CAPE VERDE VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,185	1	457	+ 728
Diabetes Mellitus	2	753	5	112	+ 641
Stroke	3	731	2	272	+ 459
Kidney Disease	4	345	7	85	+ 260
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	318	3	236	+ 81
Lung Disease	6	253	12	58	+ 195
Suicide	7	197	9	71	+ 126
Hypertension	8	166	15	49	+ 117
Liver Disease	9	145	6	101	+ 45
Lung Cancers	10	141	16	44	+ 97
Drownings	11	106	25	27	+ 79
Breast Cancer	12	104	27	24	+ 80
Asthma	13	98	29	23	+ 74
Low Birth Weight	14	92	20	37	+ 55
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	84	45	5	+ 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	82	18	41	+ 41
Other Injuries	17	82	22	33	+ 48
Congenital Anomalies	18	81	19	38	+ 43
Tuberculosis	19	77	28	23	+ 53
Stomach Cancer	20	72	11	67	+ 5
Birth Trauma	21	66	35	15	+ 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	52	30	21	+ 31
Cervical Cancer	23	51	23	27	+ 24
Liver Cancer	24	50	14	49	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	41	40	10	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	40	10	68	- 28
Falls	27	38	26	27	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	28	37	37	14	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	29	34	13	52	- 19
Endocrine Disorders	30	33	42	9	+ 24
Violence	31	32	8	73	- 41
Leukemia	32	31	41	10	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	33	29	32	20	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	34	22	47	5	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	35	22	24	27	- 5
Lymphomas	36	22	33	19	+ 3
Pertussis	37	22	61	0	+ 21
Oral Cancer	38	21	31	20	+ 0
Meningitis	39	20	36	14	+ 5
Syphilis	40	19	50	3	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	41	18	55	2	+ 15
Skin Disease	42	17	44	6	+ 11
Epilepsy	43	17	34	16	+ 1
Malnutrition	44	16	43	8	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	45	14	51	3	+ 11
Alcohol	46	14	48	4	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	47	13	17	42	- 28
Fires	48	12	39	13	- 1
Bladder Cancer	49	10	46	5	+ 5
Poisonings	50	6	53	2	+ 4
Skin Cancers	51	6	54	2	+ 3
Drug Use	52	4	38	14	- 10
Encephalitis	53	4	49	4	- 0
Appendicitis	54	3	60	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	55	2	56	2	+ 0
Measles	56	2	68	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	57	2	52	3	- 1
Road Traffic Accidents	58	1	4	147	- 146
Tetanus	59	1	59	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	58	1	+ 0
Dengue	61	1	70	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	57	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	65	0	+ 0
War	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	21	34	- 34
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Micronesia

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.