CAPE VERDE VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,057	1	457	+ 600
Stroke	2	507	2	272	+ 236
HIV/AIDS	3	320	21	34	+ 286
Liver Disease	4	215	6	101	+ 114
Low Birth Weight	5	124	20	37	+ 87
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	121	3	236	- 115
Birth Trauma	7	97	35	15	+ 82
Road Traffic Accidents	8	85	4	147	- 62
Congenital Anomalies	9	82	19	38	+ 44
Diabetes Mellitus	10	74	5	112	- 38
Inflammatory/Heart	11	71	37	14	+ 56
Kidney Disease	12	67	7	85	- 18
Tuberculosis	13	63	28	23	+ 40
Hypertension	14	51	15	49	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	15	47	11	67	- 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	47	10	68	- 21
Lung Cancers	17	44	16	44	+ 1
Breast Cancer	18	44	27	24	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	19	42	17	42	+ 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	37	18	41	- 4
Suicide	21	36	9	71	- 35
Other Injuries	22	36	22	33	+ 2
Lung Disease	23	34	12	58	- 24
Liver Cancer	24	30	14	49	- 20
Cervical Cancer	25	27	23	27	- 1
Oral Cancer	26	19	31	20	- 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	19	30	21	- 2
Violence	28	18	8	73	- 55
Drownings	29	16	25	27	- 10
Alcohol	30	15	48	4	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	31	15	42	9	+ 6
Leukemia	32	14	41	10	+ 5
Lymphomas	33	14	33	19	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	34	13	24	27	- 13
Fires	35	13	39	13	- 0
Falls	36	11	26	27	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	11	40	10	+ 1
Epilepsy	38	11	34	16	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	39	10	32	20	- 10
Ovary Cancer	40	10	51	3	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	10	45	5	+ 5
Encephalitis	42	8	49	4	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	43	7	46	5	+ 3
Meningitis	44	7	36	14	- 8
Prostate Cancer	45	6	13	52	- 46
Uterin Cancer	46	6	55	2	+ 4
Skin Cancers	47	6	54	2	+ 3
Drug Use	48	5	38	14	- 9
Asthma	49	5	29	23	- 18
Poisonings	50	4	53	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	51	4	52	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	52	3	63	0	+ 3
Tetanus	53	2	59	1	+ 1
Skin Disease	54	1	44	6	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	55	1	57	1	+ 0
Malnutrition	56	1	43	8	- 7
Other Neoplasms	57	1	56	2	- 1
Appendicitis	58	1	60	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	59	0	47	5	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	0	58	1	- 0
Pertussis	61	0	61	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	62	0	78	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	62	0	- 0
War	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	65	0	- 0
Syphilis	67	0	50	3	- 3
Dengue	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Turkmenistan

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.