MAURITIUS VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	981	2	1,805	- 824
Stroke	2	583	3	985	- 402
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	507	7	346	+ 161
Road Traffic Accidents	4	316	11	155	+ 161
Diabetes Mellitus	5	240	1	1,873	- 1,633
Liver Disease	6	216	12	145	+ 70
Kidney Disease	7	183	4	724	- 541
Violence	8	158	41	30	+ 128
Suicide	9	152	14	120	+ 32
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	145	34	42	+ 103
Stomach Cancer	11	144	18	104	+ 40
Lung Disease	12	124	5	646	- 523
Prostate Cancer	13	112	15	115	- 3
Liver Cancer	14	106	27	56	+ 50
Hypertension	15	105	6	592	- 487
Lung Cancers	16	94	9	182	- 89
Oesophagus Cancer	17	89	37	35	+ 54
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	88	42	23	+ 66
Congenital Anomalies	19	82	25	57	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	20	79	35	37	+ 42
HIV/AIDS	21	73	13	141	- 68
Other Injuries	22	72	21	66	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	23	59	30	49	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	24	57	28	55	+ 3
Drownings	25	57	33	43	+ 14
Falls	26	57	26	57	+ 0
Breast Cancer	27	51	8	232	- 181
Tuberculosis	28	50	45	17	+ 33
Asthma	29	50	17	107	- 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	45	10	182	- 137
Oral Cancer	31	44	23	63	- 19
Parkinson's Disease	32	43	47	12	+ 31
Lymphomas	33	41	24	57	- 16
Epilepsy	34	34	38	35	- 1
Birth Trauma	35	33	36	37	- 4
Meningitis	36	31	57	2	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	37	30	16	108	- 78
Drug Use	38	29	46	16	+ 13
Fires	39	29	50	10	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	21	43	22	- 1
Leukemia	41	21	31	48	- 27
Endocrine Disorders	42	19	19	101	- 82
Malnutrition	43	17	54	4	+ 13
Skin Disease	44	13	22	64	- 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	10	56	3	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	46	10	44	21	- 11
Maternal Conditions	47	10	48	11	- 1
Alcohol	48	9	29	53	- 44
Encephalitis	49	8	61	1	+ 7
Syphilis	50	7	67	0	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	51	7	32	46	- 39
Hepatitis B	52	6	65	0	+ 6
Poisonings	53	5	49	11	- 5
Skin Cancers	54	5	53	5	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	55	5	40	32	- 27
Other Neoplasms	56	4	20	77	- 72
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	84	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	60	1	+ 0
Tetanus	59	1	76	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	60	1	59	1	- 0
Pertussis	61	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	62	1	51	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	63	0	63	0	+ 0
War	64	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	52	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Cape Verde

Mauritius

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.