GUYANA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	595	1	1,335	- 740
Stroke	2	353	2	1,022	- 669
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	307	6	302	+ 5
Road Traffic Accidents	4	191	11	175	+ 17
Diabetes Mellitus	5	145	3	579	- 433
Liver Disease	6	131	9	197	- 66
Kidney Disease	7	111	8	233	- 123
Violence	8	95	10	194	- 98
Suicide	9	92	5	315	- 223
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	88	38	23	+ 65
Stomach Cancer	11	87	31	34	+ 53
Lung Disease	12	75	13	174	- 99
Prostate Cancer	13	68	17	123	- 55
Liver Cancer	14	64	34	29	+ 35
Hypertension	15	64	4	320	- 256
Lung Cancers	16	57	29	38	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	17	54	51	8	+ 46
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	54	27	48	+ 6
Congenital Anomalies	19	50	23	69	- 19
Low Birth Weight	20	48	22	89	- 41
HIV/AIDS	21	44	7	256	- 212
Other Injuries	22	43	14	167	- 124
Cervical Cancer	23	36	21	91	- 56
Pancreas Cancer	24	35	42	19	+ 16
Drownings	25	35	15	145	- 110
Falls	26	35	48	11	+ 23
Breast Cancer	27	31	19	96	- 65
Tuberculosis	28	30	16	137	- 106
Asthma	29	30	36	25	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	28	25	59	- 31
Oral Cancer	31	27	40	20	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	32	26	49	9	+ 17
Lymphomas	33	25	32	32	- 7
Epilepsy	34	21	37	24	- 3
Birth Trauma	35	20	24	64	- 45
Meningitis	36	19	44	17	+ 1
Inflammatory/Heart	37	18	20	92	- 73
Drug Use	38	18	45	16	+ 2
Fires	39	17	41	19	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	13	26	54	- 41
Leukemia	41	13	39	21	- 8
Endocrine Disorders	42	12	12	174	- 163
Malnutrition	43	10	30	37	- 27
Skin Disease	44	8	56	3	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	6	47	13	- 7
Bladder Cancer	46	6	50	8	- 2
Maternal Conditions	47	6	35	28	- 22
Alcohol	48	5	57	3	+ 2
Encephalitis	49	5	53	7	- 2
Syphilis	50	4	71	0	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	51	4	43	18	- 14
Hepatitis B	52	4	59	2	+ 2
Poisonings	53	3	65	1	+ 3
Skin Cancers	54	3	55	5	- 2
Uterin Cancer	55	3	46	13	- 10
Other Neoplasms	56	3	28	40	- 38
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	61	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	63	1	- 0
Tetanus	59	1	72	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	60	1	54	6	- 5
Pertussis	61	1	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	66	1	- 0
War	64	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	60	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	33	30	- 30
Leishmaniasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	62	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Cape Verde

Guyana

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.