LIBERIA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,071	7	1,885	+ 2,186
Stroke	2	2,417	11	1,578	+ 839
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,102	2	2,693	- 591
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,310	5	1,920	- 610
Diabetes Mellitus	5	995	15	650	+ 345
Liver Disease	6	895	13	858	+ 36
Kidney Disease	7	758	16	609	+ 150
Violence	8	654	18	477	+ 177
Suicide	9	633	30	220	+ 413
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	602	29	235	+ 367
Stomach Cancer	11	599	37	122	+ 477
Lung Disease	12	513	26	294	+ 220
Prostate Cancer	13	466	25	297	+ 168
Liver Cancer	14	440	20	439	+ 0
Hypertension	15	436	23	371	+ 65
Lung Cancers	16	389	44	66	+ 323
Oesophagus Cancer	17	370	60	16	+ 354
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	367	10	1,592	- 1,225
Congenital Anomalies	19	339	14	833	- 494
Low Birth Weight	20	327	8	1,652	- 1,324
HIV/AIDS	21	303	6	1,919	- 1,616
Other Injuries	22	298	22	380	- 82
Cervical Cancer	23	244	19	474	- 230
Pancreas Cancer	24	238	53	38	+ 200
Drownings	25	237	35	127	+ 110
Falls	26	237	33	155	+ 81
Breast Cancer	27	213	27	246	- 32
Tuberculosis	28	209	1	2,766	- 2,558
Asthma	29	206	31	200	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	189	40	90	+ 99
Oral Cancer	31	182	48	50	+ 132
Parkinson's Disease	32	177	43	72	+ 105
Lymphomas	33	170	39	93	+ 77
Epilepsy	34	142	42	81	+ 61
Birth Trauma	35	135	9	1,601	- 1,466
Meningitis	36	128	17	552	- 424
Inflammatory/Heart	37	127	38	115	+ 11
Drug Use	38	120	50	42	+ 78
Fires	39	119	34	153	- 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	88	36	126	- 38
Leukemia	41	87	58	23	+ 64
Endocrine Disorders	42	80	28	245	- 166
Malnutrition	43	70	24	353	- 284
Skin Disease	44	52	51	41	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	42	49	50	- 8
Bladder Cancer	46	41	59	19	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	47	41	12	870	- 829
Alcohol	48	37	57	25	+ 11
Encephalitis	49	34	56	27	+ 6
Syphilis	50	29	21	394	- 365
Ovary Cancer	51	28	47	50	- 22
Hepatitis B	52	25	52	39	- 14
Poisonings	53	22	41	82	- 60
Skin Cancers	54	21	46	51	- 30
Uterin Cancer	55	20	55	28	- 9
Other Neoplasms	56	18	62	6	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	57	8	63	4	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	6	64	4	+ 2
Tetanus	59	5	54	31	- 26
Appendicitis	60	4	61	12	- 9
Pertussis	61	4	32	197	- 194
Hepatitis C	62	2	65	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	67	3	- 2
War	64	1	70	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	66	4	- 3
Chlamydia	66	0	69	1	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
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	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	45	51	- 51
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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 LIBERIA

Cape Verde

Liberia

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.