MALAWI VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,293	7	4,929	+ 11,364
Stroke	2	9,676	5	5,939	+ 3,737
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	8,413	2	7,739	+ 675
Road Traffic Accidents	4	5,245	4	6,221	- 976
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,984	14	2,267	+ 1,717
Liver Disease	6	3,581	10	3,259	+ 322
Kidney Disease	7	3,035	19	1,567	+ 1,468
Violence	8	2,617	32	406	+ 2,210
Suicide	9	2,532	23	1,007	+ 1,525
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,408	25	782	+ 1,626
Stomach Cancer	11	2,397	45	206	+ 2,191
Lung Disease	12	2,055	21	1,340	+ 715
Prostate Cancer	13	1,864	40	271	+ 1,593
Liver Cancer	14	1,759	38	317	+ 1,443
Hypertension	15	1,744	17	1,797	- 53
Lung Cancers	16	1,556	51	131	+ 1,426
Oesophagus Cancer	17	1,479	16	1,842	- 363
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	1,467	6	5,782	- 4,315
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,358	13	2,509	- 1,151
Low Birth Weight	20	1,310	8	4,339	- 3,028
HIV/AIDS	21	1,211	1	12,839	- 11,628
Other Injuries	22	1,192	22	1,266	- 75
Cervical Cancer	23	977	12	2,876	- 1,900
Pancreas Cancer	24	953	60	38	+ 915
Drownings	25	949	30	458	+ 491
Falls	26	947	28	562	+ 386
Breast Cancer	27	853	27	600	+ 253
Tuberculosis	28	835	11	2,992	- 2,157
Asthma	29	825	26	705	+ 121
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	755	44	234	+ 520
Oral Cancer	31	729	43	251	+ 478
Parkinson's Disease	32	708	46	200	+ 508
Lymphomas	33	681	24	839	- 157
Epilepsy	34	567	41	260	+ 307
Birth Trauma	35	541	9	3,563	- 3,022
Meningitis	36	513	18	1,792	- 1,279
Inflammatory/Heart	37	506	35	370	+ 136
Drug Use	38	481	59	48	+ 433
Fires	39	478	34	380	+ 99
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	352	39	280	+ 72
Leukemia	41	349	56	82	+ 267
Endocrine Disorders	42	320	42	257	+ 63
Malnutrition	43	278	20	1,499	- 1,221
Skin Disease	44	208	53	101	+ 107
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	167	49	154	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	46	163	33	388	- 225
Maternal Conditions	47	163	15	1,854	- 1,691
Alcohol	48	147	52	114	+ 33
Encephalitis	49	135	58	48	+ 87
Syphilis	50	116	29	480	- 364
Ovary Cancer	51	114	48	158	- 44
Hepatitis B	52	101	55	88	+ 13
Poisonings	53	87	37	325	- 238
Skin Cancers	54	85	36	331	- 246
Uterin Cancer	55	78	62	23	+ 56
Other Neoplasms	56	72	63	17	+ 55
Multiple Sclerosis	57	33	66	9	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	24	61	29	- 5
Tetanus	59	22	47	178	- 156
Appendicitis	60	15	54	94	- 79
Pertussis	61	14	31	436	- 422
Hepatitis C	62	9	64	15	- 5
Upper Respiratory	63	3	57	60	- 56
War	64	2	71	2	- 0
Ascariasis	65	1	69	4	- 3
Chlamydia	66	0	70	3	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	68	0	67	6	- 6
Otitis Media	69	0	68	5	- 5
Dengue	70	0	65	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Leishmaniasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	50	143	- 143
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Cape Verde

Malawi

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.