BOLIVIA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,217	1	11,051	- 1,834
Stroke	2	5,474	3	7,206	- 1,732
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,760	2	8,069	- 3,309
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,967	9	2,430	+ 538
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,254	5	4,927	- 2,673
Liver Disease	6	2,026	6	3,987	- 1,961
Kidney Disease	7	1,717	4	5,879	- 4,162
Violence	8	1,480	14	1,097	+ 383
Suicide	9	1,433	26	715	+ 718
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,362	8	2,479	- 1,117
Stomach Cancer	11	1,356	23	785	+ 571
Lung Disease	12	1,163	7	3,735	- 2,573
Prostate Cancer	13	1,054	28	550	+ 505
Liver Cancer	14	995	25	720	+ 275
Hypertension	15	986	10	1,927	- 940
Lung Cancers	16	880	20	901	- 21
Oesophagus Cancer	17	837	48	133	+ 703
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	830	21	883	- 53
Congenital Anomalies	19	768	15	1,080	- 312
Low Birth Weight	20	741	12	1,265	- 523
HIV/AIDS	21	685	45	174	+ 511
Other Injuries	22	674	11	1,279	- 605
Cervical Cancer	23	553	16	1,071	- 518
Pancreas Cancer	24	539	36	332	+ 208
Drownings	25	537	31	406	+ 131
Falls	26	536	17	1,066	- 530
Breast Cancer	27	482	29	482	+ 1
Tuberculosis	28	472	13	1,187	- 714
Asthma	29	467	38	258	+ 209
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	427	30	407	+ 20
Oral Cancer	31	413	56	91	+ 322
Parkinson's Disease	32	400	22	852	- 452
Lymphomas	33	385	41	219	+ 166
Epilepsy	34	321	42	199	+ 122
Birth Trauma	35	306	19	984	- 678
Meningitis	36	290	49	128	+ 163
Inflammatory/Heart	37	286	35	374	- 88
Drug Use	38	272	40	244	+ 28
Fires	39	271	44	181	+ 89
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	199	27	678	- 479
Leukemia	41	198	34	380	- 182
Endocrine Disorders	42	181	32	384	- 203
Malnutrition	43	157	18	1,031	- 873
Skin Disease	44	118	55	101	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	94	37	292	- 197
Bladder Cancer	46	92	59	43	+ 49
Maternal Conditions	47	92	39	245	- 153
Alcohol	48	83	33	384	- 301
Encephalitis	49	76	52	110	- 33
Syphilis	50	66	53	105	- 39
Ovary Cancer	51	64	54	102	- 38
Hepatitis B	52	57	64	6	+ 51
Poisonings	53	49	57	66	- 16
Skin Cancers	54	48	43	190	- 142
Uterin Cancer	55	44	47	151	- 107
Other Neoplasms	56	41	58	43	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	57	19	61	22	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	13	51	111	- 98
Tetanus	59	12	60	31	- 19
Appendicitis	60	9	46	156	- 147
Pertussis	61	8	50	121	- 113
Hepatitis C	62	5	67	3	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	2	62	15	- 14
War	64	1	63	9	- 8
Ascariasis	65	1	69	2	- 1
Chlamydia	66	0	68	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	66	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	71	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	24	755	- 755
Malaria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	65	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Cape Verde

Bolivia

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.