BURKINA FASO VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,251	4	8,117	+ 9,134
Stroke	2	10,245	7	6,324	+ 3,921
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	8,908	1	16,807	- 7,899
Road Traffic Accidents	4	5,554	8	6,303	- 749
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,218	16	2,609	+ 1,609
Liver Disease	6	3,792	14	2,722	+ 1,069
Kidney Disease	7	3,213	17	2,398	+ 816
Violence	8	2,770	21	1,943	+ 827
Suicide	9	2,681	22	1,521	+ 1,160
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,549	33	767	+ 1,782
Stomach Cancer	11	2,537	32	777	+ 1,760
Lung Disease	12	2,176	26	1,161	+ 1,015
Prostate Cancer	13	1,973	38	514	+ 1,459
Liver Cancer	14	1,863	24	1,309	+ 553
Hypertension	15	1,846	19	2,020	- 174
Lung Cancers	16	1,648	48	242	+ 1,406
Oesophagus Cancer	17	1,566	59	101	+ 1,465
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	1,553	3	11,887	- 10,334
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,438	10	3,515	- 2,077
Low Birth Weight	20	1,387	5	6,809	- 5,422
HIV/AIDS	21	1,282	12	3,100	- 1,818
Other Injuries	22	1,262	15	2,637	- 1,375
Cervical Cancer	23	1,034	18	2,122	- 1,088
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,009	57	148	+ 861
Drownings	25	1,004	28	910	+ 95
Falls	26	1,003	31	828	+ 175
Breast Cancer	27	903	30	862	+ 41
Tuberculosis	28	884	20	1,968	- 1,084
Asthma	29	874	27	941	- 67
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	799	39	478	+ 321
Oral Cancer	31	772	49	227	+ 545
Parkinson's Disease	32	749	46	252	+ 498
Lymphomas	33	721	43	280	+ 441
Epilepsy	34	601	40	477	+ 124
Birth Trauma	35	572	6	6,426	- 5,854
Meningitis	36	544	11	3,375	- 2,831
Inflammatory/Heart	37	536	35	743	- 207
Drug Use	38	509	54	172	+ 337
Fires	39	506	36	704	- 198
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	373	41	410	- 38
Leukemia	41	370	58	112	+ 258
Endocrine Disorders	42	339	9	4,794	- 4,455
Malnutrition	43	295	13	2,868	- 2,574
Skin Disease	44	220	53	174	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	177	44	269	- 92
Bladder Cancer	46	172	45	265	- 93
Maternal Conditions	47	172	23	1,379	- 1,207
Alcohol	48	155	56	152	+ 4
Encephalitis	49	143	61	83	+ 60
Syphilis	50	123	42	294	- 171
Ovary Cancer	51	121	52	174	- 54
Hepatitis B	52	107	55	164	- 58
Poisonings	53	92	37	620	- 528
Skin Cancers	54	90	50	220	- 130
Uterin Cancer	55	83	62	74	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	56	76	67	23	+ 53
Multiple Sclerosis	57	35	66	24	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	25	68	15	+ 10
Tetanus	59	23	51	181	- 158
Appendicitis	60	16	60	95	- 78
Pertussis	61	15	34	746	- 731
Hepatitis C	62	10	64	58	- 48
Upper Respiratory	63	3	65	48	- 45
War	64	2	29	884	- 881
Ascariasis	65	1	63	74	- 72
Chlamydia	66	0	70	3	- 3
Diphtheria	67	0	69	7	- 7
Measles	68	0	25	1,196	- 1,196
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	47	249	- 249
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Cape Verde

Burkina Faso

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.