GUATEMALA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,667	1	9,825	+ 3,842
Stroke	2	8,116	6	4,849	+ 3,268
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,057	2	9,245	- 2,188
Road Traffic Accidents	4	4,400	8	4,026	+ 374
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,342	3	6,932	- 3,590
Liver Disease	6	3,004	5	5,684	- 2,681
Kidney Disease	7	2,546	4	6,277	- 3,731
Violence	8	2,195	7	4,411	- 2,216
Suicide	9	2,124	22	1,039	+ 1,085
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,020	12	1,957	+ 63
Stomach Cancer	11	2,010	17	1,570	+ 440
Lung Disease	12	1,724	13	1,901	- 178
Prostate Cancer	13	1,563	24	846	+ 718
Liver Cancer	14	1,476	15	1,765	- 290
Hypertension	15	1,463	26	679	+ 783
Lung Cancers	16	1,305	35	391	+ 914
Oesophagus Cancer	17	1,241	48	144	+ 1,097
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	1,231	9	2,617	- 1,387
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,139	18	1,517	- 377
Low Birth Weight	20	1,099	16	1,658	- 559
HIV/AIDS	21	1,016	21	1,173	- 157
Other Injuries	22	1,000	10	2,466	- 1,466
Cervical Cancer	23	819	25	808	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	24	799	38	282	+ 517
Drownings	25	796	32	463	+ 332
Falls	26	795	20	1,371	- 577
Breast Cancer	27	715	28	495	+ 220
Tuberculosis	28	700	37	301	+ 399
Asthma	29	692	36	335	+ 358
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	633	31	464	+ 169
Oral Cancer	31	612	49	142	+ 470
Parkinson's Disease	32	594	34	393	+ 201
Lymphomas	33	571	43	229	+ 342
Epilepsy	34	476	33	463	+ 13
Birth Trauma	35	453	19	1,466	- 1,013
Meningitis	36	431	41	271	+ 160
Inflammatory/Heart	37	425	44	225	+ 199
Drug Use	38	403	40	272	+ 132
Fires	39	401	45	207	+ 194
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	295	23	1,029	- 734
Leukemia	41	293	27	601	- 308
Endocrine Disorders	42	268	29	486	- 217
Malnutrition	43	233	11	1,981	- 1,747
Skin Disease	44	175	42	232	- 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	140	54	62	+ 78
Bladder Cancer	46	137	55	57	+ 79
Maternal Conditions	47	136	30	468	- 332
Alcohol	48	123	14	1,799	- 1,676
Encephalitis	49	113	51	104	+ 10
Syphilis	50	97	64	3	+ 95
Ovary Cancer	51	96	50	133	- 37
Hepatitis B	52	85	65	2	+ 82
Poisonings	53	73	39	275	- 202
Skin Cancers	54	71	46	195	- 124
Uterin Cancer	55	66	59	27	+ 38
Other Neoplasms	56	60	56	42	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	57	27	60	21	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	20	52	82	- 62
Tetanus	59	18	62	10	+ 8
Appendicitis	60	13	47	164	- 151
Pertussis	61	12	53	70	- 58
Hepatitis C	62	8	66	2	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	63	3	57	34	- 31
War	64	2	68	2	- 0
Ascariasis	65	1	63	7	- 6
Chlamydia	66	0	67	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	58	33	- 33
Hookworm Disease	71	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	19	- 19
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Cape Verde

Guatemala

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.