GAMBIA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,889	3	1,007	+ 882
Stroke	2	1,122	4	802	+ 320
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	975	1	1,340	- 365
Road Traffic Accidents	4	608	6	695	- 87
Diabetes Mellitus	5	462	15	290	+ 172
Liver Disease	6	415	14	323	+ 92
Kidney Disease	7	352	16	266	+ 86
Violence	8	303	20	195	+ 108
Suicide	9	294	25	113	+ 181
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	279	28	89	+ 190
Stomach Cancer	11	278	47	14	+ 264
Lung Disease	12	238	19	206	+ 32
Prostate Cancer	13	216	43	21	+ 196
Liver Cancer	14	204	12	377	- 173
Hypertension	15	202	22	172	+ 30
Lung Cancers	16	180	38	34	+ 147
Oesophagus Cancer	17	171	54	5	+ 166
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	170	9	626	- 456
Congenital Anomalies	19	157	11	383	- 226
Low Birth Weight	20	152	8	662	- 510
HIV/AIDS	21	140	2	1,125	- 984
Other Injuries	22	138	21	194	- 56
Cervical Cancer	23	113	23	145	- 32
Pancreas Cancer	24	110	53	6	+ 105
Drownings	25	110	30	69	+ 41
Falls	26	110	29	83	+ 27
Breast Cancer	27	99	40	26	+ 73
Tuberculosis	28	97	10	445	- 348
Asthma	29	96	24	134	- 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	88	52	11	+ 77
Oral Cancer	31	85	71	0	+ 84
Parkinson's Disease	32	82	37	34	+ 48
Lymphomas	33	79	51	12	+ 67
Epilepsy	34	66	35	43	+ 23
Birth Trauma	35	63	5	754	- 692
Meningitis	36	60	18	229	- 169
Inflammatory/Heart	37	59	32	59	- 0
Drug Use	38	56	39	28	+ 28
Fires	39	55	31	67	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	41	33	56	- 16
Leukemia	41	40	59	2	+ 38
Endocrine Disorders	42	37	17	230	- 193
Malnutrition	43	32	26	110	- 77
Skin Disease	44	24	44	19	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	19	41	24	- 4
Bladder Cancer	46	19	56	4	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	47	19	13	345	- 326
Alcohol	48	17	50	12	+ 5
Encephalitis	49	16	48	14	+ 2
Syphilis	50	13	34	55	- 41
Ovary Cancer	51	13	61	2	+ 11
Hepatitis B	52	12	46	14	- 2
Poisonings	53	10	36	42	- 32
Skin Cancers	54	10	68	0	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	55	9	66	1	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	56	8	57	3	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	58	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	3	62	2	+ 1
Tetanus	59	3	45	18	- 16
Appendicitis	60	2	55	5	- 3
Pertussis	61	2	27	99	- 97
Hepatitis C	62	1	65	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	64	2	- 1
War	64	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	63	2	- 2
Chlamydia	66	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	49	13	- 13
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	7	674	- 674
Leishmaniasis	78	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	79	0	42	23	- 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Cape Verde

Gambia

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.