ZAMBIA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,571	10	4,432	+ 11,140
Stroke	2	9,248	3	7,948	+ 1,300
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	8,041	2	9,517	- 1,476
Road Traffic Accidents	4	5,013	11	3,654	+ 1,359
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,807	14	2,395	+ 1,412
Liver Disease	6	3,422	9	4,501	- 1,078
Kidney Disease	7	2,901	18	1,760	+ 1,140
Violence	8	2,501	23	1,153	+ 1,347
Suicide	9	2,420	20	1,303	+ 1,118
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,301	29	590	+ 1,711
Stomach Cancer	11	2,290	42	206	+ 2,084
Lung Disease	12	1,964	21	1,273	+ 692
Prostate Cancer	13	1,781	30	561	+ 1,220
Liver Cancer	14	1,681	46	177	+ 1,505
Hypertension	15	1,666	13	2,616	- 950
Lung Cancers	16	1,487	41	226	+ 1,262
Oesophagus Cancer	17	1,413	36	359	+ 1,055
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	1,402	5	6,275	- 4,873
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,298	12	3,146	- 1,848
Low Birth Weight	20	1,252	8	4,857	- 3,605
HIV/AIDS	21	1,157	1	17,234	- 16,077
Other Injuries	22	1,139	19	1,729	- 590
Cervical Cancer	23	933	17	1,799	- 865
Pancreas Cancer	24	911	62	42	+ 868
Drownings	25	907	27	689	+ 218
Falls	26	905	28	596	+ 309
Breast Cancer	27	815	35	366	+ 449
Tuberculosis	28	798	6	5,941	- 5,143
Asthma	29	789	26	741	+ 48
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	721	43	203	+ 519
Oral Cancer	31	697	48	155	+ 542
Parkinson's Disease	32	676	47	164	+ 513
Lymphomas	33	651	31	548	+ 103
Epilepsy	34	542	38	332	+ 210
Birth Trauma	35	517	7	5,062	- 4,545
Meningitis	36	491	16	1,976	- 1,485
Inflammatory/Heart	37	484	33	501	- 17
Drug Use	38	460	53	122	+ 337
Fires	39	457	32	546	- 89
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	336	40	246	+ 91
Leukemia	41	334	39	261	+ 73
Endocrine Disorders	42	306	37	354	- 48
Malnutrition	43	266	15	2,303	- 2,037
Skin Disease	44	199	52	126	+ 73
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	160	45	190	- 30
Bladder Cancer	46	156	50	132	+ 24
Maternal Conditions	47	155	22	1,188	- 1,032
Alcohol	48	140	49	140	+ 0
Encephalitis	49	129	59	70	+ 59
Syphilis	50	111	24	885	- 774
Ovary Cancer	51	109	57	82	+ 26
Hepatitis B	52	97	55	104	- 8
Poisonings	53	83	34	456	- 373
Skin Cancers	54	81	54	108	- 27
Uterin Cancer	55	75	64	30	+ 45
Other Neoplasms	56	68	65	20	+ 49
Multiple Sclerosis	57	31	67	13	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	23	63	30	- 7
Tetanus	59	21	44	190	- 169
Appendicitis	60	14	56	84	- 69
Pertussis	61	14	25	743	- 729
Hepatitis C	62	9	66	18	- 9
Upper Respiratory	63	3	60	68	- 65
War	64	2	69	6	- 4
Ascariasis	65	1	68	9	- 7
Chlamydia	66	0	71	3	- 3
Diphtheria	67	0	73	3	- 3
Measles	68	0	61	48	- 48
Otitis Media	69	0	70	5	- 5
Dengue	70	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Leishmaniasis	78	0	58	72	- 72
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	128	- 128
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Cape Verde

Zambia

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.