CAPE VERDE VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,540	1	457	+ 1,083
Hypertension	2	1,382	15	49	+ 1,333
Stroke	3	571	2	272	+ 300
Lung Cancers	4	336	16	44	+ 293
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	270	30	21	+ 248
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	179	3	236	- 58
Liver Disease	7	168	6	101	+ 68
Prostate Cancer	8	153	13	52	+ 100
Stomach Cancer	9	148	11	67	+ 81
Pancreas Cancer	10	137	24	27	+ 111
Breast Cancer	11	133	27	24	+ 109
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	117	10	68	+ 50
Lung Disease	13	117	12	58	+ 59
Inflammatory/Heart	14	111	37	14	+ 97
Lymphomas	15	109	33	19	+ 90
Suicide	16	101	9	71	+ 30
Kidney Disease	17	90	7	85	+ 5
Alcohol	18	76	48	4	+ 72
Diabetes Mellitus	19	75	5	112	- 37
Other Injuries	20	72	22	33	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	21	64	46	5	+ 60
Leukemia	22	64	41	10	+ 54
Other Neoplasms	23	63	56	2	+ 61
Falls	24	61	26	27	+ 34
Oral Cancer	25	57	31	20	+ 36
Liver Cancer	26	55	14	49	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	27	50	17	42	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	28	45	51	3	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	29	42	32	20	+ 22
Skin Cancers	30	40	54	2	+ 38
Drug Use	31	38	38	14	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	32	35	23	27	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	33	34	42	9	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	34	31	55	2	+ 29
Road Traffic Accidents	35	30	4	147	- 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	28	40	10	+ 18
Epilepsy	37	23	34	16	+ 7
Fires	38	21	39	13	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	39	21	21	34	- 13
Drownings	40	15	25	27	- 11
Skin Disease	41	15	44	6	+ 9
Violence	42	15	8	73	- 59
Congenital Anomalies	43	13	19	38	- 25
Asthma	44	12	29	23	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	11	45	5	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	9	58	1	+ 8
Tuberculosis	47	8	28	23	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	48	8	57	1	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	6	80	0	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	50	5	81	0	+ 5
Anemia	51	5	84	0	+ 5
Poisonings	52	4	53	2	+ 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	4	18	41	- 37
Meningitis	54	4	36	14	- 11
Low Birth Weight	55	3	20	37	- 33
Schizophrenia	56	3	86	0	+ 3
Birth Trauma	57	3	35	15	- 13
Hepatitis C	58	2	62	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	1	60	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	60	1	82	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	1	47	5	- 4
Syphilis	62	1	50	3	- 3
Encephalitis	63	0	49	4	- 4
War	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	52	3	- 3
Upper Respiratory	66	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	65	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	66	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	43	8	- 8
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	59	1	- 1
Diphtheria	82	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	61	0	- 0
Measles	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Estonia

Cape Verde

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.