NIGERIA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		NIGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	177,241	7	61,374	+ 115,868
Stroke	2	105,261	8	57,744	+ 47,517
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	91,523	1	207,281	- 115,758
Road Traffic Accidents	4	57,061	12	41,693	+ 15,368
Diabetes Mellitus	5	43,337	18	22,497	+ 20,840
Liver Disease	6	38,956	13	38,326	+ 631
Kidney Disease	7	33,015	20	18,189	+ 14,826
Violence	8	28,463	19	18,407	+ 10,056
Suicide	9	27,549	30	7,019	+ 20,530
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	26,192	31	6,786	+ 19,406
Stomach Cancer	11	26,071	50	2,129	+ 23,943
Lung Disease	12	22,356	22	12,569	+ 9,787
Prostate Cancer	13	20,276	35	5,914	+ 14,362
Liver Cancer	14	19,138	39	5,289	+ 13,849
Hypertension	15	18,967	24	10,692	+ 8,275
Lung Cancers	16	16,930	57	1,295	+ 15,635
Oesophagus Cancer	17	16,089	64	560	+ 15,529
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	15,961	2	144,724	- 128,763
Congenital Anomalies	19	14,774	9	49,696	- 34,923
Low Birth Weight	20	14,255	6	95,959	- 81,704
HIV/AIDS	21	13,174	10	44,124	- 30,950
Other Injuries	22	12,963	17	22,696	- 9,733
Cervical Cancer	23	10,625	25	10,574	+ 51
Pancreas Cancer	24	10,367	51	1,975	+ 8,392
Drownings	25	10,320	32	6,584	+ 3,735
Falls	26	10,306	28	7,528	+ 2,778
Breast Cancer	27	9,278	23	11,884	- 2,606
Tuberculosis	28	9,083	3	127,335	- 118,252
Asthma	29	8,980	27	8,192	+ 788
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	8,211	43	4,152	+ 4,059
Oral Cancer	31	7,933	48	2,238	+ 5,694
Parkinson's Disease	32	7,700	46	2,473	+ 5,227
Lymphomas	33	7,411	40	5,202	+ 2,210
Epilepsy	34	6,172	41	5,001	+ 1,171
Birth Trauma	35	5,881	5	100,186	- 94,306
Meningitis	36	5,585	11	43,651	- 38,067
Inflammatory/Heart	37	5,509	42	4,826	+ 682
Drug Use	38	5,231	34	6,273	- 1,042
Fires	39	5,203	29	7,132	- 1,929
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	3,828	37	5,846	- 2,018
Leukemia	41	3,799	47	2,257	+ 1,542
Endocrine Disorders	42	3,481	21	15,799	- 12,318
Malnutrition	43	3,028	36	5,896	- 2,868
Skin Disease	44	2,265	56	1,468	+ 796
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	1,817	52	1,946	- 129
Bladder Cancer	46	1,772	63	670	+ 1,102
Maternal Conditions	47	1,770	15	23,540	- 21,770
Alcohol	48	1,596	58	1,031	+ 565
Encephalitis	49	1,469	59	937	+ 532
Syphilis	50	1,264	38	5,449	- 4,185
Ovary Cancer	51	1,239	49	2,133	- 894
Hepatitis B	52	1,098	55	1,488	- 390
Poisonings	53	948	33	6,570	- 5,622
Skin Cancers	54	922	53	1,933	- 1,011
Uterin Cancer	55	852	62	679	+ 173
Other Neoplasms	56	780	66	290	+ 490
Multiple Sclerosis	57	356	68	179	+ 177
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	257	69	165	+ 92
Tetanus	59	236	26	8,355	- 8,119
Appendicitis	60	165	60	760	- 595
Pertussis	61	157	16	23,282	- 23,125
Hepatitis C	62	102	65	304	- 202
Upper Respiratory	63	34	67	259	- 224
War	64	24	45	3,245	- 3,221
Ascariasis	65	15	61	685	- 670
Chlamydia	66	3	71	14	- 10
Diphtheria	67	3	44	3,800	- 3,797
Measles	68	0	14	29,439	- 29,438
Otitis Media	69	0	72	3	- 3
Dengue	70	0	73	2	- 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	100,963	- 100,963
Leishmaniasis	78	0	70	23	- 23
Schistosomiasis	79	0	54	1,508	- 1,508
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	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGERIA

Cape Verde

Nigeria

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.