CAPE VERDE VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	704	1	457	+ 246
Stroke	2	433	2	272	+ 161
Diabetes Mellitus	3	315	5	112	+ 203
Lung Disease	4	167	12	58	+ 109
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	155	3	236	- 81
Kidney Disease	6	154	7	85	+ 68
Hypertension	7	87	15	49	+ 38
Liver Disease	8	80	6	101	- 20
Lung Cancers	9	77	16	44	+ 34
Road Traffic Accidents	10	75	4	147	- 72
Suicide	11	72	9	71	+ 1
Asthma	12	61	29	23	+ 38
Breast Cancer	13	56	27	24	+ 32
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	55	10	68	- 12
Congenital Anomalies	15	51	19	38	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	16	48	20	37	+ 11
Stomach Cancer	17	47	11	67	- 21
Measles	18	45	68	0	+ 45
Drownings	19	39	25	27	+ 12
Other Injuries	20	38	22	33	+ 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	35	18	41	- 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	35	30	21	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	33	45	5	+ 28
Prostate Cancer	24	31	13	52	- 21
Ovary Cancer	25	29	51	3	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	26	40	10	+ 16
Falls	27	23	26	27	- 4
Parkinson's Disease	28	21	32	20	+ 1
Inflammatory/Heart	29	21	37	14	+ 7
Liver Cancer	30	20	14	49	- 30
Endocrine Disorders	31	18	42	9	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	32	17	23	27	- 10
Lymphomas	33	16	33	19	- 3
Violence	34	16	8	73	- 57
Birth Trauma	35	16	35	15	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	36	15	55	2	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	37	15	47	5	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	38	14	46	5	+ 9
Oral Cancer	39	13	31	20	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	40	11	24	27	- 16
Skin Disease	41	10	44	6	+ 4
Leukemia	42	9	41	10	- 1
Malnutrition	43	8	43	8	+ 0
Meningitis	44	7	36	14	- 7
Epilepsy	45	7	34	16	- 9
Alcohol	46	6	48	4	+ 2
Skin Cancers	47	6	54	2	+ 3
Fires	48	5	39	13	- 8
Syphilis	49	5	50	3	+ 2
Tuberculosis	50	5	28	23	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	51	3	17	42	- 39
Poisonings	52	2	53	2	- 0
Other Neoplasms	53	2	56	2	- 0
Encephalitis	54	2	49	4	- 2
Drug Use	55	2	38	14	- 12
Appendicitis	56	1	60	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	57	1	52	3	- 2
Pertussis	58	1	61	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	58	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	57	1	- 0
Dengue	61	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	62	0	59	1	- 0
Diphtheria	63	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	62	0	- 0
War	65	0	64	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	65	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
HIV/AIDS	73	0	21	34	- 34
Schistosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Samoa

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.