
Hypertension	15	5,485	23	5,208	+ 277
Lung Cancers	16	4,896	5	35,715	- 30,819
Oesophagus Cancer	17	4,652	12	8,727	- 4,074
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	4,615	38	1,599	+ 3,017
Congenital Anomalies	19	4,272	35	2,127	+ 2,145
Low Birth Weight	20	4,122	40	1,313	+ 2,809
HIV/AIDS	21	3,809	55	188	+ 3,621
Other Injuries	22	3,748	19	5,464	- 1,716
Cervical Cancer	23	3,072	43	1,099	+ 1,973
Pancreas Cancer	24	2,998	11	8,995	- 5,998
Drownings	25	2,984	49	301	+ 2,683
Falls	26	2,980	15	7,618	- 4,638
Breast Cancer	27	2,683	9	12,718	- 10,035
Tuberculosis	28	2,626	47	351	+ 2,275
Asthma	29	2,597	41	1,302	+ 1,294
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	2,374	7	18,446	- 16,072
Oral Cancer	31	2,294	30	3,109	- 815
Parkinson's Disease	32	2,226	13	8,573	- 6,346
Lymphomas	33	2,143	10	9,350	- 7,207
Epilepsy	34	1,785	42	1,193	+ 591
Birth Trauma	35	1,700	54	190	+ 1,511
Meningitis	36	1,615	52	232	+ 1,382
Inflammatory/Heart	37	1,593	29	3,126	- 1,534
Drug Use	38	1,513	31	2,824	- 1,312
Fires	39	1,504	48	334	+ 1,170
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	1,107	36	2,090	- 983
Leukemia	41	1,099	22	5,211	- 4,112
Endocrine Disorders	42	1,006	28	3,297	- 2,290
Malnutrition	43	876	58	116	+ 760
Skin Disease	44	655	34	2,134	- 1,479
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	525	45	876	- 351
Bladder Cancer	46	512	16	6,133	- 5,621
Maternal Conditions	47	512	64	47	+ 465
Alcohol	48	461	39	1,555	- 1,093
Encephalitis	49	425	68	6	+ 419
Syphilis	50	365	62	49	+ 317
Ovary Cancer	51	358	25	4,019	- 3,661
Hepatitis B	52	318	65	40	+ 278
Poisonings	53	274	53	221	+ 54
Skin Cancers	54	267	27	3,727	- 3,461
Uterin Cancer	55	246	32	2,346	- 2,100
Other Neoplasms	56	225	26	3,986	- 3,761
Multiple Sclerosis	57	103	37	1,856	- 1,753
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	74	44	1,014	- 939
Tetanus	59	68	72	0	+ 68
Appendicitis	60	48	59	105	- 58
Pertussis	61	45	69	3	+ 42
Hepatitis C	62	29	51	267	- 238
Upper Respiratory	63	10	63	48	- 38
War	64	7	67	10	- 3
Ascariasis	65	4	80	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	66	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	74	0	+ 1
Measles	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	16	- 16
Dengue	70	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	184	- 184
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	167	- 167
Oral conditions	82	0	61	54	- 54
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	50	277	- 277
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	101	- 101
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

Cape Verde

United Kingdom

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.