CAPE VERDE VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	414	21	34	+ 380
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	398	3	236	+ 162
Tuberculosis	3	397	28	23	+ 374
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	262	18	41	+ 220
Coronary Heart Disease	5	260	1	457	- 198
Stroke	6	238	2	272	- 34
Birth Trauma	7	226	35	15	+ 211
Low Birth Weight	8	202	20	37	+ 165
Malaria	9	196	77	0	+ 196
Road Traffic Accidents	10	177	4	147	+ 30
Liver Disease	11	116	6	101	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	12	107	19	38	+ 69
Maternal Conditions	13	95	47	5	+ 91
Diabetes Mellitus	14	90	5	112	- 22
Kidney Disease	15	77	7	85	- 8
Meningitis	16	74	36	14	+ 60
Other Injuries	17	67	22	33	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	18	63	42	9	+ 54
Pertussis	19	61	61	0	+ 60
Lung Disease	20	55	12	58	- 3
Hypertension	21	51	15	49	+ 2
Violence	22	50	8	73	- 24
Cervical Cancer	23	44	23	27	+ 17
Asthma	24	43	29	23	+ 20
Measles	25	42	68	0	+ 42
Suicide	26	38	9	71	- 33
Malnutrition	27	35	43	8	+ 27
Liver Cancer	28	33	14	49	- 16
Breast Cancer	29	27	27	24	+ 3
Drownings	30	26	25	27	- 1
Syphilis	31	24	50	3	+ 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	22	40	10	+ 12
Falls	33	20	26	27	- 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	20	10	68	- 48
Fires	35	18	39	13	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	36	16	11	67	- 51
Inflammatory/Heart	37	15	37	14	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	14	30	21	- 7
Epilepsy	39	14	34	16	- 2
Tetanus	40	14	59	1	+ 13
Poisonings	41	13	53	2	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	42	12	13	52	- 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	9	45	5	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	44	9	79	0	+ 9
Lymphomas	45	8	33	19	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	46	8	32	20	- 12
Hepatitis B	47	6	52	3	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	48	5	51	3	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	49	5	17	42	- 36
Lung Cancers	50	5	16	44	- 38
Bladder Cancer	51	5	46	5	+ 0
Skin Cancers	52	5	54	2	+ 3
Skin Disease	53	5	44	6	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	54	4	24	27	- 23
Drug Use	55	4	38	14	- 10
Oral Cancer	56	4	31	20	- 17
Alcohol	57	4	48	4	- 1
Encephalitis	58	3	49	4	- 1
Uterin Cancer	59	2	55	2	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	2	60	0	+ 2
Leukemia	61	2	41	10	- 8
Ascariasis	62	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	62	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	57	1	- 0
Other Neoplasms	65	1	56	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	63	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	58	1	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	66	0	+ 0
War	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Guinea-Bissau

Cape Verde

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.