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CAPE VERDE VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Egypt EGYPT CAPE VERDE Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 955 1 457 + 498
Liver Disease 2 330 6 101 + 230
Stroke 3 241 2 272 - 31
Liver Cancer 4 135 14 49 + 85
Hypertension 5 116 15 49 + 67
Kidney Disease 6 116 7 85 + 31
Influenza and Pneumonia 7 114 3 236 - 123
Diabetes Mellitus 8 105 5 112 - 7
Lung Disease 9 74 12 58 + 16
Congenital Anomalies 10 67 19 38 + 29
Low Birth Weight 11 63 20 37 + 26
Road Traffic Accidents 12 56 4 147 - 92
Breast Cancer 13 50 27 24 + 26
Lymphomas 14 41 33 19 + 22
Asthma 15 39 29 23 + 16
Alzheimers & Dementia 16 38 10 68 - 29
Birth Trauma 17 34 35 15 + 18
Lung Cancers 18 31 16 44 - 13
Bladder Cancer 19 28 46 5 + 24
Violence 20 23 8 73 - 51
Other Injuries 21 21 22 33 - 12
Leukemia 22 21 41 10 + 11
Diarrhoeal diseases 23 20 18 41 - 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers 24 17 30 21 - 4
Suicide 25 17 9 71 - 55
Pancreas Cancer 26 16 24 27 - 11
Inflammatory/Heart 27 14 37 14 - 1
Parkinson's Disease 28 13 32 20 - 7
Endocrine Disorders 29 13 42 9 + 4
Falls 30 11 26 27 - 16
Ovary Cancer 31 11 51 3 + 7
Stomach Cancer 32 10 11 67 - 57
Fires 33 9 39 13 - 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease 34 7 40 10 - 3
Prostate Cancer 35 7 13 52 - 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease 36 7 45 5 + 2
Drownings 37 6 25 27 - 20
Encephalitis 38 6 49 4 + 2
Skin Cancers 39 6 54 2 + 3
Hepatitis B 40 5 52 3 + 3
Oesophagus Cancer 41 5 17 42 - 36
Pertussis 42 5 61 0 + 5
Meningitis 43 5 36 14 - 10
Maternal Conditions 44 4 47 5 - 0
Oral Cancer 45 4 31 20 - 16
Malnutrition 46 4 43 8 - 4
War 47 4 64 0 + 4
Cervical Cancer 48 3 23 27 - 24
Tetanus 49 3 59 1 + 2
Epilepsy 50 2 34 16 - 13
Tuberculosis 51 2 28 23 - 21
Uterin Cancer 52 2 55 2 + 0
HIV/AIDS 53 2 21 34 - 32
Schistosomiasis 54 1 79 0 + 1
Skin Disease 55 1 44 6 - 5
Multiple Sclerosis 56 1 57 1 + 0
Poisonings 57 1 53 2 - 1
Syphilis 58 1 50 3 - 2
Appendicitis 59 1 60 0 + 0
Alcohol 60 1 48 4 - 3
Other Neoplasms 61 1 56 2 - 1
Drug Use 62 1 38 14 - 13
Hepatitis C 63 1 62 0 + 0
Measles 64 0 68 0 + 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis 65 0 58 1 - 1
Leishmaniasis 66 0 78 0 + 0
Ascariasis 67 0 65 0 - 0
Upper Respiratory 68 0 63 0 - 0
Dengue 69 0 70 0 + 0
Diphtheria 70 0 67 0 + 0
Chlamydia 71 0 66 0 - 0
Otitis Media 72 0 69 0 + 0
Leprosy 73 0 74 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 74 0 73 0 - 0
Chagas disease 75 0 76 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 76 0 75 0 - 0
Malaria 77 0 77 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 78 0 71 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 79 0 72 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 80 0 86 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 81 0 85 0 - 0
Anemia 82 0 84 0 - 0
Depression 83 0 83 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

Egypt

Egypt

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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