NORWAY VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,125	1	5,321	- 1,196
Stroke	2	2,450	4	2,475	- 26
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,130	6	1,797	+ 333
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,328	42	114	+ 1,214
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,009	16	560	+ 449
Liver Disease	6	907	30	214	+ 693
Kidney Disease	7	768	14	611	+ 158
Violence	8	662	50	32	+ 630
Suicide	9	641	13	633	+ 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	610	2	4,464	- 3,855
Stomach Cancer	11	607	22	343	+ 263
Lung Disease	12	520	3	2,723	- 2,203
Prostate Cancer	13	472	8	1,172	- 700
Liver Cancer	14	445	26	259	+ 186
Hypertension	15	441	28	230	+ 212
Lung Cancers	16	394	5	2,320	- 1,926
Oesophagus Cancer	17	374	27	248	+ 127
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	371	37	128	+ 244
Congenital Anomalies	19	344	34	136	+ 208
Low Birth Weight	20	332	52	23	+ 308
HIV/AIDS	21	307	61	10	+ 296
Other Injuries	22	302	15	583	- 281
Cervical Cancer	23	247	39	125	+ 122
Pancreas Cancer	24	241	10	770	- 529
Drownings	25	240	45	65	+ 176
Falls	26	240	9	777	- 538
Breast Cancer	27	216	11	698	- 482
Tuberculosis	28	211	56	15	+ 196
Asthma	29	209	43	85	+ 124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	191	7	1,787	- 1,596
Oral Cancer	31	185	32	168	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	32	179	17	554	- 375
Lymphomas	33	172	12	646	- 473
Epilepsy	34	144	40	119	+ 24
Birth Trauma	35	137	54	17	+ 119
Meningitis	36	130	58	14	+ 116
Inflammatory/Heart	37	128	29	221	- 93
Drug Use	38	122	25	264	- 142
Fires	39	121	48	45	+ 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	89	33	160	- 71
Leukemia	41	88	21	354	- 265
Endocrine Disorders	42	81	19	359	- 278
Malnutrition	43	70	35	135	- 65
Skin Disease	44	53	38	128	- 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	42	46	61	- 19
Bladder Cancer	46	41	20	356	- 315
Maternal Conditions	47	41	66	1	+ 40
Alcohol	48	37	31	205	- 167
Encephalitis	49	34	70	0	+ 34
Syphilis	50	29	67	1	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	51	29	24	309	- 280
Hepatitis B	52	26	63	3	+ 22
Poisonings	53	22	57	14	+ 8
Skin Cancers	54	21	18	407	- 386
Uterin Cancer	55	20	36	134	- 114
Other Neoplasms	56	18	23	324	- 306
Multiple Sclerosis	57	8	41	119	- 111
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	6	47	60	- 54
Tetanus	59	5	69	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	60	4	59	12	- 8
Pertussis	61	4	64	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	62	2	55	17	- 14
Upper Respiratory	63	1	60	12	- 11
War	64	1	68	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	23	- 23
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Cape Verde

Norway

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.