MOZAMBIQUE VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		MOZAMBIQUE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,968	6	12,621	+ 12,348
Stroke	2	14,828	2	23,110	- 8,282
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	12,893	3	22,445	- 9,552
Road Traffic Accidents	4	8,038	9	9,117	- 1,079
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,105	10	6,877	- 772
Liver Disease	6	5,488	20	4,004	+ 1,484
Kidney Disease	7	4,651	19	4,036	+ 615
Violence	8	4,010	32	1,113	+ 2,897
Suicide	9	3,881	16	4,144	- 263
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,690	24	1,724	+ 1,966
Stomach Cancer	11	3,673	57	198	+ 3,475
Lung Disease	12	3,149	22	2,986	+ 163
Prostate Cancer	13	2,856	39	805	+ 2,051
Liver Cancer	14	2,696	33	1,108	+ 1,588
Hypertension	15	2,672	11	5,786	- 3,114
Lung Cancers	16	2,385	56	220	+ 2,165
Oesophagus Cancer	17	2,266	36	976	+ 1,290
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	2,248	5	12,928	- 10,679
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,081	13	5,566	- 3,485
Low Birth Weight	20	2,008	7	10,409	- 8,401
HIV/AIDS	21	1,856	1	50,430	- 48,574
Other Injuries	22	1,826	14	4,924	- 3,098
Cervical Cancer	23	1,497	21	3,297	- 1,800
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,460	62	90	+ 1,371
Drownings	25	1,454	26	1,418	+ 35
Falls	26	1,452	25	1,524	- 72
Breast Cancer	27	1,307	40	757	+ 550
Tuberculosis	28	1,280	12	5,770	- 4,490
Asthma	29	1,265	23	2,160	- 895
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,157	48	424	+ 732
Oral Cancer	31	1,117	44	545	+ 573
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,085	47	453	+ 632
Lymphomas	33	1,044	30	1,180	- 136
Epilepsy	34	870	34	1,082	- 213
Birth Trauma	35	828	8	9,817	- 8,988
Meningitis	36	787	17	4,102	- 3,316
Inflammatory/Heart	37	776	35	1,020	- 244
Drug Use	38	737	59	160	+ 576
Fires	39	733	29	1,318	- 585
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	539	37	969	- 430
Leukemia	41	535	43	555	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	42	490	38	912	- 422
Malnutrition	43	427	18	4,039	- 3,612
Skin Disease	44	319	51	377	- 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	256	45	516	- 260
Bladder Cancer	46	250	55	236	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	47	249	15	4,339	- 4,090
Alcohol	48	225	49	403	- 178
Encephalitis	49	207	54	240	- 33
Syphilis	50	178	27	1,404	- 1,226
Ovary Cancer	51	175	60	120	+ 55
Hepatitis B	52	155	53	258	- 103
Poisonings	53	134	31	1,136	- 1,002
Skin Cancers	54	130	41	563	- 433
Uterin Cancer	55	120	61	98	+ 22
Other Neoplasms	56	110	65	43	+ 67
Multiple Sclerosis	57	50	66	38	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	36	63	78	- 42
Tetanus	59	33	46	456	- 423
Appendicitis	60	23	50	393	- 370
Pertussis	61	22	28	1,320	- 1,298
Hepatitis C	62	14	64	55	- 40
Upper Respiratory	63	5	52	309	- 305
War	64	3	58	175	- 172
Ascariasis	65	2	67	28	- 26
Chlamydia	66	0	69	18	- 17
Diphtheria	67	0	70	5	- 5
Measles	68	0	71	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	68	22	- 22
Dengue	70	0	72	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	14,971	- 14,971
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	42	562	- 562
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MOZAMBIQUE

Cape Verde

Mozambique

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.