SENEGAL VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,110	2	6,224	+ 7,886
Stroke	2	8,380	4	5,342	+ 3,038
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,286	1	7,184	+ 102
Road Traffic Accidents	4	4,543	6	3,832	+ 711
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,450	10	2,395	+ 1,055
Liver Disease	6	3,101	13	2,147	+ 955
Kidney Disease	7	2,628	12	2,210	+ 418
Violence	8	2,266	19	1,247	+ 1,019
Suicide	9	2,193	24	978	+ 1,215
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,085	26	879	+ 1,207
Stomach Cancer	11	2,076	31	557	+ 1,519
Lung Disease	12	1,780	18	1,351	+ 429
Prostate Cancer	13	1,614	29	642	+ 972
Liver Cancer	14	1,524	22	1,087	+ 436
Hypertension	15	1,510	21	1,095	+ 415
Lung Cancers	16	1,348	44	180	+ 1,167
Oesophagus Cancer	17	1,281	55	99	+ 1,182
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	1,271	3	5,343	- 4,072
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,176	11	2,364	- 1,188
Low Birth Weight	20	1,135	7	3,636	- 2,501
HIV/AIDS	21	1,049	20	1,186	- 137
Other Injuries	22	1,032	16	1,512	- 480
Cervical Cancer	23	846	17	1,405	- 559
Pancreas Cancer	24	825	48	159	+ 666
Drownings	25	822	33	494	+ 328
Falls	26	820	30	622	+ 198
Breast Cancer	27	739	27	861	- 122
Tuberculosis	28	723	9	2,678	- 1,955
Asthma	29	715	25	936	- 221
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	654	37	384	+ 269
Oral Cancer	31	632	43	208	+ 424
Parkinson's Disease	32	613	41	273	+ 340
Lymphomas	33	590	39	315	+ 275
Epilepsy	34	491	38	330	+ 161
Birth Trauma	35	468	8	3,448	- 2,979
Meningitis	36	445	15	1,628	- 1,184
Inflammatory/Heart	37	439	36	426	+ 13
Drug Use	38	416	52	138	+ 278
Fires	39	414	34	448	- 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	305	35	433	- 128
Leukemia	41	302	54	113	+ 190
Endocrine Disorders	42	277	23	1,041	- 764
Malnutrition	43	241	32	494	- 253
Skin Disease	44	180	47	159	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	145	46	166	- 21
Bladder Cancer	46	141	50	155	- 14
Maternal Conditions	47	141	14	1,669	- 1,528
Alcohol	48	127	59	74	+ 53
Encephalitis	49	117	57	85	+ 32
Syphilis	50	101	53	122	- 21
Ovary Cancer	51	99	42	220	- 121
Hepatitis B	52	87	60	70	+ 17
Poisonings	53	75	40	315	- 239
Skin Cancers	54	73	51	147	- 74
Uterin Cancer	55	68	56	94	- 26
Other Neoplasms	56	62	62	24	+ 38
Multiple Sclerosis	57	28	64	20	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	20	67	15	+ 6
Tetanus	59	19	58	85	- 66
Appendicitis	60	13	61	38	- 25
Pertussis	61	12	28	771	- 759
Hepatitis C	62	8	68	11	- 3
Upper Respiratory	63	3	66	15	- 13
War	64	2	69	4	- 2
Ascariasis	65	1	65	18	- 17
Chlamydia	66	0	71	2	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	70	3	- 2
Measles	68	0	49	158	- 158
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	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	4,595	- 4,595
Leishmaniasis	78	0	63	21	- 21
Schistosomiasis	79	0	45	176	- 176
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Cape Verde

Senegal

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.