ZIMBABWE VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,840	3	8,493	+ 4,347
Stroke	2	7,625	5	5,126	+ 2,499
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	6,630	2	10,779	- 4,149
Road Traffic Accidents	4	4,134	4	6,037	- 1,904
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,139	9	3,344	- 204
Liver Disease	6	2,822	17	1,941	+ 881
Kidney Disease	7	2,392	12	2,214	+ 178
Violence	8	2,062	18	1,916	+ 146
Suicide	9	1,996	13	2,069	- 73
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,897	31	768	+ 1,130
Stomach Cancer	11	1,889	33	559	+ 1,330
Lung Disease	12	1,620	23	1,163	+ 456
Prostate Cancer	13	1,469	32	628	+ 841
Liver Cancer	14	1,386	38	510	+ 877
Hypertension	15	1,374	24	1,146	+ 228
Lung Cancers	16	1,226	43	286	+ 941
Oesophagus Cancer	17	1,165	29	801	+ 364
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	1,156	6	4,595	- 3,438
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,070	11	2,217	- 1,147
Low Birth Weight	20	1,033	7	4,038	- 3,005
HIV/AIDS	21	954	1	19,988	- 19,034
Other Injuries	22	939	20	1,656	- 717
Cervical Cancer	23	770	14	2,023	- 1,253
Pancreas Cancer	24	751	47	217	+ 534
Drownings	25	748	27	956	- 208
Falls	26	747	41	465	+ 282
Breast Cancer	27	672	28	839	- 167
Tuberculosis	28	658	16	1,999	- 1,341
Asthma	29	650	21	1,531	- 880
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	595	40	505	+ 90
Oral Cancer	31	575	49	208	+ 367
Parkinson's Disease	32	558	46	226	+ 332
Lymphomas	33	537	26	960	- 423
Epilepsy	34	447	39	508	- 61
Birth Trauma	35	426	8	3,405	- 2,979
Meningitis	36	405	22	1,325	- 921
Inflammatory/Heart	37	399	25	1,047	- 648
Drug Use	38	379	48	213	+ 166
Fires	39	377	30	793	- 416
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	277	35	548	- 271
Leukemia	41	275	45	244	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	42	252	34	553	- 301
Malnutrition	43	219	10	2,396	- 2,177
Skin Disease	44	164	52	173	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	132	36	542	- 410
Bladder Cancer	46	128	54	125	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	47	128	19	1,749	- 1,621
Alcohol	48	116	61	48	+ 67
Encephalitis	49	106	56	117	- 11
Syphilis	50	92	55	124	- 33
Ovary Cancer	51	90	51	173	- 84
Hepatitis B	52	80	60	57	+ 23
Poisonings	53	69	37	515	- 447
Skin Cancers	54	67	44	264	- 197
Uterin Cancer	55	62	50	182	- 120
Other Neoplasms	56	56	62	37	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	57	26	67	14	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	19	64	26	- 8
Tetanus	59	17	57	102	- 85
Appendicitis	60	12	58	66	- 54
Pertussis	61	11	42	419	- 407
Hepatitis C	62	7	66	14	- 7
Upper Respiratory	63	2	59	65	- 63
War	64	2	65	26	- 24
Ascariasis	65	1	70	2	- 1
Chlamydia	66	0	69	3	- 3
Diphtheria	67	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	68	0	63	30	- 30
Otitis Media	69	0	68	3	- 3
Dengue	70	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	71	2	- 2
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	53	172	- 172
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 ZIMBABWE

Cape Verde

Zimbabwe

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.