ECUADOR VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,708	1	9,805	+ 3,903
Stroke	2	8,141	3	5,429	+ 2,712
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,078	4	5,083	+ 1,996
Road Traffic Accidents	4	4,413	6	3,490	+ 923
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,352	5	4,321	- 970
Liver Disease	6	3,013	7	3,330	- 317
Kidney Disease	7	2,553	2	6,184	- 3,631
Violence	8	2,201	15	1,210	+ 992
Suicide	9	2,131	14	1,326	+ 804
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,026	9	2,565	- 539
Stomach Cancer	11	2,016	11	2,089	- 72
Lung Disease	12	1,729	8	2,576	- 847
Prostate Cancer	13	1,568	12	1,362	+ 206
Liver Cancer	14	1,480	21	954	+ 526
Hypertension	15	1,467	10	2,507	- 1,040
Lung Cancers	16	1,309	20	1,075	+ 235
Oesophagus Cancer	17	1,244	42	180	+ 1,065
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	1,234	34	410	+ 824
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,143	13	1,335	- 193
Low Birth Weight	20	1,102	16	1,172	- 69
HIV/AIDS	21	1,019	27	609	+ 410
Other Injuries	22	1,003	17	1,161	- 158
Cervical Cancer	23	822	24	840	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	24	802	30	562	+ 240
Drownings	25	798	32	470	+ 328
Falls	26	797	18	1,114	- 317
Breast Cancer	27	718	25	825	- 108
Tuberculosis	28	702	29	574	+ 129
Asthma	29	694	53	85	+ 609
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	635	19	1,109	- 474
Oral Cancer	31	614	45	166	+ 448
Parkinson's Disease	32	595	26	658	- 62
Lymphomas	33	573	22	883	- 310
Epilepsy	34	477	40	273	+ 205
Birth Trauma	35	455	38	302	+ 152
Meningitis	36	432	52	90	+ 342
Inflammatory/Heart	37	426	36	308	+ 118
Drug Use	38	405	41	214	+ 191
Fires	39	402	43	175	+ 227
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	296	33	417	- 121
Leukemia	41	294	23	882	- 588
Endocrine Disorders	42	269	31	507	- 238
Malnutrition	43	234	28	578	- 344
Skin Disease	44	175	51	103	+ 73
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	141	47	163	- 22
Bladder Cancer	46	137	44	168	- 31
Maternal Conditions	47	137	46	164	- 28
Alcohol	48	123	39	280	- 157
Encephalitis	49	114	55	82	+ 32
Syphilis	50	98	54	85	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	51	96	35	322	- 227
Hepatitis B	52	85	64	3	+ 82
Poisonings	53	73	58	59	+ 15
Skin Cancers	54	71	37	308	- 236
Uterin Cancer	55	66	48	129	- 63
Other Neoplasms	56	60	57	64	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	57	28	60	18	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	20	49	124	- 104
Tetanus	59	18	62	9	+ 9
Appendicitis	60	13	50	110	- 98
Pertussis	61	12	56	79	- 67
Hepatitis C	62	8	67	1	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	63	3	63	8	- 6
War	64	2	66	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	1	65	2	- 1
Chlamydia	66	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	69	1	- 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	61	10	- 10
Hookworm Disease	71	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	59	21	- 21
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Cape Verde

Ecuador

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.