COSTA RICA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,942	1	2,639	+ 1,303
Stroke	2	2,341	2	1,624	+ 717
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,036	7	836	+ 1,200
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,269	9	746	+ 523
Diabetes Mellitus	5	964	5	953	+ 10
Liver Disease	6	866	18	370	+ 497
Kidney Disease	7	734	3	1,482	- 748
Violence	8	633	11	635	- 2
Suicide	9	613	15	407	+ 206
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	583	8	818	- 236
Stomach Cancer	11	580	10	661	- 81
Lung Disease	12	497	4	1,046	- 549
Prostate Cancer	13	451	14	448	+ 3
Liver Cancer	14	426	17	382	+ 44
Hypertension	15	422	6	863	- 441
Lung Cancers	16	377	20	343	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	17	358	44	61	+ 297
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	355	39	87	+ 268
Congenital Anomalies	19	329	21	315	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	20	317	28	178	+ 139
HIV/AIDS	21	293	25	192	+ 101
Other Injuries	22	288	13	571	- 282
Cervical Cancer	23	236	29	159	+ 77
Pancreas Cancer	24	231	22	294	- 63
Drownings	25	230	37	97	+ 133
Falls	26	229	35	116	+ 113
Breast Cancer	27	206	16	384	- 178
Tuberculosis	28	202	50	32	+ 170
Asthma	29	200	45	60	+ 139
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	183	12	621	- 438
Oral Cancer	31	176	38	96	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	32	171	30	138	+ 33
Lymphomas	33	165	19	356	- 191
Epilepsy	34	137	34	116	+ 21
Birth Trauma	35	131	47	48	+ 83
Meningitis	36	124	54	18	+ 106
Inflammatory/Heart	37	123	26	191	- 69
Drug Use	38	116	43	63	+ 53
Fires	39	116	58	10	+ 106
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	85	42	74	+ 12
Leukemia	41	84	24	262	- 177
Endocrine Disorders	42	77	27	183	- 106
Malnutrition	43	67	48	37	+ 31
Skin Disease	44	50	32	126	- 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	40	49	32	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	46	39	36	100	- 60
Maternal Conditions	47	39	55	17	+ 22
Alcohol	48	35	33	126	- 91
Encephalitis	49	33	63	3	+ 30
Syphilis	50	28	65	1	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	51	28	40	80	- 53
Hepatitis B	52	24	59	7	+ 18
Poisonings	53	21	60	5	+ 16
Skin Cancers	54	21	31	137	- 116
Uterin Cancer	55	19	41	80	- 61
Other Neoplasms	56	17	23	266	- 248
Multiple Sclerosis	57	8	57	11	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	6	46	55	- 49
Tetanus	59	5	74	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	60	4	52	22	- 18
Pertussis	61	3	69	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	62	2	64	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	3	- 2
War	64	1	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	67	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Cape Verde

Costa Rica

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.