VIET NAM VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		VIET NAM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	79,177	2	91,939	- 12,762
Stroke	2	47,022	1	159,032	- 112,011
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	40,885	7	27,836	+ 13,048
Road Traffic Accidents	4	25,490	5	29,475	- 3,985
Diabetes Mellitus	5	19,359	4	33,860	- 14,501
Liver Disease	6	17,402	10	23,900	- 6,498
Kidney Disease	7	14,748	8	25,251	- 10,503
Violence	8	12,715	36	1,785	+ 10,930
Suicide	9	12,307	18	7,249	+ 5,057
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	11,700	6	29,307	- 17,607
Stomach Cancer	11	11,647	14	15,134	- 3,487
Lung Disease	12	9,987	3	35,875	- 25,888
Prostate Cancer	13	9,058	35	1,911	+ 7,146
Liver Cancer	14	8,549	9	24,995	- 16,445
Hypertension	15	8,473	12	19,880	- 11,407
Lung Cancers	16	7,563	11	21,294	- 13,731
Oesophagus Cancer	17	7,187	33	2,265	+ 4,922
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	7,130	29	4,390	+ 2,740
Congenital Anomalies	19	6,600	21	7,064	- 464
Low Birth Weight	20	6,368	19	7,132	- 764
HIV/AIDS	21	5,885	27	4,993	+ 892
Other Injuries	22	5,791	23	5,539	+ 252
Cervical Cancer	23	4,746	31	2,391	+ 2,355
Pancreas Cancer	24	4,631	44	929	+ 3,702
Drownings	25	4,610	26	5,097	- 487
Falls	26	4,604	13	15,427	- 10,823
Breast Cancer	27	4,145	22	6,187	- 2,043
Tuberculosis	28	4,058	15	9,446	- 5,388
Asthma	29	4,011	17	8,150	- 4,139
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	3,668	16	8,258	- 4,590
Oral Cancer	31	3,544	20	7,088	- 3,544
Parkinson's Disease	32	3,440	25	5,338	- 1,899
Lymphomas	33	3,311	30	2,964	+ 346
Epilepsy	34	2,757	53	583	+ 2,175
Birth Trauma	35	2,627	32	2,340	+ 287
Meningitis	36	2,495	51	624	+ 1,870
Inflammatory/Heart	37	2,461	24	5,357	- 2,896
Drug Use	38	2,337	41	1,366	+ 971
Fires	39	2,324	52	595	+ 1,730
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	1,710	43	957	+ 753
Leukemia	41	1,697	28	4,899	- 3,202
Endocrine Disorders	42	1,555	34	2,082	- 528
Malnutrition	43	1,353	63	120	+ 1,233
Skin Disease	44	1,012	40	1,515	- 503
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	812	38	1,708	- 897
Bladder Cancer	46	792	45	896	- 105
Maternal Conditions	47	790	49	773	+ 17
Alcohol	48	713	46	867	- 154
Encephalitis	49	656	39	1,558	- 902
Syphilis	50	565	56	328	+ 236
Ovary Cancer	51	553	47	864	- 310
Hepatitis B	52	491	55	379	+ 112
Poisonings	53	424	48	832	- 408
Skin Cancers	54	412	54	467	- 55
Uterin Cancer	55	380	42	1,159	- 778
Other Neoplasms	56	348	57	325	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	57	159	61	135	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	115	59	224	- 109
Tetanus	59	105	58	286	- 181
Appendicitis	60	74	60	201	- 128
Pertussis	61	70	50	705	- 635
Hepatitis C	62	46	64	78	- 33
Upper Respiratory	63	15	66	34	- 18
War	64	11	65	34	- 23
Ascariasis	65	7	68	9	- 2
Chlamydia	66	1	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	1	69	3	- 2
Measles	68	0	37	1,780	- 1,780
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 0
Dengue	70	0	62	127	- 126
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	67	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VIET NAM

Cape Verde

Viet Nam

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.