CAPE VERDE VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	360	21	34	+ 326
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	217	3	236	- 19
Malaria	3	177	77	0	+ 177
Road Traffic Accidents	4	175	4	147	+ 27
Stroke	5	167	2	272	- 105
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	162	18	41	+ 121
Coronary Heart Disease	7	138	1	457	- 319
Low Birth Weight	8	122	20	37	+ 85
Birth Trauma	9	100	35	15	+ 85
Liver Disease	10	91	6	101	- 9
Tuberculosis	11	84	28	23	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	12	81	23	27	+ 53
Congenital Anomalies	13	70	19	38	+ 32
Diabetes Mellitus	14	64	5	112	- 48
Maternal Conditions	15	52	47	5	+ 47
Oesophagus Cancer	16	52	17	42	+ 10
Hypertension	17	50	15	49	+ 1
Meningitis	18	50	36	14	+ 36
Kidney Disease	19	44	7	85	- 41
Malnutrition	20	42	43	8	+ 34
Lung Disease	21	38	12	58	- 20
Other Injuries	22	36	22	33	+ 2
Suicide	23	28	9	71	- 43
Lymphomas	24	24	33	19	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	22	10	68	- 46
Asthma	26	20	29	23	- 3
Breast Cancer	27	17	27	24	- 7
Falls	28	16	26	27	- 11
Syphilis	29	13	50	3	+ 10
Drownings	30	13	25	27	- 14
Pertussis	31	12	61	0	+ 12
Violence	32	11	8	73	- 62
Bladder Cancer	33	11	46	5	+ 6
Fires	34	11	39	13	- 3
Inflammatory/Heart	35	10	37	14	- 4
Skin Cancers	36	9	54	2	+ 7
Poisonings	37	9	53	2	+ 7
Liver Cancer	38	9	14	49	- 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	8	40	10	- 2
Prostate Cancer	40	8	13	52	- 45
Epilepsy	41	7	34	16	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	42	7	42	9	- 2
Oral Cancer	43	7	31	20	- 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	7	30	21	- 15
Stomach Cancer	45	6	11	67	- 62
Parkinson's Disease	46	6	32	20	- 14
Tetanus	47	5	59	1	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	48	4	51	3	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	4	45	5	- 0
Schistosomiasis	50	4	79	0	+ 4
Lung Cancers	51	4	16	44	- 40
Alcohol	52	3	48	4	- 1
Skin Disease	53	3	44	6	- 3
Appendicitis	54	3	60	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	55	2	52	3	- 0
Leukemia	56	2	41	10	- 8
Upper Respiratory	57	2	63	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	58	1	49	4	- 2
Drug Use	59	1	38	14	- 12
Pancreas Cancer	60	1	24	27	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	58	1	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	62	1	55	2	- 2
Other Neoplasms	63	0	56	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	0	62	0	+ 0
Dengue	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	57	1	- 1
Measles	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	66	0	+ 0
War	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Malawi

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.