BENIN VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,003	5	5,397	+ 5,606
Stroke	2	6,534	4	5,855	+ 680
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	5,682	1	10,205	- 4,523
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,542	8	3,162	+ 380
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,690	14	1,912	+ 779
Liver Disease	6	2,418	9	2,447	- 28
Kidney Disease	7	2,050	13	1,929	+ 121
Violence	8	1,767	28	726	+ 1,041
Suicide	9	1,710	22	922	+ 788
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,626	29	715	+ 911
Stomach Cancer	11	1,618	38	361	+ 1,258
Lung Disease	12	1,388	17	1,220	+ 168
Prostate Cancer	13	1,259	25	867	+ 392
Liver Cancer	14	1,188	40	322	+ 866
Hypertension	15	1,177	19	1,088	+ 89
Lung Cancers	16	1,051	59	66	+ 985
Oesophagus Cancer	17	999	39	326	+ 673
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	991	3	6,830	- 5,839
Congenital Anomalies	19	917	10	2,265	- 1,348
Low Birth Weight	20	885	6	4,908	- 4,023
HIV/AIDS	21	818	11	2,263	- 1,445
Other Injuries	22	805	15	1,532	- 727
Cervical Cancer	23	660	30	669	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	24	644	48	177	+ 467
Drownings	25	641	31	570	+ 71
Falls	26	640	32	543	+ 97
Breast Cancer	27	576	27	784	- 208
Tuberculosis	28	564	23	919	- 355
Asthma	29	557	24	891	- 333
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	510	41	311	+ 198
Oral Cancer	31	492	49	156	+ 336
Parkinson's Disease	32	478	43	212	+ 266
Lymphomas	33	460	36	387	+ 73
Epilepsy	34	383	37	369	+ 14
Birth Trauma	35	365	7	3,950	- 3,585
Meningitis	36	347	12	1,967	- 1,620
Inflammatory/Heart	37	342	33	457	- 115
Drug Use	38	325	44	197	+ 128
Fires	39	323	35	431	- 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	238	34	442	- 205
Leukemia	41	236	46	196	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	42	216	16	1,454	- 1,238
Malnutrition	43	188	21	928	- 740
Skin Disease	44	141	52	144	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	113	45	197	- 84
Bladder Cancer	46	110	61	43	+ 67
Maternal Conditions	47	110	20	1,039	- 929
Alcohol	48	99	58	85	+ 14
Encephalitis	49	91	57	85	+ 6
Syphilis	50	78	51	150	- 72
Ovary Cancer	51	77	56	86	- 9
Hepatitis B	52	68	53	143	- 75
Poisonings	53	59	42	307	- 248
Skin Cancers	54	57	54	102	- 44
Uterin Cancer	55	53	55	99	- 46
Other Neoplasms	56	48	63	20	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	57	22	66	16	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	16	67	11	+ 4
Tetanus	59	15	50	156	- 141
Appendicitis	60	10	60	45	- 35
Pertussis	61	10	18	1,168	- 1,158
Hepatitis C	62	6	65	17	- 11
Upper Respiratory	63	2	64	17	- 15
War	64	1	69	2	- 1
Ascariasis	65	1	62	40	- 39
Chlamydia	66	0	70	2	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	68	10	- 10
Measles	68	0	26	788	- 788
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	47	183	- 183
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Cape Verde

Benin

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.