TIMOR-LESTE VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,128	3	814	+ 315
Stroke	2	670	2	923	- 253
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	583	4	651	- 68
Road Traffic Accidents	4	363	13	154	+ 209
Diabetes Mellitus	5	276	11	156	+ 120
Liver Disease	6	248	10	162	+ 86
Kidney Disease	7	210	8	192	+ 18
Violence	8	181	22	60	+ 121
Suicide	9	175	27	48	+ 128
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	167	18	84	+ 83
Stomach Cancer	11	166	35	31	+ 135
Lung Disease	12	142	6	283	- 141
Prostate Cancer	13	129	47	13	+ 116
Liver Cancer	14	122	28	45	+ 77
Hypertension	15	121	12	156	- 35
Lung Cancers	16	108	17	87	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	17	102	53	5	+ 98
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	102	5	285	- 183
Congenital Anomalies	19	94	14	144	- 50
Low Birth Weight	20	91	9	189	- 98
HIV/AIDS	21	84	36	30	+ 54
Other Injuries	22	83	20	76	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	23	68	37	28	+ 40
Pancreas Cancer	24	66	45	14	+ 52
Drownings	25	66	19	84	- 18
Falls	26	66	21	62	+ 4
Breast Cancer	27	59	30	38	+ 21
Tuberculosis	28	58	1	1,139	- 1,081
Asthma	29	57	15	123	- 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	52	26	54	- 2
Oral Cancer	31	50	29	44	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	32	49	39	26	+ 23
Lymphomas	33	47	34	32	+ 15
Epilepsy	34	39	51	8	+ 32
Birth Trauma	35	37	7	238	- 200
Meningitis	36	36	31	38	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	37	35	33	32	+ 3
Drug Use	38	33	58	3	+ 30
Fires	39	33	43	15	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	24	16	96	- 71
Leukemia	41	24	32	34	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	42	22	38	26	- 4
Malnutrition	43	19	25	56	- 37
Skin Disease	44	14	46	13	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	12	40	25	- 13
Bladder Cancer	46	11	49	12	- 1
Maternal Conditions	47	11	23	60	- 49
Alcohol	48	10	52	5	+ 5
Encephalitis	49	9	42	16	- 7
Syphilis	50	8	48	12	- 4
Ovary Cancer	51	8	41	18	- 10
Hepatitis B	52	7	59	2	+ 5
Poisonings	53	6	54	5	+ 1
Skin Cancers	54	6	55	5	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	55	5	50	9	- 4
Other Neoplasms	56	5	60	2	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	63	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	61	1	+ 0
Tetanus	59	1	44	14	- 12
Appendicitis	60	1	57	4	- 3
Pertussis	61	1	24	59	- 58
Hepatitis C	62	1	65	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	62	1	- 1
War	64	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	56	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Cape Verde

Timor-Leste

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.