CAPE VERDE VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,027	1	457	+ 570
Stroke	2	787	2	272	+ 515
Diabetes Mellitus	3	445	5	112	+ 333
Hypertension	4	246	15	49	+ 197
Suicide	5	243	9	71	+ 172
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	232	3	236	- 4
HIV/AIDS	7	197	21	34	+ 163
Kidney Disease	8	180	7	85	+ 94
Liver Disease	9	151	6	101	+ 51
Violence	10	149	8	73	+ 75
Road Traffic Accidents	11	135	4	147	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	12	134	42	9	+ 125
Lung Disease	13	134	12	58	+ 76
Other Injuries	14	129	22	33	+ 95
Drownings	15	111	25	27	+ 85
Tuberculosis	16	105	28	23	+ 82
Prostate Cancer	17	95	13	52	+ 43
Anemia	18	76	84	0	+ 76
Breast Cancer	19	74	27	24	+ 50
Inflammatory/Heart	20	71	37	14	+ 56
Cervical Cancer	21	70	23	27	+ 43
Low Birth Weight	22	69	20	37	+ 32
Congenital Anomalies	23	53	19	38	+ 15
Birth Trauma	24	50	35	15	+ 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	45	30	21	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	42	40	10	+ 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	37	18	41	- 5
Other Neoplasms	28	31	56	2	+ 29
Lung Cancers	29	29	16	44	- 15
Malnutrition	30	29	43	8	+ 21
Stomach Cancer	31	26	11	67	- 41
Lymphomas	32	25	33	19	+ 6
Malaria	33	23	77	0	+ 23
Liver Cancer	34	22	14	49	- 27
Maternal Conditions	35	22	47	5	+ 17
Asthma	36	20	29	23	- 4
Epilepsy	37	18	34	16	+ 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	18	10	68	- 50
Leukemia	39	16	41	10	+ 7
Oral Cancer	40	15	31	20	- 5
Fires	41	15	39	13	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	42	15	24	27	- 12
Ovary Cancer	43	14	51	3	+ 10
Meningitis	44	13	36	14	- 1
Drug Use	45	12	38	14	- 1
Uterin Cancer	46	10	55	2	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	10	45	5	+ 5
Falls	48	9	26	27	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	49	7	32	20	- 13
Bladder Cancer	50	6	46	5	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	51	6	17	42	- 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	6	80	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	53	5	49	4	+ 2
Appendicitis	54	5	60	0	+ 4
Skin Cancers	55	4	54	2	+ 1
Skin Disease	56	2	44	6	- 3
Alcohol	57	2	48	4	- 2
Osteoarthritis	58	2	81	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	59	2	52	3	- 1
Dengue	60	1	70	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	57	1	+ 0
Schizophrenia	62	1	86	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	58	1	+ 0
War	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Poisonings	65	0	53	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	0	63	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	62	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	0	85	0	+ 0
Syphilis	71	0	50	3	- 3
Tetanus	72	0	59	1	- 0
Pertussis	73	0	61	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Guyana

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.