PORTUGAL VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,642	1	12,878	- 5,236
Stroke	2	4,538	2	12,339	- 7,801
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,946	4	6,851	- 2,905
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,460	27	838	+ 1,622
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,868	8	3,601	- 1,733
Liver Disease	6	1,680	22	1,126	+ 554
Kidney Disease	7	1,423	9	2,803	- 1,380
Violence	8	1,227	48	96	+ 1,131
Suicide	9	1,188	19	1,172	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,129	3	7,191	- 6,062
Stomach Cancer	11	1,124	10	2,532	- 1,408
Lung Disease	12	964	7	4,286	- 3,322
Prostate Cancer	13	874	11	2,124	- 1,250
Liver Cancer	14	825	18	1,270	- 445
Hypertension	15	818	14	1,880	- 1,062
Lung Cancers	16	730	5	4,406	- 3,676
Oesophagus Cancer	17	694	29	623	+ 71
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	688	36	231	+ 458
Congenital Anomalies	19	637	40	196	+ 441
Low Birth Weight	20	615	52	79	+ 536
HIV/AIDS	21	568	35	320	+ 248
Other Injuries	22	559	13	1,937	- 1,378
Cervical Cancer	23	458	34	329	+ 129
Pancreas Cancer	24	447	15	1,669	- 1,222
Drownings	25	445	51	79	+ 366
Falls	26	444	23	1,033	- 588
Breast Cancer	27	400	12	1,997	- 1,597
Tuberculosis	28	392	38	213	+ 179
Asthma	29	387	43	146	+ 241
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	354	6	4,389	- 4,035
Oral Cancer	31	342	25	912	- 570
Parkinson's Disease	32	332	21	1,139	- 807
Lymphomas	33	320	16	1,608	- 1,288
Epilepsy	34	266	31	415	- 149
Birth Trauma	35	254	60	24	+ 230
Meningitis	36	241	56	43	+ 198
Inflammatory/Heart	37	237	26	909	- 671
Drug Use	38	226	44	128	+ 97
Fires	39	224	46	108	+ 116
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	165	37	229	- 64
Leukemia	41	164	24	1,015	- 852
Endocrine Disorders	42	150	17	1,547	- 1,397
Malnutrition	43	131	53	79	+ 52
Skin Disease	44	98	39	202	- 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	78	41	169	- 90
Bladder Cancer	46	76	20	1,171	- 1,094
Maternal Conditions	47	76	63	7	+ 69
Alcohol	48	69	45	111	- 42
Encephalitis	49	63	67	1	+ 62
Syphilis	50	54	64	3	+ 51
Ovary Cancer	51	53	33	397	- 344
Hepatitis B	52	47	59	26	+ 21
Poisonings	53	41	57	29	+ 12
Skin Cancers	54	40	30	523	- 484
Uterin Cancer	55	37	32	406	- 369
Other Neoplasms	56	34	28	652	- 618
Multiple Sclerosis	57	15	54	56	- 41
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	11	47	99	- 88
Tetanus	59	10	73	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	60	7	61	21	- 14
Pertussis	61	7	72	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	62	4	49	87	- 82
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	15	- 13
War	64	1	69	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	2	- 2
Dengue	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	68	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	82	0	65	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	42	151	- 151
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	49	- 49
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Cape Verde

Portugal

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.