EQU. GUINEA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,344	7	419	+ 926
Stroke	2	798	6	437	+ 361
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	694	2	913	- 218
Road Traffic Accidents	4	433	8	368	+ 64
Diabetes Mellitus	5	329	11	299	+ 30
Liver Disease	6	296	13	199	+ 96
Kidney Disease	7	250	14	198	+ 52
Violence	8	216	33	45	+ 171
Suicide	9	209	22	107	+ 102
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	199	29	55	+ 143
Stomach Cancer	11	198	49	16	+ 182
Lung Disease	12	170	20	120	+ 49
Prostate Cancer	13	154	35	43	+ 111
Liver Cancer	14	145	34	43	+ 102
Hypertension	15	144	16	165	- 21
Lung Cancers	16	128	41	27	+ 102
Oesophagus Cancer	17	122	54	12	+ 110
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	121	9	349	- 228
Congenital Anomalies	19	112	12	249	- 137
Low Birth Weight	20	108	4	457	- 349
HIV/AIDS	21	100	1	1,838	- 1,738
Other Injuries	22	98	23	105	- 7
Cervical Cancer	23	81	28	56	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	24	79	55	11	+ 67
Drownings	25	78	36	39	+ 39
Falls	26	78	32	46	+ 33
Breast Cancer	27	70	24	84	- 14
Tuberculosis	28	69	10	321	- 252
Asthma	29	68	26	65	+ 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	62	40	29	+ 34
Oral Cancer	31	60	37	35	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	32	58	46	18	+ 41
Lymphomas	33	56	45	19	+ 37
Epilepsy	34	47	38	32	+ 15
Birth Trauma	35	45	5	441	- 396
Meningitis	36	42	19	127	- 85
Inflammatory/Heart	37	42	27	63	- 21
Drug Use	38	40	30	50	- 11
Fires	39	39	39	30	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	29	43	22	+ 7
Leukemia	41	29	61	4	+ 25
Endocrine Disorders	42	26	25	73	- 47
Malnutrition	43	23	31	48	- 25
Skin Disease	44	17	51	13	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	14	50	14	- 0
Bladder Cancer	46	13	56	9	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	47	13	17	139	- 125
Alcohol	48	12	53	12	+ 0
Encephalitis	49	11	57	8	+ 3
Syphilis	50	10	18	134	- 124
Ovary Cancer	51	9	52	13	- 3
Hepatitis B	52	8	65	3	+ 5
Poisonings	53	7	44	21	- 14
Skin Cancers	54	7	48	16	- 9
Uterin Cancer	55	6	58	8	- 1
Other Neoplasms	56	6	63	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	67	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	62	4	- 2
Tetanus	59	2	42	23	- 22
Appendicitis	60	1	59	6	- 4
Pertussis	61	1	21	109	- 108
Hepatitis C	62	1	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	66	2	- 1
War	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	64	3	- 3
Measles	68	0	15	181	- 181
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	47	16	- 16
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	668	- 668
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Cape Verde

Equ. Guinea

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.