CANADA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,044	1	40,063	- 11,020
Stroke	2	17,249	5	14,159	+ 3,090
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	14,998	7	7,431	+ 7,566
Road Traffic Accidents	4	9,350	28	1,998	+ 7,353
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,101	9	5,718	+ 1,384
Liver Disease	6	6,384	17	3,624	+ 2,760
Kidney Disease	7	5,410	14	4,578	+ 832
Violence	8	4,664	40	605	+ 4,059
Suicide	9	4,514	15	4,417	+ 98
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	4,292	2	30,970	- 26,678
Stomach Cancer	11	4,272	26	2,177	+ 2,095
Lung Disease	12	3,663	4	14,212	- 10,549
Prostate Cancer	13	3,323	13	4,711	- 1,388
Liver Cancer	14	3,136	20	3,113	+ 23
Hypertension	15	3,108	22	2,563	+ 545
Lung Cancers	16	2,774	3	20,937	- 18,163
Oesophagus Cancer	17	2,636	25	2,230	+ 407
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	2,615	36	840	+ 1,775
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,421	35	1,081	+ 1,340
Low Birth Weight	20	2,336	42	553	+ 1,782
HIV/AIDS	21	2,159	53	163	+ 1,996
Other Injuries	22	2,124	24	2,392	- 268
Cervical Cancer	23	1,741	41	578	+ 1,163
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,699	11	5,057	- 3,359
Drownings	25	1,691	48	283	+ 1,408
Falls	26	1,689	12	4,829	- 3,140
Breast Cancer	27	1,520	8	5,910	- 4,390
Tuberculosis	28	1,488	58	97	+ 1,391
Asthma	29	1,471	49	262	+ 1,209
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,345	6	9,651	- 8,305
Oral Cancer	31	1,300	32	1,592	- 292
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,262	18	3,359	- 2,097
Lymphomas	33	1,214	10	5,146	- 3,932
Epilepsy	34	1,011	44	384	+ 627
Birth Trauma	35	964	50	193	+ 771
Meningitis	36	915	59	68	+ 847
Inflammatory/Heart	37	903	27	2,060	- 1,157
Drug Use	38	857	16	3,686	- 2,829
Fires	39	853	52	192	+ 660
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	627	43	442	+ 185
Leukemia	41	623	21	3,098	- 2,476
Endocrine Disorders	42	570	19	3,233	- 2,662
Malnutrition	43	496	51	192	+ 304
Skin Disease	44	371	38	679	- 308
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	298	39	636	- 338
Bladder Cancer	46	290	23	2,521	- 2,230
Maternal Conditions	47	290	64	45	+ 245
Alcohol	48	262	33	1,491	- 1,229
Encephalitis	49	241	68	3	+ 238
Syphilis	50	207	67	5	+ 202
Ovary Cancer	51	203	29	1,902	- 1,699
Hepatitis B	52	180	60	66	+ 114
Poisonings	53	155	56	121	+ 34
Skin Cancers	54	151	30	1,756	- 1,605
Uterin Cancer	55	140	34	1,183	- 1,043
Other Neoplasms	56	128	31	1,679	- 1,551
Multiple Sclerosis	57	58	37	692	- 634
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	42	47	322	- 280
Tetanus	59	39	71	0	+ 38
Appendicitis	60	27	62	49	- 22
Pertussis	61	26	69	1	+ 25
Hepatitis C	62	17	45	363	- 346
Upper Respiratory	63	6	63	47	- 41
War	64	4	65	21	- 17
Ascariasis	65	2	82	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	66	1	83	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	8	- 7
Dengue	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	70	1	- 1
Malaria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	143	- 143
Osteoarthritis	81	0	55	139	- 139
Oral conditions	82	0	61	51	- 51
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	46	343	- 343
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	118	- 118
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

Cape Verde

Canada

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.