IRELAND VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,918	1	4,762	- 844
Stroke	2	2,327	5	1,770	+ 557
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,023	6	1,298	+ 725
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,261	33	153	+ 1,108
Diabetes Mellitus	5	958	16	414	+ 544
Liver Disease	6	861	19	279	+ 582
Kidney Disease	7	730	10	566	+ 163
Violence	8	629	47	38	+ 591
Suicide	9	609	14	470	+ 139
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	579	2	3,209	- 2,630
Stomach Cancer	11	576	17	357	+ 220
Lung Disease	12	494	4	1,915	- 1,421
Prostate Cancer	13	448	9	585	- 137
Liver Cancer	14	423	18	318	+ 105
Hypertension	15	419	29	175	+ 245
Lung Cancers	16	374	3	1,916	- 1,542
Oesophagus Cancer	17	356	15	419	- 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	353	45	53	+ 300
Congenital Anomalies	19	327	32	153	+ 174
Low Birth Weight	20	315	44	56	+ 259
HIV/AIDS	21	291	57	9	+ 283
Other Injuries	22	287	30	171	+ 116
Cervical Cancer	23	235	35	103	+ 132
Pancreas Cancer	24	229	11	530	- 301
Drownings	25	228	43	57	+ 171
Falls	26	228	25	247	- 19
Breast Cancer	27	205	8	760	- 555
Tuberculosis	28	201	50	23	+ 178
Asthma	29	198	41	58	+ 141
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	182	7	1,095	- 914
Oral Cancer	31	175	28	183	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	32	170	12	530	- 359
Lymphomas	33	164	13	513	- 349
Epilepsy	34	136	36	85	+ 51
Birth Trauma	35	130	56	10	+ 120
Meningitis	36	123	58	7	+ 116
Inflammatory/Heart	37	122	26	240	- 118
Drug Use	38	116	31	167	- 51
Fires	39	115	48	30	+ 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	85	38	67	+ 18
Leukemia	41	84	20	274	- 190
Endocrine Disorders	42	77	24	249	- 172
Malnutrition	43	67	63	2	+ 65
Skin Disease	44	50	42	58	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	40	46	50	- 10
Bladder Cancer	46	39	22	256	- 217
Maternal Conditions	47	39	61	3	+ 36
Alcohol	48	35	39	64	- 29
Encephalitis	49	32	66	0	+ 32
Syphilis	50	28	68	0	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	51	27	21	273	- 245
Hepatitis B	52	24	59	6	+ 18
Poisonings	53	21	53	14	+ 7
Skin Cancers	54	20	23	252	- 231
Uterin Cancer	55	19	34	126	- 107
Other Neoplasms	56	17	27	218	- 201
Multiple Sclerosis	57	8	37	83	- 75
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	6	40	59	- 53
Tetanus	59	5	81	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	60	4	60	3	+ 0
Pertussis	61	3	67	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	62	2	52	19	- 17
Upper Respiratory	63	1	64	1	- 0
War	64	1	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Cape Verde

Ireland

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.