SOMALIA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,745	7	7,233	+ 2,513
Stroke	2	5,788	6	8,595	- 2,808
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	5,032	1	21,712	- 16,679
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,137	11	4,231	- 1,094
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,383	16	2,888	- 505
Liver Disease	6	2,142	13	3,917	- 1,775
Kidney Disease	7	1,815	21	2,051	- 236
Violence	8	1,565	29	828	+ 737
Suicide	9	1,515	27	1,219	+ 296
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,440	32	647	+ 793
Stomach Cancer	11	1,434	49	310	+ 1,124
Lung Disease	12	1,229	19	2,442	- 1,213
Prostate Cancer	13	1,115	52	285	+ 830
Liver Cancer	14	1,052	53	256	+ 797
Hypertension	15	1,043	18	2,643	- 1,601
Lung Cancers	16	931	54	233	+ 698
Oesophagus Cancer	17	885	40	516	+ 368
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	878	2	15,363	- 14,485
Congenital Anomalies	19	812	15	3,410	- 2,598
Low Birth Weight	20	784	8	6,250	- 5,466
HIV/AIDS	21	724	33	610	+ 115
Other Injuries	22	713	14	3,602	- 2,889
Cervical Cancer	23	584	28	883	- 299
Pancreas Cancer	24	570	62	108	+ 462
Drownings	25	567	25	1,272	- 704
Falls	26	567	37	548	+ 19
Breast Cancer	27	510	26	1,232	- 721
Tuberculosis	28	499	4	10,261	- 9,762
Asthma	29	494	23	1,878	- 1,384
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	451	38	546	- 95
Oral Cancer	31	436	46	328	+ 108
Parkinson's Disease	32	423	56	184	+ 240
Lymphomas	33	407	34	605	- 197
Epilepsy	34	339	43	419	- 79
Birth Trauma	35	323	5	9,573	- 9,250
Meningitis	36	307	9	5,381	- 5,074
Inflammatory/Heart	37	303	39	521	- 218
Drug Use	38	288	65	54	+ 233
Fires	39	286	30	810	- 524
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	210	36	559	- 349
Leukemia	41	209	35	562	- 353
Endocrine Disorders	42	191	44	406	- 215
Malnutrition	43	166	10	4,825	- 4,658
Skin Disease	44	125	58	151	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	100	41	446	- 346
Bladder Cancer	46	97	61	149	- 52
Maternal Conditions	47	97	12	4,127	- 4,029
Alcohol	48	88	59	151	- 63
Encephalitis	49	81	63	91	- 10
Syphilis	50	69	45	378	- 308
Ovary Cancer	51	68	50	295	- 227
Hepatitis B	52	60	48	315	- 254
Poisonings	53	52	31	758	- 706
Skin Cancers	54	51	57	164	- 113
Uterin Cancer	55	47	64	78	- 31
Other Neoplasms	56	43	70	12	+ 31
Multiple Sclerosis	57	20	71	8	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	14	66	35	- 21
Tetanus	59	13	17	2,648	- 2,635
Appendicitis	60	9	55	188	- 179
Pertussis	61	9	20	2,054	- 2,045
Hepatitis C	62	6	67	34	- 29
Upper Respiratory	63	2	47	326	- 324
War	64	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Ascariasis	65	1	69	30	- 29
Chlamydia	66	0	72	5	- 5
Diphtheria	67	0	60	150	- 149
Measles	68	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Otitis Media	69	0	68	32	- 31
Dengue	70	0	73	1	- 1
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	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Leishmaniasis	78	0	51	290	- 290
Schistosomiasis	79	0	42	435	- 435
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Cape Verde

Somalia

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.