MALDIVES VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	291	1	279	+ 12
Stroke	2	173	2	143	+ 30
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	150	8	33	+ 117
Road Traffic Accidents	4	94	31	9	+ 85
Diabetes Mellitus	5	71	6	47	+ 24
Liver Disease	6	64	11	24	+ 40
Kidney Disease	7	54	4	80	- 26
Violence	8	47	28	10	+ 37
Suicide	9	45	21	15	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	43	5	47	- 4
Stomach Cancer	11	43	49	1	+ 42
Lung Disease	12	37	3	91	- 54
Prostate Cancer	13	33	26	11	+ 22
Liver Cancer	14	31	10	27	+ 5
Hypertension	15	31	17	16	+ 15
Lung Cancers	16	28	7	36	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	17	26	59	0	+ 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	26	22	14	+ 12
Congenital Anomalies	19	24	15	19	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	20	23	20	15	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	21	22	78	0	+ 22
Other Injuries	22	21	18	16	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	23	17	13	22	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	24	17	40	4	+ 13
Drownings	25	17	23	14	+ 3
Falls	26	17	16	19	- 2
Breast Cancer	27	15	9	28	- 13
Tuberculosis	28	15	27	11	+ 4
Asthma	29	15	29	10	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	13	14	21	- 7
Oral Cancer	31	13	19	15	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	32	13	25	12	+ 1
Lymphomas	33	12	34	7	+ 5
Epilepsy	34	10	38	5	+ 5
Birth Trauma	35	10	39	5	+ 5
Meningitis	36	9	50	1	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	37	9	36	5	+ 4
Drug Use	38	9	48	2	+ 7
Fires	39	9	41	4	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	6	42	4	+ 3
Leukemia	41	6	24	13	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	42	6	12	22	- 16
Malnutrition	43	5	45	3	+ 2
Skin Disease	44	4	32	8	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	3	43	3	- 0
Bladder Cancer	46	3	37	5	- 2
Maternal Conditions	47	3	35	5	- 3
Alcohol	48	3	51	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	49	2	44	3	- 0
Syphilis	50	2	58	0	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	51	2	30	9	- 7
Hepatitis B	52	2	56	0	+ 2
Poisonings	53	2	55	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	54	2	63	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	55	1	47	2	- 1
Other Neoplasms	56	1	46	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	57	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	0	53	0	+ 0
Tetanus	59	0	54	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	0	61	0	+ 0
Pertussis	61	0	52	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	64	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	66	0	+ 0
War	64	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	60	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	33	8	- 8
Hookworm Disease	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	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	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

Cape Verde

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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.