NAMIBIA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,099	5	1,221	+ 878
Stroke	2	1,247	4	1,333	- 86
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,084	2	1,464	- 381
Road Traffic Accidents	4	676	6	868	- 193
Diabetes Mellitus	5	513	7	724	- 211
Liver Disease	6	461	14	336	+ 126
Kidney Disease	7	391	15	322	+ 69
Violence	8	337	11	450	- 113
Suicide	9	326	17	243	+ 84
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	310	21	176	+ 135
Stomach Cancer	11	309	45	33	+ 276
Lung Disease	12	265	10	461	- 196
Prostate Cancer	13	240	31	94	+ 146
Liver Cancer	14	227	41	45	+ 182
Hypertension	15	225	12	428	- 203
Lung Cancers	16	200	35	59	+ 142
Oesophagus Cancer	17	191	52	21	+ 170
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	189	8	645	- 456
Congenital Anomalies	19	175	16	283	- 108
Low Birth Weight	20	169	9	516	- 347
HIV/AIDS	21	156	1	2,928	- 2,772
Other Injuries	22	154	19	207	- 53
Cervical Cancer	23	126	23	133	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	24	123	53	18	+ 105
Drownings	25	122	26	110	+ 13
Falls	26	122	34	62	+ 60
Breast Cancer	27	110	24	121	- 11
Tuberculosis	28	108	3	1,416	- 1,309
Asthma	29	106	20	200	- 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	97	36	54	+ 43
Oral Cancer	31	94	30	100	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	32	91	42	43	+ 48
Lymphomas	33	88	40	46	+ 42
Epilepsy	34	73	38	49	+ 24
Birth Trauma	35	70	13	345	- 275
Meningitis	36	66	27	109	- 43
Inflammatory/Heart	37	65	22	162	- 97
Drug Use	38	62	46	32	+ 30
Fires	39	62	28	109	- 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	45	32	76	- 30
Leukemia	41	45	49	24	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	42	41	33	73	- 32
Malnutrition	43	36	18	224	- 188
Skin Disease	44	27	47	31	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	22	44	33	- 12
Bladder Cancer	46	21	54	16	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	47	21	25	110	- 89
Alcohol	48	19	48	28	- 9
Encephalitis	49	17	59	8	+ 9
Syphilis	50	15	43	35	- 20
Ovary Cancer	51	15	50	23	- 9
Hepatitis B	52	13	63	4	+ 9
Poisonings	53	11	39	46	- 35
Skin Cancers	54	11	29	108	- 97
Uterin Cancer	55	10	56	11	- 1
Other Neoplasms	56	9	60	8	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	64	2	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	3	57	9	- 6
Tetanus	59	3	62	6	- 3
Appendicitis	60	2	58	9	- 7
Pertussis	61	2	37	54	- 52
Hepatitis C	62	1	66	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	61	6	- 6
War	64	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	65	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	51	22	- 22
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	55	14	- 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Cape Verde

Namibia

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.