SOUTH AFRICA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	45,251	3	32,739	+ 12,512
Stroke	2	26,874	4	30,693	- 3,820
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	23,366	2	39,341	- 15,975
Road Traffic Accidents	4	14,568	11	13,014	+ 1,554
Diabetes Mellitus	5	11,064	5	30,188	- 19,123
Liver Disease	6	9,946	14	9,013	+ 932
Kidney Disease	7	8,429	9	15,302	- 6,873
Violence	8	7,267	7	21,000	- 13,733
Suicide	9	7,033	10	13,774	- 6,741
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	6,687	22	4,676	+ 2,011
Stomach Cancer	11	6,656	39	1,535	+ 5,122
Lung Disease	12	5,708	13	11,895	- 6,187
Prostate Cancer	13	5,177	24	4,374	+ 803
Liver Cancer	14	4,886	33	2,383	+ 2,503
Hypertension	15	4,842	12	12,789	- 7,946
Lung Cancers	16	4,322	15	7,705	- 3,383
Oesophagus Cancer	17	4,108	29	3,486	+ 622
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	4,075	8	15,843	- 11,768
Congenital Anomalies	19	3,772	25	4,351	- 579
Low Birth Weight	20	3,639	16	6,250	- 2,611
HIV/AIDS	21	3,363	1	71,996	- 68,632
Other Injuries	22	3,310	17	6,014	- 2,704
Cervical Cancer	23	2,713	20	5,555	- 2,843
Pancreas Cancer	24	2,647	35	2,007	+ 640
Drownings	25	2,635	32	2,403	+ 231
Falls	26	2,631	42	1,399	+ 1,232
Breast Cancer	27	2,369	23	4,533	- 2,165
Tuberculosis	28	2,319	6	21,965	- 19,647
Asthma	29	2,293	18	5,966	- 3,673
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	2,096	28	3,587	- 1,490
Oral Cancer	31	2,025	41	1,406	+ 619
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,966	46	1,077	+ 889
Lymphomas	33	1,892	31	2,818	- 926
Epilepsy	34	1,576	37	1,870	- 294
Birth Trauma	35	1,501	30	3,004	- 1,502
Meningitis	36	1,426	26	3,660	- 2,235
Inflammatory/Heart	37	1,406	21	5,408	- 4,002
Drug Use	38	1,336	53	770	+ 566
Fires	39	1,328	27	3,618	- 2,289
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	977	36	1,894	- 917
Leukemia	41	970	40	1,464	- 494
Endocrine Disorders	42	889	19	5,890	- 5,001
Malnutrition	43	773	34	2,381	- 1,608
Skin Disease	44	578	45	1,101	- 523
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	464	47	1,015	- 551
Bladder Cancer	46	452	52	829	- 377
Maternal Conditions	47	452	38	1,700	- 1,248
Alcohol	48	407	49	987	- 579
Encephalitis	49	375	59	234	+ 141
Syphilis	50	323	44	1,130	- 807
Ovary Cancer	51	316	51	951	- 634
Hepatitis B	52	280	61	139	+ 141
Poisonings	53	242	50	975	- 733
Skin Cancers	54	235	48	993	- 757
Uterin Cancer	55	217	54	512	- 295
Other Neoplasms	56	199	58	267	- 68
Multiple Sclerosis	57	91	62	113	- 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	66	55	376	- 310
Tetanus	59	60	65	38	+ 22
Appendicitis	60	42	56	274	- 232
Pertussis	61	40	43	1,142	- 1,102
Hepatitis C	62	26	70	8	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	63	9	60	223	- 214
War	64	6	64	66	- 59
Ascariasis	65	4	71	3	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	1	68	18	- 17
Diphtheria	67	1	69	16	- 16
Measles	68	0	57	270	- 270
Otitis Media	69	0	67	19	- 19
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	63	83	- 83
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	66	35	- 35
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Verde

South Africa

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.