CUBA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,210	1	22,079	- 13,869
Stroke	2	4,876	2	10,725	- 5,850
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,239	3	8,564	- 4,325
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,643	19	1,007	+ 1,636
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,007	13	1,791	+ 216
Liver Disease	6	1,804	11	1,873	- 69
Kidney Disease	7	1,529	14	1,700	- 171
Violence	8	1,318	32	584	+ 735
Suicide	9	1,276	16	1,638	- 362
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,213	5	5,841	- 4,628
Stomach Cancer	11	1,208	20	991	+ 217
Lung Disease	12	1,036	6	5,492	- 4,457
Prostate Cancer	13	939	8	3,365	- 2,426
Liver Cancer	14	886	24	815	+ 71
Hypertension	15	879	7	3,469	- 2,590
Lung Cancers	16	784	4	5,985	- 5,201
Oesophagus Cancer	17	745	22	879	- 134
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	739	43	206	+ 533
Congenital Anomalies	19	684	37	368	+ 317
Low Birth Weight	20	660	48	98	+ 562
HIV/AIDS	21	610	34	471	+ 139
Other Injuries	22	600	12	1,869	- 1,269
Cervical Cancer	23	492	29	666	- 174
Pancreas Cancer	24	480	21	905	- 425
Drownings	25	478	42	231	+ 247
Falls	26	477	10	2,810	- 2,332
Breast Cancer	27	430	15	1,673	- 1,243
Tuberculosis	28	421	60	45	+ 376
Asthma	29	416	40	301	+ 115
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	380	9	2,958	- 2,577
Oral Cancer	31	367	23	876	- 509
Parkinson's Disease	32	357	27	691	- 334
Lymphomas	33	343	18	1,089	- 746
Epilepsy	34	286	46	108	+ 178
Birth Trauma	35	272	59	49	+ 224
Meningitis	36	259	50	83	+ 176
Inflammatory/Heart	37	255	17	1,156	- 901
Drug Use	38	242	51	82	+ 161
Fires	39	241	58	55	+ 186
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	177	35	420	- 242
Leukemia	41	176	30	633	- 457
Endocrine Disorders	42	161	36	412	- 251
Malnutrition	43	140	55	64	+ 77
Skin Disease	44	105	41	258	- 153
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	84	44	162	- 78
Bladder Cancer	46	82	26	734	- 652
Maternal Conditions	47	82	61	43	+ 39
Alcohol	48	74	28	675	- 601
Encephalitis	49	68	66	6	+ 62
Syphilis	50	59	69	1	+ 58
Ovary Cancer	51	57	39	323	- 266
Hepatitis B	52	51	56	59	- 8
Poisonings	53	44	62	17	+ 27
Skin Cancers	54	43	33	514	- 471
Uterin Cancer	55	39	31	602	- 563
Other Neoplasms	56	36	25	769	- 732
Multiple Sclerosis	57	17	57	55	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	12	49	87	- 75
Tetanus	59	11	71	1	+ 10
Appendicitis	60	8	47	104	- 96
Pertussis	61	7	73	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	62	5	45	112	- 107
Upper Respiratory	63	2	65	6	- 4
War	64	1	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	1	70	1	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	63	11	- 11
Dengue	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	67	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	81	0	38	326	- 326
Oral conditions	82	0	64	6	- 6
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	52	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	68	- 68
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Cape Verde

Cuba

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.