CAPE VERDE VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	351	1	457	- 106
Stroke	2	244	2	272	- 27
Diabetes Mellitus	3	192	5	112	+ 80
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	135	3	236	- 101
Kidney Disease	5	129	7	85	+ 44
Road Traffic Accidents	6	126	4	147	- 21
Lung Disease	7	96	12	58	+ 38
Hypertension	8	73	15	49	+ 24
Other Injuries	9	69	22	33	+ 35
Lung Cancers	10	60	16	44	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	11	54	19	38	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	12	52	20	37	+ 16
Violence	13	46	8	73	- 28
Endocrine Disorders	14	46	42	9	+ 37
Prostate Cancer	15	44	13	52	- 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	44	30	21	+ 23
Liver Disease	17	43	6	101	- 58
Cervical Cancer	18	42	23	27	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	19	40	56	2	+ 38
Breast Cancer	20	39	27	24	+ 15
HIV/AIDS	21	36	21	34	+ 2
Suicide	22	35	9	71	- 37
Alcohol	23	33	48	4	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	24	29	11	67	- 38
Malnutrition	25	27	43	8	+ 19
Tuberculosis	26	22	28	23	- 1
Leukemia	27	22	41	10	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	28	21	24	27	- 6
Lymphomas	29	20	33	19	+ 1
Birth Trauma	30	17	35	15	+ 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	16	18	41	- 26
Drownings	32	14	25	27	- 12
Oesophagus Cancer	33	14	17	42	- 27
Inflammatory/Heart	34	13	37	14	- 2
Liver Cancer	35	12	14	49	- 37
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	12	10	68	- 56
Skin Disease	37	12	44	6	+ 6
Oral Cancer	38	11	31	20	- 10
Asthma	39	10	29	23	- 13
Skin Cancers	40	10	54	2	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	41	10	32	20	- 10
Syphilis	42	10	50	3	+ 6
Falls	43	8	26	27	- 18
Epilepsy	44	8	34	16	- 8
Ovary Cancer	45	7	51	3	+ 4
Anemia	46	7	84	0	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	6	40	10	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	5	58	1	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	49	5	47	5	+ 1
Fires	50	5	39	13	- 8
Bladder Cancer	51	5	46	5	+ 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	4	80	0	+ 4
Meningitis	53	4	36	14	- 10
Uterin Cancer	54	4	55	2	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	4	45	5	- 1
Drug Use	56	3	38	14	- 10
Appendicitis	57	3	60	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	58	2	81	0	+ 2
Pertussis	59	2	61	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	60	2	76	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	61	1	78	0	+ 1
Dengue	62	1	70	0	+ 1
Poisonings	63	1	53	2	- 1
Tetanus	64	1	59	1	+ 0
Leprosy	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	49	4	- 3
Hepatitis B	67	1	52	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	57	1	- 0
Schizophrenia	69	1	86	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	0	63	0	+ 0
War	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	72	0	62	0	- 0
Oral conditions	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Paraguay

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.