CAPE VERDE VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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El Salvador EL SALVADOR CAPE VERDE Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 536 1 457 + 78
Violence 2 506 8 73 + 432
Kidney Disease 3 436 7 85 + 350
Influenza and Pneumonia 4 223 3 236 - 13
Stroke 5 147 2 272 - 125
Lung Disease 6 138 12 58 + 80
Diabetes Mellitus 7 128 5 112 + 16
Road Traffic Accidents 8 124 4 147 - 23
HIV/AIDS 9 78 21 34 + 44
Liver Disease 10 73 6 101 - 27
Stomach Cancer 11 65 11 67 - 3
Alcohol 12 60 48 4 + 56
Cervical Cancer 13 42 23 27 + 14
Congenital Anomalies 14 41 19 38 + 3
Suicide 15 36 9 71 - 35
Liver Cancer 16 33 14 49 - 17
Prostate Cancer 17 30 13 52 - 22
Alzheimers & Dementia 18 29 10 68 - 38
Low Birth Weight 19 29 20 37 - 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers 20 29 30 21 + 8
Leukemia 21 29 41 10 + 19
Breast Cancer 22 27 27 24 + 3
Lung Cancers 23 27 16 44 - 17
Falls 24 22 26 27 - 4
Endocrine Disorders 25 21 42 9 + 12
Malnutrition 26 20 43 8 + 12
Diarrhoeal diseases 27 18 18 41 - 23
Lymphomas 28 17 33 19 - 2
Pancreas Cancer 29 15 24 27 - 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease 30 14 40 10 + 5
Hypertension 31 13 15 49 - 35
Other Neoplasms 32 13 56 2 + 11
Drownings 33 13 25 27 - 14
Anemia 34 12 84 0 + 12
Asthma 35 11 29 23 - 12
Skin Disease 36 11 44 6 + 5
Birth Trauma 37 11 35 15 - 4
Other Injuries 38 9 22 33 - 25
Oral Cancer 39 9 31 20 - 12
Ovary Cancer 40 9 51 3 + 5
Oesophagus Cancer 41 7 17 42 - 34
Inflammatory/Heart 42 7 37 14 - 7
Drug Use 43 7 38 14 - 7
Parkinson's Disease 44 6 32 20 - 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy 45 6 80 0 + 6
Tuberculosis 46 6 28 23 - 18
Skin Cancers 47 5 54 2 + 3
Epilepsy 48 5 34 16 - 11
Bladder Cancer 49 4 46 5 - 1
Uterin Cancer 50 4 55 2 + 1
Meningitis 51 3 36 14 - 11
Pertussis 52 3 61 0 + 3
Maternal Conditions 53 2 47 5 - 2
Fires 54 2 39 13 - 11
Chagas disease 55 2 76 0 + 2
Appendicitis 56 2 60 0 + 1
Poisonings 57 1 53 2 - 1
Syphilis 58 1 50 3 - 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis 59 1 58 1 + 1
Tetanus 60 1 59 1 + 0
Dengue 61 1 70 0 + 1
Upper Respiratory 62 1 63 0 + 1
Encephalitis 63 1 49 4 - 3
Multiple Sclerosis 64 1 57 1 - 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease 65 1 45 5 - 4
Hepatitis B 66 0 52 3 - 2
Schizophrenia 67 0 86 0 + 0
Oral conditions 68 0 82 0 + 0
Osteoarthritis 69 0 81 0 + 0
War 70 0 64 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 71 0 73 0 + 0
Ascariasis 72 0 65 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 73 0 78 0 + 0
Diphtheria 74 0 67 0 - 0
Hepatitis C 75 0 62 0 - 0
Measles 76 0 68 0 - 0
Otitis Media 77 0 69 0 - 0
Leprosy 78 0 74 0 - 0
Chlamydia 79 0 66 0 - 0
Malaria 80 0 77 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 81 0 75 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 82 0 79 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 83 0 71 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 84 0 72 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 85 0 85 0 - 0
Depression 86 0 83 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

El Salvador

El Salvador

Cape Verde

Cape Verde

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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020