ESTONIA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	894	1	3,009	- 2,115
Stroke	2	531	3	1,116	- 585
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	462	6	349	+ 113
Road Traffic Accidents	4	288	35	59	+ 229
Diabetes Mellitus	5	219	19	146	+ 72
Liver Disease	6	196	7	328	- 132
Kidney Disease	7	166	17	176	- 10
Violence	8	144	42	28	+ 115
Suicide	9	139	16	197	- 58
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	132	12	229	- 97
Stomach Cancer	11	131	9	290	- 158
Lung Disease	12	113	13	229	- 116
Prostate Cancer	13	102	8	298	- 196
Liver Cancer	14	97	26	107	- 11
Hypertension	15	96	2	2,700	- 2,605
Lung Cancers	16	85	4	657	- 572
Oesophagus Cancer	17	81	27	99	- 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	80	53	8	+ 72
Congenital Anomalies	19	74	43	25	+ 49
Low Birth Weight	20	72	55	7	+ 65
HIV/AIDS	21	66	39	40	+ 26
Other Injuries	22	65	20	141	- 76
Cervical Cancer	23	54	32	68	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	24	52	10	268	- 216
Drownings	25	52	40	30	+ 22
Falls	26	52	24	119	- 67
Breast Cancer	27	47	11	260	- 213
Tuberculosis	28	46	47	16	+ 29
Asthma	29	45	44	24	+ 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	41	5	527	- 486
Oral Cancer	31	40	25	110	- 70
Parkinson's Disease	32	39	29	82	- 43
Lymphomas	33	37	15	213	- 176
Epilepsy	34	31	37	45	- 13
Birth Trauma	35	30	57	5	+ 25
Meningitis	36	28	54	7	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	37	28	14	217	- 189
Drug Use	38	26	31	75	- 49
Fires	39	26	38	41	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	19	36	55	- 36
Leukemia	41	19	22	126	- 106
Endocrine Disorders	42	18	33	66	- 48
Malnutrition	43	15	79	0	+ 15
Skin Disease	44	11	41	29	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	9	45	22	- 12
Bladder Cancer	46	9	21	126	- 117
Maternal Conditions	47	9	61	1	+ 8
Alcohol	48	8	18	148	- 140
Encephalitis	49	7	63	0	+ 7
Syphilis	50	6	62	1	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	51	6	28	87	- 81
Hepatitis B	52	6	65	0	+ 6
Poisonings	53	5	52	8	- 4
Skin Cancers	54	5	30	79	- 74
Uterin Cancer	55	4	34	60	- 56
Other Neoplasms	56	4	23	123	- 119
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	48	16	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	46	17	- 16
Tetanus	59	1	81	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	60	1	59	2	- 1
Pertussis	61	1	83	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	62	1	58	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	63	0	66	0	+ 0
War	64	0	64	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Cape Verde

Estonia

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.