JAMAICA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,114	3	1,726	+ 388
Stroke	2	1,255	1	2,415	- 1,159
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,092	15	393	+ 699
Road Traffic Accidents	4	681	12	444	+ 237
Diabetes Mellitus	5	517	2	2,077	- 1,560
Liver Disease	6	465	21	155	+ 310
Kidney Disease	7	394	6	793	- 399
Violence	8	339	4	1,484	- 1,145
Suicide	9	329	35	70	+ 258
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	312	9	587	- 275
Stomach Cancer	11	311	19	231	+ 80
Lung Disease	12	267	11	452	- 185
Prostate Cancer	13	242	5	883	- 642
Liver Cancer	14	228	29	101	+ 127
Hypertension	15	226	8	651	- 424
Lung Cancers	16	202	10	472	- 271
Oesophagus Cancer	17	192	34	74	+ 118
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	190	42	35	+ 156
Congenital Anomalies	19	176	23	139	+ 37
Low Birth Weight	20	170	18	241	- 71
HIV/AIDS	21	157	7	757	- 600
Other Injuries	22	155	31	91	+ 64
Cervical Cancer	23	127	16	358	- 231
Pancreas Cancer	24	124	27	119	+ 5
Drownings	25	123	51	10	+ 113
Falls	26	123	33	82	+ 41
Breast Cancer	27	111	14	413	- 303
Tuberculosis	28	108	54	8	+ 101
Asthma	29	107	36	65	+ 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	98	13	436	- 338
Oral Cancer	31	95	39	59	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	32	92	25	132	- 41
Lymphomas	33	88	17	251	- 163
Epilepsy	34	74	41	46	+ 28
Birth Trauma	35	70	37	65	+ 5
Meningitis	36	67	47	16	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	37	66	24	133	- 68
Drug Use	38	62	48	13	+ 49
Fires	39	62	46	16	+ 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	46	32	82	- 37
Leukemia	41	45	26	129	- 84
Endocrine Disorders	42	42	20	176	- 135
Malnutrition	43	36	40	48	- 12
Skin Disease	44	27	22	145	- 118
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	22	44	27	- 5
Bladder Cancer	46	21	38	60	- 38
Maternal Conditions	47	21	43	35	- 13
Alcohol	48	19	55	7	+ 12
Encephalitis	49	18	49	13	+ 4
Syphilis	50	15	60	1	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	51	15	30	97	- 82
Hepatitis B	52	13	59	1	+ 12
Poisonings	53	11	57	2	+ 9
Skin Cancers	54	11	52	10	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	55	10	28	106	- 96
Other Neoplasms	56	9	45	19	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	56	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	3	50	11	- 8
Tetanus	59	3	63	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	60	2	53	9	- 7
Pertussis	61	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	62	1	64	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	65	0	+ 0
War	64	0	61	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Cape Verde

Jamaica

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.