MALTA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	352	1	876	- 524
Stroke	2	209	2	291	- 83
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	182	3	213	- 31
Road Traffic Accidents	4	113	31	18	+ 95
Diabetes Mellitus	5	86	6	163	- 77
Liver Disease	6	77	24	23	+ 54
Kidney Disease	7	66	11	79	- 14
Violence	8	56	40	4	+ 52
Suicide	9	55	22	27	+ 28
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	52	4	207	- 155
Stomach Cancer	11	52	15	50	+ 2
Lung Disease	12	44	8	127	- 82
Prostate Cancer	13	40	13	53	- 13
Liver Cancer	14	38	18	34	+ 4
Hypertension	15	38	20	33	+ 4
Lung Cancers	16	34	5	197	- 163
Oesophagus Cancer	17	32	29	20	+ 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	32	55	1	+ 31
Congenital Anomalies	19	29	32	17	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	20	28	35	11	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	21	26	41	4	+ 22
Other Injuries	22	26	33	16	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	23	21	39	4	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	24	21	9	90	- 70
Drownings	25	20	48	2	+ 18
Falls	26	20	14	52	- 31
Breast Cancer	27	18	10	85	- 66
Tuberculosis	28	18	52	2	+ 16
Asthma	29	18	36	8	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	16	7	147	- 131
Oral Cancer	31	16	23	25	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	32	15	16	50	- 34
Lymphomas	33	15	12	53	- 38
Epilepsy	34	12	43	3	+ 9
Birth Trauma	35	12	44	3	+ 9
Meningitis	36	11	56	1	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	37	11	27	22	- 11
Drug Use	38	10	38	7	+ 4
Fires	39	10	62	0	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	8	37	7	+ 0
Leukemia	41	8	21	28	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	42	7	30	19	- 12
Malnutrition	43	6	60	0	+ 6
Skin Disease	44	4	25	23	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	4	49	2	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	46	4	19	33	- 30
Maternal Conditions	47	4	64	0	+ 3
Alcohol	48	3	47	3	+ 0
Encephalitis	49	3	65	0	+ 3
Syphilis	50	3	81	0	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	51	2	17	34	- 32
Hepatitis B	52	2	61	0	+ 2
Poisonings	53	2	58	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	54	2	34	14	- 12
Uterin Cancer	55	2	28	21	- 19
Other Neoplasms	56	2	26	22	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	45	3	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	51	2	- 1
Tetanus	59	0	74	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	0	63	0	+ 0
Pertussis	61	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	53	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	59	0	- 0
War	64	0	54	1	- 1
Ascariasis	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Cape Verde

Malta

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.