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Cape Verde
Cape Verde
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cape Verde
CAPE VERDE		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
50.7
53.7
52.2
87
87
87
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
55.2
58.2
56.7
90
93
92
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
59.1
63.0
61.0
98
99
97
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
62.7
68.0
65.3
107
106
108
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
66.3
72.3
69.2
97
95
94
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
68.2
72.6
70.4
108
113
111
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Cape Verde
CAPE VERDE		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
68.2
72.6
108
113
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
69.6
77.2
114
100
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
69.8
77.3
117
100
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
69.9
77.5
118
98
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
70.2
77.6
118
99
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
70.5
77.8
120
98
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
71.0
78.0
122
98
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
71.6
78.3
122
98
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
72.7
78.7
114
96
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
73.6
79.1
114
95
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
74.9
79.7
108
93
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
76.3
80.4
100
95
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
78.2
81.1
86
97
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
79.9
82.1
89
99
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
82.2
83.8
79
91
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
84.5
85.9
85
87
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
87.6
88.4
79
82
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.0
91.4
75
81
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.7
94.8
65
82
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.7
98.7
58
77
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.0
103.0
58
77
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cape Verde
CAPE VERDE		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stroke
84.20
104
  
36.89
160
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
78.66
60
  
23.69
125
3 Coronary Heart Disease
68.75
157
  
68.80
155
4 Diabetes Mellitus
52.97
53
  
5.04
185
5 Tuberculosis
43.53
41
  
0.41
170
6 Hypertension
34.85
57
  
3.67
183
7 Diarrhoeal diseases
33.12
53
  
1.95
119
8 Lung Disease
25.93
85
  
21.47
98
9 Other Injuries
22.06
33
  
5.54
170
10 Road Traffic Accidents
20.48
69
  
4.77
180
11 Asthma
16.30
32
  
1.09
153
12 Kidney Disease
15.52
94
  
3.23
185
13 Liver Cancer
15.51
24
  
3.07
164
14 Violence
14.86
57
  
1.14
160
15 Breast Cancer
14.68
115
  
23.62
20
16 Cervical Cancer
14.01
24
  
1.38
161
17 Endocrine Disorders
10.95
68
  
3.13
147
18 Low Birth Weight
9.30
97
  
3.39
144
19 Inflammatory/Heart
9.07
75
  
2.97
152
20 Prostate Cancer
6.68
89
  
8.21
58
21 Stomach Cancer
6.43
100
  
4.81
130
22 Alzheimers/Dementia
5.90
87
  
17.08
14
23 Suicide
5.87
119
  
6.90
101
24 Meningitis
5.74
57
  
0.41
149
25 Epilepsy
5.37
45
  
1.57
104
26 Congenital Anomalies
4.85
136
  
3.68
164
27 Birth Trauma
4.46
88
  
0.64
166
28 Anaemia
4.44
65
  
0.15
171
29 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.96
150
  
15.49
33
30 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.88
84
  
2.54
123
31 Liver Disease
3.77
176
  
9.48
96
32 Skin Disease
3.01
81
  
1.50
104
33 Falls
3.01
121
  
3.51
109
34 Measles
2.97
21
  
0.00
97
35 Fires
2.68
87
  
0.45
158
36 Malnutrition
2.56
92
  
0.07
172
37 Other Neoplasms
2.56
108
  
2.95
92
38 Maternal Conditions
2.45
71
  
0.15
151
39 Ovary Cancer
1.80
127
  
3.96
20
40 Lymphomas
1.65
188
  
7.35
36
41 Upper Respiratory
1.53
47
  
0.07
144
42 Drownings
1.29
157
  
0.35
187
43 Parkinson Disease
1.22
121
  
3.48
8
44 Lung Cancers
1.19
190
  
30.98
18
45 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.94
134
  
0.90
140
46 Syphilis
0.81
61
  
0.00
147
47 Bladder Cancer
0.72
170
  
4.27
28
48 Alcohol
0.67
123
  
1.10
76
49 Poisonings
0.66
155
  
2.81
89
50 Drug Use
0.63
63
  
2.14
27
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Cape Verde
CAPE VERDE		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
242
11.38
  
37,348
8.00
2 Stroke
217
10.20
  
55,919
11.98
3 Coronary Heart Disease
175
8.23
  
92,299
19.77
4 Tuberculosis
167
7.85
  
443
0.09
5 Diabetes Mellitus
138
6.49
  
6,682
1.43
6 Diarrhoeal diseases
114
5.36
  
3,081
0.66
7 Hypertension
89
4.18
  
5,191
1.11
8 Other Injuries
87
4.09
  
6,029
1.29
9 Road Traffic Accidents
79
3.71
  
3,073
0.66
10 Lung Disease
67
3.15
  
29,069
6.23
11 Violence
64
3.01
  
703
0.15
12 Low Birth Weight
63
2.96
  
1,386
0.30
13 Asthma
46
2.16
  
1,260
0.27
14 Liver Cancer
45
2.12
  
3,470
0.74
15 Kidney Disease
43
2.02
  
4,804
1.03
16 Cervical Cancer
40
1.88
  
1,322
0.28
17 Congenital Anomalies
31
1.46
  
1,950
0.42
18 Endocrine Disorders
31
1.46
  
3,056
0.65
19 Birth Trauma
30
1.41
  
262
0.06
20 Meningitis
26
1.22
  
278
0.06
21 Breast Cancer
25
1.18
  
14,343
3.07
22 Inflammatory/Heart
25
1.18
  
3,014
0.65
23 Suicide
21
0.99
  
4,660
1.00
24 Measles
20
0.94
  
2
0.00
25 Epilepsy
18
0.85
  
1,201
0.26
26 Stomach Cancer
17
0.80
  
6,006
1.29
27 Prostate Cancer
17
0.80
  
11,508
2.46
28 Anaemia
15
0.71
  
260
0.06
29 Alzheimers/Dementia
14
0.66
  
29,116
6.24
30 Maternal Conditions
12
0.56
  
81
0.02
31 Colon-Rectum Cancers
11
0.52
  
18,951
4.06
32 Peptic Ulcer Disease
11
0.52
  
3,294
0.71
33 Liver Disease
11
0.52
  
7,767
1.66
34 Fires
11
0.52
  
380
0.08
35 Falls
9
0.42
  
4,450
0.95
36 Malnutrition
9
0.42
  
85
0.02
37 Upper Respiratory
8
0.38
  
56
0.01
38 Lymphomas
8
0.38
  
8,744
1.87
39 Other Neoplasms
8
0.38
  
3,829
0.82
40 Skin Disease
8
0.38
  
2,188
0.47
41 Drownings
7
0.33
  
233
0.05
42 Ovary Cancer
6
0.28
  
4,366
0.94
43 Pertussis
4
0.19
  
6
0.00
44 Poisonings
3
0.14
  
1,805
0.39
45 Rheumatic Heart Disease
3
0.14
  
1,204
0.26
46 Parkinson Disease
3
0.14
  
5,348
1.15
47 Lung Cancers
3
0.14
  
35,845
7.68
48 Tetanus
3
0.14
  
0
0.00
49 Syphilis
3
0.14
  
3
0.00
50 Drug Use
2
0.09
  
1,247
0.27
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cape Verde
CAPE VERDE		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Liver Cancer
15.51
24
  
3.07
164
2 Breast Cancer
14.68
115
  
23.62
20
3 Cervical Cancer
14.01
24
  
1.38
161
4 Prostate Cancer
6.68
89
  
8.21
58
5 Stomach Cancer
6.43
100
  
4.81
130
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.96
150
  
15.49
33
7 Other Neoplasms
2.56
108
  
2.95
92
8 Ovary Cancer
1.80
127
  
3.96
20
9 Lymphomas
1.65
188
  
7.35
36
10 Lung Cancers
1.19
190
  
30.98
18
11 Bladder Cancer
0.72
170
  
4.27
28
12 Pancreas Cancer
0.40
187
  
6.81
39
13 Oral Cancer
0.32
191
  
2.39
113
14 Leukemia
0.00
192
  
4.39
63
15 Oesophagus Cancer
0.00
192
  
7.62
30
16 Uterin Cancer
0.00
192
  
1.53
64
17 Skin Cancers
0.00
192
  
2.74
32
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Cape Verde
CAPE VERDE		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
429,474
163
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.95
168
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
35.2 %
65
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
58.5 %
142
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
6.4 %
80
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
23.50
69
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
6.22
133
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
3.07
63
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
41.35
60
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.01
182
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.97
152
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.58
183
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-11.67
151
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.56
131
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
76.6
135
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
85.8
119
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
69.2
129
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
21.0
29
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
70.4
111
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
61.0
112
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$3,800
130
  
$36,600
23
 

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