LIBYA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,511	1	6,610	- 1,099
Stroke	2	3,273	2	2,603	+ 670
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,846	9	744	+ 2,102
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,774	3	1,444	+ 331
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,347	8	803	+ 544
Liver Disease	6	1,211	11	630	+ 581
Kidney Disease	7	1,027	4	1,186	- 159
Violence	8	885	30	145	+ 740
Suicide	9	857	19	304	+ 553
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	814	10	743	+ 71
Stomach Cancer	11	811	33	134	+ 677
Lung Disease	12	695	12	607	+ 88
Prostate Cancer	13	630	39	96	+ 535
Liver Cancer	14	595	28	153	+ 442
Hypertension	15	590	6	915	- 325
Lung Cancers	16	526	13	592	- 66
Oesophagus Cancer	17	500	49	33	+ 467
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	496	40	92	+ 405
Congenital Anomalies	19	459	14	493	- 34
Low Birth Weight	20	443	18	359	+ 84
HIV/AIDS	21	410	21	224	+ 186
Other Injuries	22	403	15	432	- 29
Cervical Cancer	23	330	32	135	+ 196
Pancreas Cancer	24	322	23	209	+ 114
Drownings	25	321	43	74	+ 247
Falls	26	320	24	204	+ 117
Breast Cancer	27	288	25	190	+ 99
Tuberculosis	28	282	7	812	- 530
Asthma	29	279	20	297	- 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	255	16	427	- 171
Oral Cancer	31	247	41	81	+ 166
Parkinson's Disease	32	239	27	159	+ 80
Lymphomas	33	230	26	189	+ 41
Epilepsy	34	192	44	67	+ 125
Birth Trauma	35	183	34	132	+ 50
Meningitis	36	174	47	41	+ 132
Inflammatory/Heart	37	171	37	107	+ 64
Drug Use	38	163	17	371	- 208
Fires	39	162	36	115	+ 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	119	38	99	+ 20
Leukemia	41	118	22	217	- 99
Endocrine Disorders	42	108	29	153	- 44
Malnutrition	43	94	57	11	+ 84
Skin Disease	44	70	54	17	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	56	46	49	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	46	55	31	136	- 81
Maternal Conditions	47	55	35	124	- 69
Alcohol	48	50	50	22	+ 28
Encephalitis	49	46	53	19	+ 26
Syphilis	50	39	61	6	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	51	39	42	75	- 37
Hepatitis B	52	34	48	34	+ 0
Poisonings	53	29	45	56	- 26
Skin Cancers	54	29	51	20	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	55	26	60	8	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	56	24	58	10	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	57	11	52	20	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	8	62	4	+ 4
Tetanus	59	7	64	1	+ 6
Appendicitis	60	5	56	15	- 10
Pertussis	61	5	55	17	- 12
Hepatitis C	62	3	65	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	1	67	0	+ 1
War	64	1	5	1,055	- 1,054
Ascariasis	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	63	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	79	0	59	9	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Cape Verde

Libya

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.