YEMEN VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,062	1	30,158	- 6,096
Stroke	2	14,290	2	13,570	+ 720
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	12,425	4	11,978	+ 447
Road Traffic Accidents	4	7,747	6	8,561	- 814
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,883	19	1,794	+ 4,089
Liver Disease	6	5,289	13	2,891	+ 2,397
Kidney Disease	7	4,482	15	2,679	+ 1,804
Violence	8	3,864	14	2,839	+ 1,025
Suicide	9	3,740	21	1,699	+ 2,041
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,556	22	1,405	+ 2,150
Stomach Cancer	11	3,539	31	902	+ 2,637
Lung Disease	12	3,035	11	3,196	- 161
Prostate Cancer	13	2,753	63	39	+ 2,713
Liver Cancer	14	2,598	39	609	+ 1,989
Hypertension	15	2,575	8	5,293	- 2,719
Lung Cancers	16	2,298	41	569	+ 1,729
Oesophagus Cancer	17	2,184	35	765	+ 1,420
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	2,167	9	4,372	- 2,205
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,006	10	4,291	- 2,285
Low Birth Weight	20	1,935	5	8,810	- 6,875
HIV/AIDS	21	1,788	46	396	+ 1,392
Other Injuries	22	1,760	16	2,225	- 465
Cervical Cancer	23	1,442	57	119	+ 1,323
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,407	51	283	+ 1,124
Drownings	25	1,401	25	1,142	+ 259
Falls	26	1,399	24	1,170	+ 229
Breast Cancer	27	1,260	26	1,134	+ 126
Tuberculosis	28	1,233	18	1,899	- 666
Asthma	29	1,219	17	2,106	- 887
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,115	30	913	+ 202
Oral Cancer	31	1,077	42	547	+ 530
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,045	49	362	+ 684
Lymphomas	33	1,006	45	433	+ 573
Epilepsy	34	838	43	539	+ 299
Birth Trauma	35	798	7	5,939	- 5,141
Meningitis	36	758	28	1,018	- 260
Inflammatory/Heart	37	748	40	585	+ 163
Drug Use	38	710	38	613	+ 98
Fires	39	706	29	991	- 285
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	520	33	833	- 314
Leukemia	41	516	34	776	- 261
Endocrine Disorders	42	473	36	738	- 265
Malnutrition	43	411	27	1,058	- 647
Skin Disease	44	307	61	44	+ 264
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	247	37	707	- 460
Bladder Cancer	46	241	55	160	+ 80
Maternal Conditions	47	240	32	890	- 650
Alcohol	48	217	59	78	+ 138
Encephalitis	49	199	48	369	- 169
Syphilis	50	172	53	175	- 4
Ovary Cancer	51	168	52	188	- 20
Hepatitis B	52	149	50	299	- 150
Poisonings	53	129	44	532	- 403
Skin Cancers	54	125	58	100	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	55	116	69	5	+ 110
Other Neoplasms	56	106	64	21	+ 85
Multiple Sclerosis	57	48	62	42	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	35	66	14	+ 21
Tetanus	59	32	47	395	- 363
Appendicitis	60	22	54	162	- 139
Pertussis	61	21	23	1,239	- 1,218
Hepatitis C	62	14	68	8	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	63	5	70	5	- 0
War	64	3	3	12,915	- 12,912
Ascariasis	65	2	65	17	- 15
Chlamydia	66	0	72	1	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	14	- 13
Measles	68	0	12	3,019	- 3,019
Otitis Media	69	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	60	71	- 71
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Leishmaniasis	78	0	71	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	79	0	56	124	- 124
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Cape Verde

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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.