BOTSWANA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,835	3	1,632	+ 203
Stroke	2	1,090	4	1,588	- 499
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	947	2	1,674	- 726
Road Traffic Accidents	4	591	7	608	- 18
Diabetes Mellitus	5	449	5	1,273	- 824
Liver Disease	6	403	12	459	- 55
Kidney Disease	7	342	9	506	- 165
Violence	8	295	14	389	- 95
Suicide	9	285	15	370	- 85
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	271	23	164	+ 107
Stomach Cancer	11	270	53	10	+ 260
Lung Disease	12	231	10	482	- 250
Prostate Cancer	13	210	41	45	+ 165
Liver Cancer	14	198	35	57	+ 141
Hypertension	15	196	11	471	- 274
Lung Cancers	16	175	39	45	+ 130
Oesophagus Cancer	17	167	28	103	+ 64
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	165	8	527	- 362
Congenital Anomalies	19	153	16	287	- 134
Low Birth Weight	20	148	13	447	- 299
HIV/AIDS	21	136	1	4,950	- 4,813
Other Injuries	22	134	19	216	- 82
Cervical Cancer	23	110	22	164	- 54
Pancreas Cancer	24	107	50	16	+ 91
Drownings	25	107	30	83	+ 24
Falls	26	107	34	62	+ 45
Breast Cancer	27	96	33	68	+ 28
Tuberculosis	28	94	6	649	- 555
Asthma	29	93	18	232	- 139
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	85	47	28	+ 57
Oral Cancer	31	82	32	70	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	32	80	38	47	+ 32
Lymphomas	33	77	31	77	- 0
Epilepsy	34	64	36	56	+ 8
Birth Trauma	35	61	17	261	- 201
Meningitis	36	58	25	108	- 51
Inflammatory/Heart	37	57	20	177	- 120
Drug Use	38	54	48	26	+ 28
Fires	39	54	26	108	- 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	40	29	90	- 50
Leukemia	41	39	51	13	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	42	36	27	103	- 67
Malnutrition	43	31	21	171	- 140
Skin Disease	44	23	46	30	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	19	43	37	- 18
Bladder Cancer	46	18	60	6	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	47	18	24	118	- 99
Alcohol	48	17	45	31	- 14
Encephalitis	49	15	59	7	+ 8
Syphilis	50	13	44	36	- 23
Ovary Cancer	51	13	49	19	- 6
Hepatitis B	52	11	62	6	+ 6
Poisonings	53	10	42	42	- 32
Skin Cancers	54	10	37	52	- 42
Uterin Cancer	55	9	56	9	- 1
Other Neoplasms	56	8	55	9	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	63	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	3	52	11	- 8
Tetanus	59	2	61	6	- 4
Appendicitis	60	2	57	8	- 6
Pertussis	61	2	40	45	- 43
Hepatitis C	62	1	66	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	58	7	- 7
War	64	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	65	1	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	64	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	54	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Cape Verde

Botswana

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.