CAPE VERDE VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	316	3	236	+ 79
Stroke	2	247	2	272	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	221	18	41	+ 180
Coronary Heart Disease	4	207	1	457	- 250
Road Traffic Accidents	5	128	4	147	- 20
Liver Disease	6	117	6	101	+ 16
Diabetes Mellitus	7	91	5	112	- 21
Hypertension	8	89	15	49	+ 40
Lung Disease	9	64	12	58	+ 6
Malnutrition	10	64	43	8	+ 56
Birth Trauma	11	59	35	15	+ 44
Kidney Disease	12	56	7	85	- 30
Maternal Conditions	13	52	47	5	+ 48
Tuberculosis	14	52	28	23	+ 29
Other Injuries	15	52	22	33	+ 19
Low Birth Weight	16	51	20	37	+ 14
Malaria	17	42	77	0	+ 42
Congenital Anomalies	18	42	19	38	+ 3
Meningitis	19	39	36	14	+ 25
Violence	20	37	8	73	- 36
Suicide	21	37	9	71	- 34
Asthma	22	31	29	23	+ 8
Breast Cancer	23	30	27	24	+ 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	30	10	68	- 38
HIV/AIDS	25	30	21	34	- 4
Falls	26	16	26	27	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	14	40	10	+ 4
Lymphomas	28	14	33	19	- 5
Leukemia	29	14	41	10	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	30	13	23	27	- 15
Fires	31	13	39	13	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	32	12	37	14	- 2
Drownings	33	11	25	27	- 15
Poisonings	34	11	53	2	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	11	30	21	- 10
Pertussis	36	9	61	0	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	37	8	32	20	- 12
Epilepsy	38	8	34	16	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	39	8	17	42	- 34
Ovary Cancer	40	8	51	3	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	7	45	5	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	42	7	79	0	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	43	7	42	9	- 2
Oral Cancer	44	7	31	20	- 14
Liver Cancer	45	7	14	49	- 43
Lung Cancers	46	6	16	44	- 38
Prostate Cancer	47	5	13	52	- 47
Stomach Cancer	48	5	11	67	- 63
Alcohol	49	4	48	4	+ 0
Skin Disease	50	4	44	6	- 2
Bladder Cancer	51	4	46	5	- 1
Tetanus	52	4	59	1	+ 3
Drug Use	53	3	38	14	- 10
Syphilis	54	3	50	3	+ 0
Appendicitis	55	3	60	0	+ 3
Skin Cancers	56	3	54	2	+ 0
Hepatitis B	57	3	52	3	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	58	2	24	27	- 25
Leishmaniasis	59	2	78	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	60	2	63	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	61	2	55	2	- 1
Encephalitis	62	1	49	4	- 2
Measles	63	1	68	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	58	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	62	0	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	66	1	56	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	0	57	1	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	66	0	+ 0
War	71	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Eritrea

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.