GHANA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,895	3	14,103	+ 11,793
Stroke	2	15,379	2	15,163	+ 216
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	13,372	1	16,262	- 2,890
Road Traffic Accidents	4	8,337	7	7,808	+ 529
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,332	12	5,929	+ 402
Liver Disease	6	5,692	11	6,053	- 362
Kidney Disease	7	4,824	13	4,161	+ 662
Violence	8	4,159	27	1,857	+ 2,301
Suicide	9	4,025	21	1,993	+ 2,032
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,827	29	1,294	+ 2,533
Stomach Cancer	11	3,809	33	870	+ 2,939
Lung Disease	12	3,266	15	3,120	+ 146
Prostate Cancer	13	2,962	31	1,031	+ 1,932
Liver Cancer	14	2,796	17	2,851	- 55
Hypertension	15	2,771	19	2,231	+ 541
Lung Cancers	16	2,474	55	237	+ 2,236
Oesophagus Cancer	17	2,351	49	285	+ 2,065
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	2,332	9	6,538	- 4,206
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,158	14	3,935	- 1,777
Low Birth Weight	20	2,083	8	6,662	- 4,579
HIV/AIDS	21	1,925	4	13,565	- 11,641
Other Injuries	22	1,894	18	2,433	- 539
Cervical Cancer	23	1,552	20	2,161	- 609
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,515	46	334	+ 1,180
Drownings	25	1,508	36	740	+ 767
Falls	26	1,506	30	1,168	+ 338
Breast Cancer	27	1,356	25	1,937	- 582
Tuberculosis	28	1,327	6	10,214	- 8,887
Asthma	29	1,312	23	1,979	- 667
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,200	34	803	+ 397
Oral Cancer	31	1,159	42	483	+ 676
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,125	43	387	+ 738
Lymphomas	33	1,083	32	875	+ 208
Epilepsy	34	902	47	329	+ 572
Birth Trauma	35	859	10	6,194	- 5,335
Meningitis	36	816	16	2,983	- 2,167
Inflammatory/Heart	37	805	28	1,615	- 810
Drug Use	38	764	39	630	+ 134
Fires	39	760	37	729	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	559	48	321	+ 239
Leukemia	41	555	45	340	+ 215
Endocrine Disorders	42	509	24	1,965	- 1,456
Malnutrition	43	442	26	1,868	- 1,426
Skin Disease	44	331	50	264	+ 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	265	52	256	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	46	259	53	245	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	47	259	22	1,991	- 1,732
Alcohol	48	233	54	244	- 11
Encephalitis	49	215	44	357	- 143
Syphilis	50	185	41	483	- 298
Ovary Cancer	51	181	38	698	- 517
Hepatitis B	52	160	62	101	+ 59
Poisonings	53	139	40	522	- 383
Skin Cancers	54	135	58	214	- 80
Uterin Cancer	55	124	57	219	- 94
Other Neoplasms	56	114	63	48	+ 66
Multiple Sclerosis	57	52	61	113	- 60
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	38	67	16	+ 21
Tetanus	59	34	56	220	- 186
Appendicitis	60	24	59	146	- 122
Pertussis	61	23	35	744	- 722
Hepatitis C	62	15	65	28	- 13
Upper Respiratory	63	5	66	16	- 11
War	64	4	64	29	- 26
Ascariasis	65	2	68	12	- 10
Chlamydia	66	0	70	3	- 3
Diphtheria	67	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	68	0	60	135	- 135
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	71	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	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	257	- 257
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Cape Verde

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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.