GUINEA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,471	6	5,665	+ 4,805
Stroke	2	6,218	5	5,777	+ 441
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	5,407	1	12,790	- 7,383
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,371	9	3,788	- 417
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,560	15	2,138	+ 422
Liver Disease	6	2,301	12	2,550	- 249
Kidney Disease	7	1,950	16	1,939	+ 11
Violence	8	1,682	26	1,128	+ 553
Suicide	9	1,627	29	892	+ 736
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,547	30	579	+ 968
Stomach Cancer	11	1,540	41	245	+ 1,295
Lung Disease	12	1,321	20	1,373	- 52
Prostate Cancer	13	1,198	32	525	+ 673
Liver Cancer	14	1,131	23	1,167	- 37
Hypertension	15	1,121	21	1,348	- 228
Lung Cancers	16	1,000	50	128	+ 872
Oesophagus Cancer	17	950	63	20	+ 931
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	943	3	6,788	- 5,845
Congenital Anomalies	19	873	14	2,181	- 1,308
Low Birth Weight	20	842	8	4,319	- 3,476
HIV/AIDS	21	778	10	3,020	- 2,241
Other Injuries	22	766	18	1,504	- 738
Cervical Cancer	23	628	19	1,491	- 864
Pancreas Cancer	24	612	65	19	+ 593
Drownings	25	610	31	528	+ 81
Falls	26	609	33	480	+ 129
Breast Cancer	27	548	38	345	+ 203
Tuberculosis	28	537	13	2,369	- 1,832
Asthma	29	530	22	1,179	- 649
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	485	53	100	+ 385
Oral Cancer	31	469	52	122	+ 347
Parkinson's Disease	32	455	44	212	+ 243
Lymphomas	33	438	48	158	+ 280
Epilepsy	34	365	37	350	+ 15
Birth Trauma	35	347	7	4,797	- 4,449
Meningitis	36	330	11	2,633	- 2,303
Inflammatory/Heart	37	325	35	439	- 114
Drug Use	38	309	46	169	+ 140
Fires	39	307	36	410	- 103
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	226	34	448	- 222
Leukemia	41	224	67	17	+ 207
Endocrine Disorders	42	206	25	1,140	- 934
Malnutrition	43	179	28	1,032	- 853
Skin Disease	44	134	51	127	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	107	42	238	- 131
Bladder Cancer	46	105	60	32	+ 73
Maternal Conditions	47	105	17	1,793	- 1,689
Alcohol	48	94	55	83	+ 11
Encephalitis	49	87	56	81	+ 6
Syphilis	50	75	39	328	- 253
Ovary Cancer	51	73	54	93	- 19
Hepatitis B	52	65	47	162	- 97
Poisonings	53	56	40	295	- 239
Skin Cancers	54	54	49	152	- 98
Uterin Cancer	55	50	59	38	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	56	46	68	16	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	57	21	66	18	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	15	70	13	+ 3
Tetanus	59	14	45	170	- 156
Appendicitis	60	10	57	41	- 32
Pertussis	61	9	24	1,165	- 1,156
Hepatitis C	62	6	61	22	- 16
Upper Respiratory	63	2	69	15	- 13
War	64	1	64	20	- 18
Ascariasis	65	1	62	22	- 21
Chlamydia	66	0	71	3	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	58	40	- 39
Measles	68	0	4	6,025	- 6,025
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	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	43	232	- 232
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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 GUINEA

Cape Verde

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.