PANAMA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,347	1	2,624	+ 723
Stroke	2	1,988	2	2,006	- 18
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,728	7	697	+ 1,031
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,077	9	591	+ 486
Diabetes Mellitus	5	818	4	1,070	- 252
Liver Disease	6	736	15	325	+ 410
Kidney Disease	7	623	3	1,106	- 483
Violence	8	537	6	730	- 192
Suicide	9	520	32	121	+ 399
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	495	17	296	+ 198
Stomach Cancer	11	492	11	397	+ 95
Lung Disease	12	422	5	815	- 393
Prostate Cancer	13	383	12	390	- 7
Liver Cancer	14	361	27	182	+ 180
Hypertension	15	358	10	510	- 152
Lung Cancers	16	320	16	303	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	17	304	45	52	+ 252
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	301	28	163	+ 138
Congenital Anomalies	19	279	13	378	- 99
Low Birth Weight	20	269	22	238	+ 31
HIV/AIDS	21	249	8	653	- 404
Other Injuries	22	245	35	100	+ 145
Cervical Cancer	23	201	26	185	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	24	196	29	135	+ 61
Drownings	25	195	34	103	+ 92
Falls	26	195	37	92	+ 103
Breast Cancer	27	175	19	279	- 103
Tuberculosis	28	172	23	223	- 51
Asthma	29	170	43	56	+ 113
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	155	14	352	- 197
Oral Cancer	31	150	38	78	+ 72
Parkinson's Disease	32	145	33	115	+ 31
Lymphomas	33	140	24	205	- 65
Epilepsy	34	117	39	66	+ 50
Birth Trauma	35	111	36	94	+ 17
Meningitis	36	105	52	27	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	37	104	20	270	- 166
Drug Use	38	99	47	33	+ 66
Fires	39	98	57	11	+ 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	72	50	30	+ 42
Leukemia	41	72	25	189	- 117
Endocrine Disorders	42	66	18	279	- 213
Malnutrition	43	57	31	122	- 65
Skin Disease	44	43	30	127	- 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	34	53	25	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	46	33	46	33	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	47	33	48	32	+ 1
Alcohol	48	30	49	30	- 0
Encephalitis	49	28	63	3	+ 25
Syphilis	50	24	65	1	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	51	23	41	64	- 40
Hepatitis B	52	21	59	7	+ 13
Poisonings	53	18	61	4	+ 14
Skin Cancers	54	17	44	56	- 38
Uterin Cancer	55	16	40	66	- 50
Other Neoplasms	56	15	21	256	- 241
Multiple Sclerosis	57	7	62	3	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	55	14	- 9
Tetanus	59	4	69	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	60	3	56	11	- 8
Pertussis	61	3	74	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	62	2	66	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	54	14	- 13
War	64	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	64	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	58	10	- 10
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Cape Verde

Panama

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.