MAURITANIA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,240	4	1,636	+ 1,604
Stroke	2	1,924	6	1,307	+ 617
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,673	1	2,756	- 1,082
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,043	8	1,158	- 115
Diabetes Mellitus	5	792	12	594	+ 198
Liver Disease	6	712	13	586	+ 127
Kidney Disease	7	604	15	555	+ 49
Violence	8	520	16	491	+ 29
Suicide	9	504	30	141	+ 363
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	479	24	251	+ 227
Stomach Cancer	11	477	32	132	+ 344
Lung Disease	12	409	23	275	+ 134
Prostate Cancer	13	371	34	118	+ 253
Liver Cancer	14	350	21	312	+ 38
Hypertension	15	347	22	286	+ 61
Lung Cancers	16	310	44	60	+ 249
Oesophagus Cancer	17	294	54	30	+ 264
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	292	3	1,656	- 1,365
Congenital Anomalies	19	270	10	665	- 395
Low Birth Weight	20	261	2	2,014	- 1,753
HIV/AIDS	21	241	25	231	+ 10
Other Injuries	22	237	19	343	- 106
Cervical Cancer	23	194	20	333	- 139
Pancreas Cancer	24	190	51	39	+ 151
Drownings	25	189	35	116	+ 72
Falls	26	188	31	140	+ 48
Breast Cancer	27	170	28	189	- 19
Tuberculosis	28	166	9	717	- 550
Asthma	29	164	29	170	- 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	150	37	110	+ 41
Oral Cancer	31	145	48	45	+ 100
Parkinson's Disease	32	141	41	69	+ 72
Lymphomas	33	135	43	65	+ 71
Epilepsy	34	113	39	75	+ 38
Birth Trauma	35	108	7	1,204	- 1,097
Meningitis	36	102	18	357	- 255
Inflammatory/Heart	37	101	36	110	- 9
Drug Use	38	96	40	71	+ 24
Fires	39	95	33	123	- 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	70	38	83	- 13
Leukemia	41	69	55	22	+ 47
Endocrine Disorders	42	64	27	197	- 134
Malnutrition	43	55	17	462	- 407
Skin Disease	44	41	47	47	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	33	52	34	- 0
Bladder Cancer	46	32	50	42	- 10
Maternal Conditions	47	32	11	639	- 606
Alcohol	48	29	58	16	+ 13
Encephalitis	49	27	53	33	- 6
Syphilis	50	23	26	204	- 181
Ovary Cancer	51	23	49	43	- 21
Hepatitis B	52	20	56	22	- 2
Poisonings	53	17	42	67	- 50
Skin Cancers	54	17	46	50	- 33
Uterin Cancer	55	16	57	17	- 1
Other Neoplasms	56	14	62	7	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	57	7	63	5	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	64	4	+ 0
Tetanus	59	4	45	58	- 53
Appendicitis	60	3	60	9	- 6
Pertussis	61	3	14	574	- 571
Hepatitis C	62	2	67	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	68	3	- 2
War	64	0	70	2	- 1
Ascariasis	65	0	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	66	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	68	0	61	9	- 9
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	79	0	59	14	- 14
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	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Cape Verde

Mauritania

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.