DJIBOUTI VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	745	1	687	+ 58
Stroke	2	442	2	680	- 237
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	385	3	671	- 286
Road Traffic Accidents	4	240	11	229	+ 11
Diabetes Mellitus	5	182	7	284	- 102
Liver Disease	6	164	6	295	- 131
Kidney Disease	7	139	13	186	- 48
Violence	8	120	24	64	+ 56
Suicide	9	116	19	94	+ 22
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	110	21	90	+ 20
Stomach Cancer	11	110	50	14	+ 95
Lung Disease	12	94	16	120	- 26
Prostate Cancer	13	85	44	17	+ 68
Liver Cancer	14	80	43	19	+ 62
Hypertension	15	80	12	211	- 131
Lung Cancers	16	71	42	20	+ 51
Oesophagus Cancer	17	68	36	27	+ 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	67	4	364	- 297
Congenital Anomalies	19	62	18	113	- 51
Low Birth Weight	20	60	8	251	- 191
HIV/AIDS	21	55	5	348	- 293
Other Injuries	22	54	10	233	- 178
Cervical Cancer	23	45	29	40	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	24	44	58	6	+ 38
Drownings	25	43	35	28	+ 15
Falls	26	43	26	45	- 2
Breast Cancer	27	39	20	91	- 52
Tuberculosis	28	38	9	243	- 205
Asthma	29	38	22	68	- 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	35	32	38	- 3
Oral Cancer	31	33	45	17	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	32	32	41	23	+ 10
Lymphomas	33	31	30	40	- 9
Epilepsy	34	26	37	26	+ 0
Birth Trauma	35	25	15	166	- 141
Meningitis	36	23	17	117	- 93
Inflammatory/Heart	37	23	28	45	- 22
Drug Use	38	22	54	12	+ 10
Fires	39	22	33	33	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	16	34	32	- 16
Leukemia	41	16	27	45	- 29
Endocrine Disorders	42	15	38	25	- 10
Malnutrition	43	13	14	170	- 157
Skin Disease	44	10	55	12	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	8	48	15	- 7
Bladder Cancer	46	7	47	15	- 8
Maternal Conditions	47	7	31	40	- 33
Alcohol	48	7	49	15	- 8
Encephalitis	49	6	59	5	+ 1
Syphilis	50	5	52	13	- 8
Ovary Cancer	51	5	40	23	- 18
Hepatitis B	52	5	56	8	- 4
Poisonings	53	4	39	25	- 21
Skin Cancers	54	4	53	12	- 8
Uterin Cancer	55	4	60	4	- 1
Other Neoplasms	56	3	65	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	67	2	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	62	3	- 2
Tetanus	59	1	46	16	- 15
Appendicitis	60	1	57	6	- 5
Pertussis	61	1	25	50	- 49
Hepatitis C	62	0	68	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	61	4	- 4
War	64	0	63	3	- 3
Ascariasis	65	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	66	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	23	66	- 66
Leishmaniasis	78	0	51	14	- 14
Schistosomiasis	79	0	64	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

Cape Verde

Djibouti

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.