NICARAGUA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,999	1	5,843	- 845
Stroke	2	2,969	3	2,225	+ 744
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,581	7	1,152	+ 1,430
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,609	8	1,109	+ 501
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,222	4	2,068	- 845
Liver Disease	6	1,099	6	1,203	- 105
Kidney Disease	7	931	2	3,533	- 2,602
Violence	8	803	10	619	+ 184
Suicide	9	777	19	285	+ 492
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	739	33	149	+ 590
Stomach Cancer	11	735	14	478	+ 258
Lung Disease	12	631	5	1,570	- 939
Prostate Cancer	13	572	15	386	+ 186
Liver Cancer	14	540	12	509	+ 31
Hypertension	15	535	9	1,103	- 568
Lung Cancers	16	477	23	274	+ 204
Oesophagus Cancer	17	454	47	42	+ 412
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	450	36	122	+ 328
Congenital Anomalies	19	417	11	571	- 154
Low Birth Weight	20	402	13	490	- 88
HIV/AIDS	21	372	35	139	+ 232
Other Injuries	22	366	17	358	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	23	300	16	374	- 74
Pancreas Cancer	24	292	27	178	+ 115
Drownings	25	291	32	157	+ 134
Falls	26	291	22	276	+ 15
Breast Cancer	27	262	20	283	- 21
Tuberculosis	28	256	37	115	+ 141
Asthma	29	253	38	105	+ 148
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	232	18	315	- 84
Oral Cancer	31	224	43	64	+ 159
Parkinson's Disease	32	217	42	67	+ 150
Lymphomas	33	209	29	164	+ 45
Epilepsy	34	174	41	74	+ 100
Birth Trauma	35	166	25	198	- 32
Meningitis	36	158	51	29	+ 129
Inflammatory/Heart	37	155	34	139	+ 16
Drug Use	38	148	46	50	+ 97
Fires	39	147	57	16	+ 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	108	40	85	+ 22
Leukemia	41	107	24	227	- 120
Endocrine Disorders	42	98	28	164	- 65
Malnutrition	43	85	30	163	- 78
Skin Disease	44	64	31	162	- 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	51	54	20	+ 31
Bladder Cancer	46	50	52	28	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	47	50	39	88	- 38
Alcohol	48	45	21	279	- 234
Encephalitis	49	41	58	10	+ 31
Syphilis	50	36	60	9	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	51	35	44	61	- 26
Hepatitis B	52	31	62	5	+ 26
Poisonings	53	27	55	18	+ 9
Skin Cancers	54	26	45	59	- 33
Uterin Cancer	55	24	48	39	- 15
Other Neoplasms	56	22	26	192	- 170
Multiple Sclerosis	57	10	61	7	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	7	50	31	- 23
Tetanus	59	7	79	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	60	5	49	32	- 27
Pertussis	61	4	67	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	62	3	68	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	1	72	1	+ 0
War	64	1	70	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	69	1	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	64	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	71	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	65	4	- 4
Malaria	77	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	63	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	66	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Cape Verde

Nicaragua

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.