GUINEA-BISSAU VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,596	5	907	+ 689
Stroke	2	948	6	829	+ 119
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	824	2	1,390	- 565
Road Traffic Accidents	4	514	10	619	- 105
Diabetes Mellitus	5	390	14	313	+ 77
Liver Disease	6	351	11	405	- 54
Kidney Disease	7	297	15	268	+ 29
Violence	8	256	22	173	+ 84
Suicide	9	248	26	134	+ 114
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	236	34	69	+ 167
Stomach Cancer	11	235	36	55	+ 180
Lung Disease	12	201	20	191	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	13	183	42	41	+ 142
Liver Cancer	14	172	28	116	+ 56
Hypertension	15	171	21	177	- 7
Lung Cancers	16	152	50	18	+ 134
Oesophagus Cancer	17	145	49	19	+ 126
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	144	4	913	- 769
Congenital Anomalies	19	133	12	373	- 240
Low Birth Weight	20	128	8	705	- 576
HIV/AIDS	21	119	1	1,445	- 1,327
Other Injuries	22	117	17	234	- 117
Cervical Cancer	23	96	23	154	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	24	93	54	14	+ 80
Drownings	25	93	30	89	+ 3
Falls	26	93	33	71	+ 22
Breast Cancer	27	84	29	93	- 9
Tuberculosis	28	82	3	1,387	- 1,305
Asthma	29	81	24	150	- 69
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	74	38	50	+ 24
Oral Cancer	31	71	56	13	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	32	69	46	27	+ 42
Lymphomas	33	67	45	28	+ 39
Epilepsy	34	56	39	48	+ 7
Birth Trauma	35	53	7	790	- 737
Meningitis	36	50	16	258	- 208
Inflammatory/Heart	37	50	37	53	- 3
Drug Use	38	47	55	13	+ 34
Fires	39	47	35	64	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	34	32	77	- 43
Leukemia	41	34	61	6	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	42	31	18	221	- 190
Malnutrition	43	27	27	121	- 94
Skin Disease	44	20	53	16	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	16	43	33	- 17
Bladder Cancer	46	16	51	17	- 1
Maternal Conditions	47	16	13	333	- 317
Alcohol	48	14	57	12	+ 2
Encephalitis	49	13	58	10	+ 3
Syphilis	50	11	31	85	- 74
Ovary Cancer	51	11	48	19	- 8
Hepatitis B	52	10	47	20	- 10
Poisonings	53	9	41	45	- 36
Skin Cancers	54	8	52	17	- 9
Uterin Cancer	55	8	59	8	- 1
Other Neoplasms	56	7	65	2	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	64	2	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	67	2	+ 1
Tetanus	59	2	40	48	- 46
Appendicitis	60	1	60	7	- 5
Pertussis	61	1	19	212	- 211
Hepatitis C	62	1	63	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	63	0	66	2	- 2
War	64	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	62	4	- 4
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	25	147	- 147
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	9	684	- 684
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	44	30	- 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Cape Verde

Guinea-Bissau

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.