TRINIDAD/TOB. VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,055	1	1,476	- 421
Stroke	2	626	3	822	- 196
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	545	10	205	+ 339
Road Traffic Accidents	4	340	15	130	+ 209
Diabetes Mellitus	5	258	2	1,275	- 1,017
Liver Disease	6	232	14	136	+ 96
Kidney Disease	7	196	5	439	- 243
Violence	8	169	4	549	- 380
Suicide	9	164	17	121	+ 43
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	156	9	215	- 59
Stomach Cancer	11	155	26	69	+ 86
Lung Disease	12	133	16	129	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	13	121	6	330	- 209
Liver Cancer	14	114	28	66	+ 48
Hypertension	15	113	11	201	- 88
Lung Cancers	16	101	8	217	- 117
Oesophagus Cancer	17	96	41	24	+ 71
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	95	45	18	+ 77
Congenital Anomalies	19	88	22	93	- 5
Low Birth Weight	20	85	23	83	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	21	78	12	196	- 118
Other Injuries	22	77	30	61	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	23	63	21	97	- 34
Pancreas Cancer	24	62	19	114	- 52
Drownings	25	61	39	31	+ 31
Falls	26	61	33	43	+ 18
Breast Cancer	27	55	7	258	- 203
Tuberculosis	28	54	43	22	+ 33
Asthma	29	53	35	40	+ 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	49	13	196	- 147
Oral Cancer	31	47	38	31	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	32	46	32	51	- 5
Lymphomas	33	44	20	111	- 67
Epilepsy	34	37	37	32	+ 5
Birth Trauma	35	35	40	25	+ 10
Meningitis	36	33	52	9	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	37	33	25	72	- 39
Drug Use	38	31	44	19	+ 12
Fires	39	31	48	16	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	23	31	52	- 29
Leukemia	41	23	29	62	- 40
Endocrine Disorders	42	21	18	119	- 99
Malnutrition	43	18	47	17	+ 1
Skin Disease	44	13	36	39	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	11	49	11	- 0
Bladder Cancer	46	11	34	41	- 30
Maternal Conditions	47	11	50	10	+ 0
Alcohol	48	9	42	23	- 14
Encephalitis	49	9	54	6	+ 3
Syphilis	50	8	61	0	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	51	7	24	80	- 73
Hepatitis B	52	7	60	0	+ 6
Poisonings	53	6	59	1	+ 4
Skin Cancers	54	5	57	4	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	55	5	27	68	- 63
Other Neoplasms	56	5	51	10	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	58	2	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	53	8	- 7
Tetanus	59	1	65	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	60	1	56	4	- 3
Pertussis	61	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	62	1	62	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	64	0	+ 0
War	64	0	46	17	- 17
Ascariasis	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	55	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Cape Verde

Trinidad/Tob.

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.