CAPE VERDE VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	772	2	272	+ 501
Coronary Heart Disease	2	719	1	457	+ 261
Diabetes Mellitus	3	522	5	112	+ 410
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	444	3	236	+ 208
Prostate Cancer	5	332	13	52	+ 279
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	231	30	21	+ 210
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	229	10	68	+ 162
Breast Cancer	8	191	27	24	+ 167
Endocrine Disorders	9	187	42	9	+ 179
Kidney Disease	10	185	7	85	+ 100
Other Injuries	11	158	22	33	+ 124
Lung Disease	12	148	12	58	+ 91
Hypertension	13	145	15	49	+ 96
Skin Disease	14	125	44	6	+ 120
Lymphomas	15	102	33	19	+ 83
Lung Cancers	16	86	16	44	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	17	78	37	14	+ 64
Pancreas Cancer	18	78	24	27	+ 51
Violence	19	65	8	73	- 8
Leukemia	20	58	41	10	+ 49
HIV/AIDS	21	57	21	34	+ 23
Stomach Cancer	22	56	11	67	- 12
Cervical Cancer	23	55	23	27	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	24	52	56	2	+ 50
Road Traffic Accidents	25	47	4	147	- 100
Liver Disease	26	46	6	101	- 55
Uterin Cancer	27	43	55	2	+ 40
Oral Cancer	28	36	31	20	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	29	36	19	38	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	35	80	0	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	31	33	32	20	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	32	31	51	3	+ 28
Liver Cancer	33	29	14	49	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	28	40	10	+ 19
Asthma	35	26	29	23	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	36	23	17	42	- 18
Anemia	37	22	84	0	+ 22
Epilepsy	38	19	34	16	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	39	19	46	5	+ 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	14	18	41	- 27
Falls	41	13	26	27	- 13
Low Birth Weight	42	11	20	37	- 26
Birth Trauma	43	10	35	15	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	9	58	1	+ 9
Meningitis	45	9	36	14	- 6
Alcohol	46	8	48	4	+ 4
Skin Cancers	47	8	54	2	+ 6
Poisonings	48	4	53	2	+ 2
Malnutrition	49	4	43	8	- 4
Osteoarthritis	50	4	81	0	+ 4
Suicide	51	4	9	71	- 68
Hepatitis B	52	3	52	3	+ 0
Drug Use	53	3	38	14	- 11
Dengue	54	3	70	0	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	2	45	5	- 2
Maternal Conditions	56	2	47	5	- 2
Drownings	57	2	25	27	- 24
Upper Respiratory	58	2	63	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	59	2	86	0	+ 2
Tuberculosis	60	2	28	23	- 21
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	57	1	+ 1
Fires	62	1	39	13	- 12
Oral conditions	63	1	82	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	1	50	3	- 2
Appendicitis	65	1	60	0	+ 0
War	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	61	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	59	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	65	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	66	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	49	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	83	0	62	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	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

Barbados

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.