UGANDA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,896	9	8,784	+ 28,112
Stroke	2	21,912	6	11,181	+ 10,731
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	19,052	2	18,865	+ 187
Road Traffic Accidents	4	11,878	4	13,012	- 1,134
Diabetes Mellitus	5	9,021	14	4,794	+ 4,227
Liver Disease	6	8,109	13	5,122	+ 2,988
Kidney Disease	7	6,873	19	3,168	+ 3,705
Violence	8	5,925	12	6,175	- 250
Suicide	9	5,735	24	2,033	+ 3,702
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	5,452	30	1,286	+ 4,166
Stomach Cancer	11	5,427	45	515	+ 4,912
Lung Disease	12	4,654	22	3,051	+ 1,603
Prostate Cancer	13	4,221	34	950	+ 3,271
Liver Cancer	14	3,984	29	1,522	+ 2,461
Hypertension	15	3,948	21	3,120	+ 828
Lung Cancers	16	3,524	46	441	+ 3,084
Oesophagus Cancer	17	3,349	28	1,674	+ 1,675
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	3,323	5	12,103	- 8,781
Congenital Anomalies	19	3,075	11	6,641	- 3,565
Low Birth Weight	20	2,967	8	9,673	- 6,706
HIV/AIDS	21	2,742	1	21,188	- 18,446
Other Injuries	22	2,698	20	3,130	- 431
Cervical Cancer	23	2,212	15	4,378	- 2,166
Pancreas Cancer	24	2,158	47	358	+ 1,800
Drownings	25	2,148	31	1,238	+ 911
Falls	26	2,145	33	1,127	+ 1,019
Breast Cancer	27	1,931	32	1,128	+ 803
Tuberculosis	28	1,891	10	7,255	- 5,364
Asthma	29	1,869	27	1,745	+ 124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,709	35	919	+ 790
Oral Cancer	31	1,651	40	731	+ 920
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,603	48	351	+ 1,251
Lymphomas	33	1,543	26	1,762	- 219
Epilepsy	34	1,285	43	599	+ 686
Birth Trauma	35	1,224	7	10,405	- 9,181
Meningitis	36	1,163	16	3,718	- 2,555
Inflammatory/Heart	37	1,147	37	859	+ 288
Drug Use	38	1,089	57	233	+ 856
Fires	39	1,083	36	872	+ 211
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	797	41	687	+ 110
Leukemia	41	791	42	599	+ 192
Endocrine Disorders	42	725	38	761	- 36
Malnutrition	43	630	18	3,317	- 2,687
Skin Disease	44	471	55	242	+ 229
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	378	50	348	+ 30
Bladder Cancer	46	369	59	181	+ 188
Maternal Conditions	47	368	17	3,641	- 3,273
Alcohol	48	332	54	256	+ 76
Encephalitis	49	306	62	122	+ 184
Syphilis	50	263	23	2,235	- 1,972
Ovary Cancer	51	258	44	519	- 261
Hepatitis B	52	229	61	123	+ 105
Poisonings	53	197	39	745	- 548
Skin Cancers	54	192	49	349	- 157
Uterin Cancer	55	177	56	234	- 56
Other Neoplasms	56	162	66	37	+ 125
Multiple Sclerosis	57	74	69	16	+ 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	53	64	55	- 2
Tetanus	59	49	53	271	- 222
Appendicitis	60	34	58	211	- 177
Pertussis	61	33	25	1,909	- 1,876
Hepatitis C	62	21	67	30	- 9
Upper Respiratory	63	7	60	144	- 136
War	64	5	63	88	- 83
Ascariasis	65	3	70	16	- 13
Chlamydia	66	1	73	6	- 5
Diphtheria	67	1	72	11	- 10
Measles	68	0	51	343	- 343
Otitis Media	69	0	71	11	- 11
Dengue	70	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	65	50	- 50
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Leishmaniasis	78	0	68	28	- 28
Schistosomiasis	79	0	52	286	- 286
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Cape Verde

Uganda

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.