URUGUAY VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,564	1	4,265	- 1,700
Stroke	2	1,523	2	2,850	- 1,327
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,324	6	1,370	- 46
Road Traffic Accidents	4	826	16	512	+ 314
Diabetes Mellitus	5	627	11	747	- 120
Liver Disease	6	564	27	206	+ 358
Kidney Disease	7	478	8	1,040	- 562
Violence	8	412	23	295	+ 117
Suicide	9	399	12	735	- 337
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	379	3	1,899	- 1,520
Stomach Cancer	11	377	18	480	- 103
Lung Disease	12	323	4	1,706	- 1,383
Prostate Cancer	13	293	13	707	- 414
Liver Cancer	14	277	34	147	+ 130
Hypertension	15	274	15	648	- 374
Lung Cancers	16	245	5	1,463	- 1,218
Oesophagus Cancer	17	233	24	286	- 53
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	231	35	134	+ 97
Congenital Anomalies	19	214	30	170	+ 44
Low Birth Weight	20	206	42	73	+ 133
HIV/AIDS	21	191	28	195	- 5
Other Injuries	22	188	10	774	- 586
Cervical Cancer	23	154	29	172	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	24	150	14	656	- 506
Drownings	25	149	45	65	+ 85
Falls	26	149	47	55	+ 94
Breast Cancer	27	134	9	848	- 714
Tuberculosis	28	131	41	81	+ 51
Asthma	29	130	37	127	+ 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	119	7	1,245	- 1,126
Oral Cancer	31	115	31	167	- 52
Parkinson's Disease	32	111	21	320	- 209
Lymphomas	33	107	20	457	- 350
Epilepsy	34	89	40	86	+ 3
Birth Trauma	35	85	53	22	+ 63
Meningitis	36	81	58	10	+ 71
Inflammatory/Heart	37	80	22	314	- 234
Drug Use	38	76	49	41	+ 35
Fires	39	75	48	54	+ 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	55	46	57	- 1
Leukemia	41	55	25	280	- 225
Endocrine Disorders	42	50	17	487	- 437
Malnutrition	43	44	43	73	- 29
Skin Disease	44	33	36	130	- 97
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	26	50	39	- 13
Bladder Cancer	46	26	26	276	- 250
Maternal Conditions	47	26	60	9	+ 17
Alcohol	48	23	39	104	- 81
Encephalitis	49	21	64	4	+ 17
Syphilis	50	18	66	3	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	51	18	32	160	- 142
Hepatitis B	52	16	63	4	+ 12
Poisonings	53	14	55	17	- 3
Skin Cancers	54	13	33	149	- 136
Uterin Cancer	55	12	38	115	- 103
Other Neoplasms	56	11	19	464	- 452
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	56	13	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	4	51	35	- 31
Tetanus	59	3	71	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	60	2	59	9	- 7
Pertussis	61	2	72	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	62	1	65	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	63	0	62	5	- 4
War	64	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	2	- 2
Dengue	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	5	- 5
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	18	- 18
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Cape Verde

Uruguay

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.