CAPE VERDE VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		CAPE VERDE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	761	1	457	+ 303
Stroke	2	508	2	272	+ 237
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	339	10	68	+ 271
Lung Disease	4	304	12	58	+ 247
Lung Cancers	5	261	16	44	+ 217
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	244	3	236	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	222	30	21	+ 201
Kidney Disease	8	185	7	85	+ 100
Breast Cancer	9	151	27	24	+ 127
Other Injuries	10	138	22	33	+ 105
Diabetes Mellitus	11	133	5	112	+ 21
Suicide	12	131	9	71	+ 60
Prostate Cancer	13	126	13	52	+ 74
Pancreas Cancer	14	117	24	27	+ 90
Hypertension	15	116	15	49	+ 67
Road Traffic Accidents	16	91	4	147	- 56
Endocrine Disorders	17	87	42	9	+ 78
Stomach Cancer	18	86	11	67	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	19	83	56	2	+ 81
Lymphomas	20	82	33	19	+ 62
Parkinson's Disease	21	57	32	20	+ 37
Inflammatory/Heart	22	56	37	14	+ 42
Violence	23	53	8	73	- 21
Oesophagus Cancer	24	51	17	42	+ 10
Leukemia	25	50	41	10	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	26	49	46	5	+ 45
Liver Disease	27	37	6	101	- 64
HIV/AIDS	28	35	21	34	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	29	31	23	27	+ 3
Congenital Anomalies	30	30	19	38	- 8
Oral Cancer	31	30	31	20	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	32	29	51	3	+ 25
Skin Cancers	33	27	54	2	+ 24
Liver Cancer	34	26	14	49	- 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	24	18	41	- 17
Skin Disease	36	23	44	6	+ 17
Asthma	37	23	29	23	- 1
Uterin Cancer	38	21	55	2	+ 18
Alcohol	39	19	48	4	+ 15
Epilepsy	40	15	34	16	- 1
Tuberculosis	41	14	28	23	- 9
Low Birth Weight	42	13	20	37	- 24
Malnutrition	43	13	43	8	+ 5
Anemia	44	13	84	0	+ 13
Drownings	45	12	25	27	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	10	40	10	+ 0
Falls	47	10	26	27	- 17
Fires	48	10	39	13	- 4
Drug Use	49	7	38	14	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	7	45	5	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	6	58	1	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	52	6	81	0	+ 6
Birth Trauma	53	4	35	15	- 11
Schizophrenia	54	3	86	0	+ 3
Poisonings	55	3	53	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	57	1	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	2	80	0	+ 2
Meningitis	58	2	36	14	- 13
Appendicitis	59	2	60	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	60	2	47	5	- 3
Chagas disease	61	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	63	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	52	3	- 2
Encephalitis	64	1	49	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	62	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	1	50	3	- 3
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	74	0	+ 0
War	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	59	1	- 1
Pertussis	72	0	61	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	65	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAPE VERDE

Uruguay

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.