CAPE VERDE VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	873	1	457	+ 415
Stroke	2	554	2	272	+ 282
Diabetes Mellitus	3	244	5	112	+ 132
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	239	3	236	+ 3
Lung Disease	5	208	12	58	+ 151
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	154	18	41	+ 112
Kidney Disease	7	135	7	85	+ 50
Suicide	8	104	9	71	+ 33
Liver Disease	9	99	6	101	- 2
Congenital Anomalies	10	92	19	38	+ 54
Hypertension	11	90	15	49	+ 41
Road Traffic Accidents	12	86	4	147	- 62
Asthma	13	86	29	23	+ 62
Low Birth Weight	14	83	20	37	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	67	45	5	+ 63
Drownings	16	67	25	27	+ 40
Other Injuries	17	57	22	33	+ 24
Liver Cancer	18	53	14	49	+ 3
Birth Trauma	19	38	35	15	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	35	40	10	+ 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	34	10	68	- 34
Tuberculosis	22	31	28	23	+ 8
Lung Cancers	23	29	16	44	- 15
Maternal Conditions	24	27	47	5	+ 23
Falls	25	25	26	27	- 1
Breast Cancer	26	25	27	24	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	27	25	23	27	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	28	22	32	20	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	29	21	37	14	+ 7
Pertussis	30	20	61	0	+ 19
Malnutrition	31	19	43	8	+ 11
Leukemia	32	17	41	10	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	33	17	42	9	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	34	17	13	52	- 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	16	30	21	- 5
Meningitis	36	16	36	14	+ 1
Syphilis	37	15	50	3	+ 11
Violence	38	13	8	73	- 60
Skin Disease	39	13	44	6	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	40	12	11	67	- 56
Epilepsy	41	10	34	16	- 6
Fires	42	8	39	13	- 5
Alcohol	43	8	48	4	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	44	8	51	3	+ 4
Lymphomas	45	6	33	19	- 13
Tetanus	46	5	59	1	+ 5
Poisonings	47	4	53	2	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	48	4	55	2	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	49	4	46	5	- 1
Appendicitis	50	3	60	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	51	2	52	3	- 0
Encephalitis	52	2	49	4	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	53	2	24	27	- 25
Oral Cancer	54	2	31	20	- 19
Other Neoplasms	55	1	56	2	- 1
Drug Use	56	1	38	14	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	57	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	58	1	- 0
Dengue	59	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	60	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	62	0	+ 0
Measles	62	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	65	0	+ 0
War	64	0	64	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	21	34	- 34
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	17	42	- 42
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	54	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Vanuatu

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.