SURINAME VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	484	1	650	- 166
Stroke	2	288	2	615	- 328
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	250	5	171	+ 79
Road Traffic Accidents	4	156	13	89	+ 67
Diabetes Mellitus	5	118	3	286	- 168
Liver Disease	6	106	8	134	- 28
Kidney Disease	7	90	4	281	- 191
Violence	8	78	26	34	+ 44
Suicide	9	75	6	148	- 72
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	72	10	117	- 46
Stomach Cancer	11	71	33	25	+ 46
Lung Disease	12	61	12	93	- 32
Prostate Cancer	13	55	14	78	- 23
Liver Cancer	14	52	21	45	+ 7
Hypertension	15	52	9	134	- 82
Lung Cancers	16	46	11	102	- 56
Oesophagus Cancer	17	44	56	2	+ 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	44	27	31	+ 12
Congenital Anomalies	19	40	22	40	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	20	39	19	51	- 12
HIV/AIDS	21	36	7	138	- 102
Other Injuries	22	35	15	73	- 37
Cervical Cancer	23	29	20	48	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	24	28	32	26	+ 2
Drownings	25	28	29	28	+ 0
Falls	26	28	25	34	- 6
Breast Cancer	27	25	17	55	- 30
Tuberculosis	28	25	37	17	+ 8
Asthma	29	25	39	16	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	22	16	72	- 50
Oral Cancer	31	22	40	16	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	32	21	31	28	- 7
Lymphomas	33	20	34	23	- 2
Epilepsy	34	17	36	18	- 1
Birth Trauma	35	16	30	28	- 12
Meningitis	36	15	50	5	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	37	15	23	37	- 22
Drug Use	38	14	45	7	+ 7
Fires	39	14	44	13	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	10	28	29	- 18
Leukemia	41	10	35	20	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	42	10	24	37	- 28
Malnutrition	43	8	43	13	- 5
Skin Disease	44	6	18	53	- 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	5	47	6	- 1
Bladder Cancer	46	5	48	5	- 0
Maternal Conditions	47	5	41	14	- 9
Alcohol	48	4	38	16	- 12
Encephalitis	49	4	51	4	- 0
Syphilis	50	3	52	3	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	51	3	42	14	- 10
Hepatitis B	52	3	63	1	+ 2
Poisonings	53	3	57	2	+ 1
Skin Cancers	54	3	60	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	55	2	49	5	- 3
Other Neoplasms	56	2	54	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	61	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	58	1	- 1
Tetanus	59	1	62	1	- 0
Appendicitis	60	0	53	3	- 3
Pertussis	61	0	59	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	62	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	67	0	+ 0
War	64	0	66	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	46	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	64	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	65	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	55	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

Cape Verde

Suriname

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.