CAPE VERDE VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	685	2	272	+ 413
Coronary Heart Disease	2	541	1	457	+ 83
Diabetes Mellitus	3	508	5	112	+ 396
Kidney Disease	4	290	7	85	+ 205
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	239	3	236	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	6	205	13	52	+ 152
Road Traffic Accidents	7	198	4	147	+ 51
Lung Disease	8	192	12	58	+ 134
Hypertension	9	191	15	49	+ 142
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	173	10	68	+ 105
Violence	11	135	8	73	+ 61
Liver Disease	12	127	6	101	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	13	115	37	14	+ 100
Breast Cancer	14	93	27	24	+ 69
Stomach Cancer	15	80	11	67	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	77	30	21	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	17	73	42	9	+ 64
Lung Cancers	18	68	16	44	+ 24
Low Birth Weight	19	63	20	37	+ 26
Skin Disease	20	59	44	6	+ 53
Other Injuries	21	54	22	33	+ 20
Suicide	22	52	9	71	- 19
Parkinson's Disease	23	50	32	20	+ 31
Lymphomas	24	48	33	19	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	25	43	23	27	+ 16
Falls	26	38	26	27	+ 12
Asthma	27	35	29	23	+ 12
Drownings	28	34	25	27	+ 7
Alcohol	29	34	48	4	+ 29
Congenital Anomalies	30	29	19	38	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	31	29	24	27	+ 3
Epilepsy	32	26	34	16	+ 10
Malnutrition	33	24	43	8	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	20	40	10	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	17	18	41	- 25
Leukemia	36	16	41	10	+ 6
Liver Cancer	37	15	14	49	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	14	45	5	+ 10
Fires	39	12	39	13	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	40	11	17	42	- 30
Ovary Cancer	41	11	51	3	+ 8
Birth Trauma	42	11	35	15	- 4
Oral Cancer	43	11	31	20	- 9
Tuberculosis	44	11	28	23	- 13
Uterin Cancer	45	7	55	2	+ 5
Drug Use	46	7	38	14	- 7
Maternal Conditions	47	7	47	5	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	48	7	56	2	+ 5
Meningitis	49	5	36	14	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	5	58	1	+ 4
Appendicitis	51	4	60	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	52	4	49	4	+ 0
Dengue	53	2	70	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	54	2	57	1	+ 1
Poisonings	55	1	53	2	- 1
Tetanus	56	1	59	1	+ 0
Syphilis	57	1	50	3	- 3
War	58	1	64	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	0	63	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	0	52	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	61	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	66	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	61	0	- 0
Ascariasis	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	54	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	46	5	- 5
Schizophrenia	73	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	21	34	- 34
Trichuriasis	85	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	71	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Saint Lucia

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.