CAPE VERDE VS ANTIGUA/BAR.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Antigua/Bar. ANTIGUA/BAR. CAPE VERDE Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 510 1 457 + 53
Stroke 2 434 2 272 + 162
Diabetes Mellitus 3 328 5 112 + 217
Hypertension 4 156 15 49 + 107
Prostate Cancer 5 154 13 52 + 102
Breast Cancer 6 154 27 24 + 130
Kidney Disease 7 150 7 85 + 64
Endocrine Disorders 8 143 42 9 + 134
Influenza and Pneumonia 9 139 3 236 - 97
Other Injuries 10 120 22 33 + 87
Lung Disease 11 101 12 58 + 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers 12 92 30 21 + 71
Skin Disease 13 53 44 6 + 47
Cervical Cancer 14 52 23 27 + 25
Stomach Cancer 15 42 11 67 - 25
Lung Cancers 16 40 16 44 - 4
Alzheimers & Dementia 17 39 10 68 - 28
HIV/AIDS 18 36 21 34 + 2
Lymphomas 19 36 33 19 + 17
Uterin Cancer 20 34 55 2 + 32
Inflammatory/Heart 21 33 37 14 + 19
Anemia 22 31 84 0 + 31
Pancreas Cancer 23 30 24 27 + 3
Leukemia 24 29 41 10 + 19
Liver Cancer 25 27 14 49 - 22
Congenital Anomalies 26 25 19 38 - 13
Epilepsy 27 21 34 16 + 5
Liver Disease 28 21 6 101 - 80
Alcohol 29 20 48 4 + 16
Ovary Cancer 30 20 51 3 + 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy 31 19 80 0 + 19
Other Neoplasms 32 18 56 2 + 16
Oral Cancer 33 15 31 20 - 5
Violence 34 14 8 73 - 59
Drownings 35 14 25 27 - 13
Asthma 36 11 29 23 - 12
Low Birth Weight 37 10 20 37 - 27
Malnutrition 38 8 43 8 + 0
Appendicitis 39 8 60 0 + 7
Drug Use 40 7 38 14 - 6
Bladder Cancer 41 7 46 5 + 2
Parkinson's Disease 42 6 32 20 - 14
Skin Cancers 43 6 54 2 + 4
Birth Trauma 44 6 35 15 - 9
Schizophrenia 45 6 86 0 + 6
Diarrhoeal diseases 46 5 18 41 - 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease 47 5 40 10 - 5
Poisonings 48 4 53 2 + 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease 49 4 45 5 - 1
Tuberculosis 50 3 28 23 - 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis 51 3 58 1 + 2
Maternal Conditions 52 3 47 5 - 2
Meningitis 53 2 36 14 - 12
Suicide 54 2 9 71 - 69
Otitis Media 55 2 69 0 + 2
Multiple Sclerosis 56 2 57 1 + 1
Fires 57 1 39 13 - 12
Oesophagus Cancer 58 1 17 42 - 41
War 59 0 64 0 + 0
Syphilis 60 0 50 3 - 3
Chlamydia 61 0 66 0 - 0
Diphtheria 62 0 67 0 - 0
Tetanus 63 0 59 1 - 1
Pertussis 64 0 61 0 - 0
Measles 65 0 68 0 - 0
Ascariasis 66 0 65 0 - 0
Dengue 67 0 70 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 68 0 72 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 69 0 71 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 70 0 73 0 - 0
Upper Respiratory 71 0 63 0 - 0
Leprosy 72 0 74 0 - 0
Encephalitis 73 0 49 4 - 4
Hepatitis B 74 0 52 3 - 3
Hepatitis C 75 0 62 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 76 0 78 0 - 0
Chagas disease 77 0 76 0 - 0
Malaria 78 0 77 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 79 0 75 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 80 0 79 0 - 0
Road Traffic Accidents 81 0 4 147 - 147
Falls 82 0 26 27 - 27
Oral conditions 83 0 82 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 84 0 81 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 85 0 85 0 - 0
Depression 86 0 83 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Antigua/Bar.

Antigua/Bar.

Cape Verde

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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020