RWANDA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,199	4	3,605	+ 6,594
Stroke	2	6,057	2	5,060	+ 997
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	5,267	1	5,280	- 13
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,284	3	3,718	- 435
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,494	11	1,858	+ 635
Liver Disease	6	2,242	8	2,548	- 306
Kidney Disease	7	1,900	15	1,206	+ 694
Violence	8	1,638	29	548	+ 1,090
Suicide	9	1,585	24	704	+ 882
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,507	25	657	+ 850
Stomach Cancer	11	1,500	20	780	+ 720
Lung Disease	12	1,286	13	1,555	- 268
Prostate Cancer	13	1,167	32	396	+ 771
Liver Cancer	14	1,101	23	706	+ 395
Hypertension	15	1,091	14	1,357	- 266
Lung Cancers	16	974	39	234	+ 740
Oesophagus Cancer	17	926	44	213	+ 713
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	918	6	3,121	- 2,203
Congenital Anomalies	19	850	12	1,777	- 927
Low Birth Weight	20	820	9	2,193	- 1,372
HIV/AIDS	21	758	7	2,826	- 2,067
Other Injuries	22	746	17	944	- 198
Cervical Cancer	23	611	18	941	- 329
Pancreas Cancer	24	597	43	214	+ 383
Drownings	25	594	36	285	+ 309
Falls	26	593	31	412	+ 181
Breast Cancer	27	534	27	600	- 66
Tuberculosis	28	523	26	625	- 102
Asthma	29	517	22	717	- 200
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	472	28	591	- 119
Oral Cancer	31	456	37	272	+ 185
Parkinson's Disease	32	443	47	146	+ 297
Lymphomas	33	426	30	450	- 23
Epilepsy	34	355	45	191	+ 164
Birth Trauma	35	338	10	1,888	- 1,550
Meningitis	36	321	19	847	- 526
Inflammatory/Heart	37	317	34	347	- 30
Drug Use	38	301	60	45	+ 256
Fires	39	299	38	270	+ 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	220	33	362	- 142
Leukemia	41	219	35	317	- 98
Endocrine Disorders	42	200	41	219	- 19
Malnutrition	43	174	16	1,168	- 994
Skin Disease	44	130	52	103	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	105	48	136	- 31
Bladder Cancer	46	102	62	35	+ 67
Maternal Conditions	47	102	21	722	- 621
Alcohol	48	92	49	125	- 34
Encephalitis	49	85	61	39	+ 46
Syphilis	50	73	46	173	- 100
Ovary Cancer	51	71	53	92	- 21
Hepatitis B	52	63	55	68	- 5
Poisonings	53	55	40	220	- 165
Skin Cancers	54	53	50	113	- 60
Uterin Cancer	55	49	56	58	- 9
Other Neoplasms	56	45	64	16	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	57	21	66	7	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	15	63	23	- 8
Tetanus	59	14	58	53	- 39
Appendicitis	60	9	54	70	- 61
Pertussis	61	9	42	218	- 209
Hepatitis C	62	6	65	12	- 6
Upper Respiratory	63	2	57	58	- 56
War	64	1	69	3	- 1
Ascariasis	65	1	67	5	- 4
Chlamydia	66	0	70	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	59	51	- 51
Otitis Media	69	0	68	4	- 4
Dengue	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	111	- 111
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Cape Verde

Rwanda

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.