LATVIA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,349	1	8,099	- 6,751
Stroke	2	801	2	5,893	- 5,092
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	696	9	501	+ 195
Road Traffic Accidents	4	434	27	154	+ 281
Diabetes Mellitus	5	330	8	529	- 200
Liver Disease	6	296	15	365	- 68
Kidney Disease	7	251	17	356	- 105
Violence	8	217	37	94	+ 122
Suicide	9	210	14	384	- 174
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	199	7	664	- 464
Stomach Cancer	11	198	11	470	- 271
Lung Disease	12	170	18	346	- 176
Prostate Cancer	13	154	12	464	- 310
Liver Cancer	14	146	26	157	- 11
Hypertension	15	144	3	1,194	- 1,049
Lung Cancers	16	129	4	956	- 828
Oesophagus Cancer	17	122	32	131	- 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	121	54	14	+ 108
Congenital Anomalies	19	112	43	46	+ 66
Low Birth Weight	20	108	56	11	+ 97
HIV/AIDS	21	100	39	74	+ 26
Other Injuries	22	99	16	362	- 264
Cervical Cancer	23	81	33	128	- 47
Pancreas Cancer	24	79	13	436	- 357
Drownings	25	79	34	127	- 48
Falls	26	78	23	201	- 123
Breast Cancer	27	71	10	472	- 402
Tuberculosis	28	69	40	71	- 2
Asthma	29	68	46	42	+ 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	62	6	722	- 660
Oral Cancer	31	60	22	214	- 154
Parkinson's Disease	32	59	35	125	- 67
Lymphomas	33	56	19	245	- 189
Epilepsy	34	47	45	44	+ 3
Birth Trauma	35	45	55	12	+ 33
Meningitis	36	42	52	15	+ 28
Inflammatory/Heart	37	42	5	921	- 879
Drug Use	38	40	48	41	- 1
Fires	39	40	36	103	- 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	29	31	142	- 113
Leukemia	41	29	25	186	- 157
Endocrine Disorders	42	26	41	59	- 33
Malnutrition	43	23	64	2	+ 21
Skin Disease	44	17	38	76	- 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	14	47	41	- 27
Bladder Cancer	46	13	20	228	- 215
Maternal Conditions	47	13	60	5	+ 9
Alcohol	48	12	21	227	- 215
Encephalitis	49	11	69	0	+ 11
Syphilis	50	10	65	1	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	51	9	24	196	- 187
Hepatitis B	52	8	63	3	+ 5
Poisonings	53	7	49	23	- 16
Skin Cancers	54	7	30	144	- 137
Uterin Cancer	55	6	29	148	- 141
Other Neoplasms	56	6	28	153	- 147
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	50	20	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	51	20	- 18
Tetanus	59	2	71	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	60	1	59	5	- 3
Pertussis	61	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	62	1	42	53	- 52
Upper Respiratory	63	0	62	4	- 3
War	64	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Cape Verde

Latvia

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.