ANGOLA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		ANGOLA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,851	9	10,020	+ 17,832
Stroke	2	16,540	8	10,687	+ 5,854
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	14,382	1	24,897	- 10,516
Road Traffic Accidents	4	8,967	10	8,317	+ 650
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,810	13	4,413	+ 2,397
Liver Disease	6	6,122	12	6,103	+ 19
Kidney Disease	7	5,188	20	2,746	+ 2,442
Violence	8	4,473	19	2,928	+ 1,544
Suicide	9	4,329	23	1,936	+ 2,393
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	4,116	29	1,198	+ 2,918
Stomach Cancer	11	4,097	47	349	+ 3,748
Lung Disease	12	3,513	22	2,447	+ 1,066
Prostate Cancer	13	3,186	33	1,071	+ 2,115
Liver Cancer	14	3,007	39	579	+ 2,428
Hypertension	15	2,980	15	3,667	- 687
Lung Cancers	16	2,660	45	401	+ 2,259
Oesophagus Cancer	17	2,528	48	310	+ 2,219
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	2,508	3	15,245	- 12,737
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,322	11	7,402	- 5,081
Low Birth Weight	20	2,240	7	11,184	- 8,944
HIV/AIDS	21	2,070	6	12,805	- 10,735
Other Injuries	22	2,037	21	2,682	- 645
Cervical Cancer	23	1,670	24	1,931	- 261
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,629	59	142	+ 1,487
Drownings	25	1,622	26	1,600	+ 22
Falls	26	1,619	30	1,147	+ 473
Breast Cancer	27	1,458	31	1,141	+ 317
Tuberculosis	28	1,427	2	16,991	- 15,563
Asthma	29	1,411	25	1,681	- 270
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,290	42	477	+ 813
Oral Cancer	31	1,247	41	507	+ 740
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,210	49	293	+ 917
Lymphomas	33	1,165	38	608	+ 557
Epilepsy	34	970	36	647	+ 323
Birth Trauma	35	924	5	12,983	- 12,059
Meningitis	36	878	16	3,564	- 2,687
Inflammatory/Heart	37	866	28	1,305	- 439
Drug Use	38	822	55	206	+ 616
Fires	39	818	34	839	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	602	35	679	- 78
Leukemia	41	597	46	361	+ 236
Endocrine Disorders	42	547	32	1,119	- 572
Malnutrition	43	476	17	3,509	- 3,033
Skin Disease	44	356	50	224	+ 131
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	285	44	436	- 151
Bladder Cancer	46	278	58	162	+ 117
Maternal Conditions	47	278	18	3,268	- 2,990
Alcohol	48	251	51	219	+ 32
Encephalitis	49	231	56	190	+ 41
Syphilis	50	199	27	1,316	- 1,117
Ovary Cancer	51	195	53	210	- 16
Hepatitis B	52	173	61	117	+ 55
Poisonings	53	149	37	639	- 490
Skin Cancers	54	145	43	467	- 322
Uterin Cancer	55	134	64	76	+ 57
Other Neoplasms	56	123	67	40	+ 83
Multiple Sclerosis	57	56	69	19	+ 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	40	65	61	- 21
Tetanus	59	37	40	510	- 473
Appendicitis	60	26	54	207	- 181
Pertussis	61	25	14	4,197	- 4,172
Hepatitis C	62	16	70	15	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	5	60	130	- 124
War	64	4	68	23	- 19
Ascariasis	65	2	66	40	- 38
Chlamydia	66	0	73	5	- 5
Diphtheria	67	0	62	111	- 111
Measles	68	0	63	95	- 95
Otitis Media	69	0	72	8	- 8
Dengue	70	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	71	12	- 12
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	13,608	- 13,608
Leishmaniasis	78	0	57	166	- 166
Schistosomiasis	79	0	52	216	- 216
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ANGOLA

Cape Verde

Angola

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.