FINLAND VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,212	2	9,831	- 5,619
Stroke	2	2,502	3	4,115	- 1,613
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,175	21	436	+ 1,739
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,356	33	215	+ 1,141
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,030	22	418	+ 612
Liver Disease	6	926	10	1,068	- 142
Kidney Disease	7	785	26	342	+ 443
Violence	8	676	43	64	+ 612
Suicide	9	655	15	846	- 191
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	622	1	11,120	- 10,498
Stomach Cancer	11	620	19	447	+ 173
Lung Disease	12	531	8	1,289	- 758
Prostate Cancer	13	482	11	970	- 488
Liver Cancer	14	455	16	545	- 90
Hypertension	15	451	5	2,030	- 1,579
Lung Cancers	16	402	4	2,312	- 1,910
Oesophagus Cancer	17	382	27	320	+ 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	379	52	15	+ 364
Congenital Anomalies	19	351	35	192	+ 159
Low Birth Weight	20	339	48	26	+ 313
HIV/AIDS	21	313	59	6	+ 308
Other Injuries	22	308	20	437	- 129
Cervical Cancer	23	253	44	62	+ 190
Pancreas Cancer	24	246	9	1,247	- 1,001
Drownings	25	245	37	106	+ 139
Falls	26	245	7	1,325	- 1,080
Breast Cancer	27	220	12	948	- 728
Tuberculosis	28	216	46	32	+ 184
Asthma	29	213	40	85	+ 129
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	195	6	1,433	- 1,238
Oral Cancer	31	189	34	207	- 19
Parkinson's Disease	32	183	13	853	- 670
Lymphomas	33	176	14	851	- 675
Epilepsy	34	147	38	104	+ 43
Birth Trauma	35	140	56	8	+ 132
Meningitis	36	133	55	9	+ 123
Inflammatory/Heart	37	131	17	518	- 387
Drug Use	38	124	30	269	- 145
Fires	39	124	45	62	+ 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	91	36	151	- 61
Leukemia	41	90	24	371	- 281
Endocrine Disorders	42	83	31	257	- 174
Malnutrition	43	72	57	7	+ 65
Skin Disease	44	54	47	27	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	43	50	19	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	46	42	28	308	- 266
Maternal Conditions	47	42	64	2	+ 41
Alcohol	48	38	18	464	- 426
Encephalitis	49	35	66	0	+ 34
Syphilis	50	30	67	0	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	51	29	25	344	- 315
Hepatitis B	52	26	63	2	+ 24
Poisonings	53	23	49	25	- 2
Skin Cancers	54	22	29	297	- 275
Uterin Cancer	55	20	32	225	- 205
Other Neoplasms	56	19	23	377	- 358
Multiple Sclerosis	57	8	42	80	- 72
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	6	41	83	- 77
Tetanus	59	6	70	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	60	4	54	10	- 6
Pertussis	61	4	69	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	62	2	60	5	- 2
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	2	- 1
War	64	1	65	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	81	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	39	93	- 93
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Cape Verde

Finland

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.