VENEZUELA VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,396	1	26,905	- 3,510
Stroke	2	13,894	3	12,133	+ 1,761
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	12,081	7	7,188	+ 4,893
Road Traffic Accidents	4	7,532	5	11,127	- 3,595
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,720	4	11,176	- 5,456
Liver Disease	6	5,142	16	2,340	+ 2,802
Kidney Disease	7	4,358	8	5,932	- 1,574
Violence	8	3,757	2	18,132	- 14,375
Suicide	9	3,636	34	585	+ 3,051
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,457	35	572	+ 2,885
Stomach Cancer	11	3,441	17	2,175	+ 1,266
Lung Disease	12	2,951	10	5,150	- 2,199
Prostate Cancer	13	2,676	13	2,848	- 172
Liver Cancer	14	2,526	26	1,029	+ 1,497
Hypertension	15	2,504	9	5,195	- 2,691
Lung Cancers	16	2,235	11	3,900	- 1,665
Oesophagus Cancer	17	2,124	44	370	+ 1,754
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	2,107	22	1,359	+ 748
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,950	14	2,846	- 896
Low Birth Weight	20	1,882	12	3,088	- 1,206
HIV/AIDS	21	1,739	6	7,490	- 5,751
Other Injuries	22	1,711	21	1,693	+ 18
Cervical Cancer	23	1,402	20	1,986	- 584
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,368	25	1,082	+ 286
Drownings	25	1,362	43	388	+ 974
Falls	26	1,360	28	865	+ 495
Breast Cancer	27	1,225	15	2,563	- 1,338
Tuberculosis	28	1,199	31	748	+ 451
Asthma	29	1,185	46	311	+ 874
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,084	19	2,037	- 954
Oral Cancer	31	1,047	38	544	+ 503
Parkinson's Disease	32	1,016	48	252	+ 765
Lymphomas	33	978	23	1,248	- 270
Epilepsy	34	815	41	411	+ 404
Birth Trauma	35	776	24	1,087	- 311
Meningitis	36	737	49	251	+ 486
Inflammatory/Heart	37	727	33	599	+ 128
Drug Use	38	691	50	225	+ 465
Fires	39	687	54	144	+ 542
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	505	40	418	+ 88
Leukemia	41	501	27	1,007	- 506
Endocrine Disorders	42	459	30	760	- 300
Malnutrition	43	400	32	629	- 229
Skin Disease	44	299	66	18	+ 281
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	240	57	80	+ 160
Bladder Cancer	46	234	45	365	- 131
Maternal Conditions	47	234	39	422	- 189
Alcohol	48	211	62	34	+ 176
Encephalitis	49	194	61	37	+ 157
Syphilis	50	167	67	15	+ 152
Ovary Cancer	51	164	36	563	- 399
Hepatitis B	52	145	63	30	+ 115
Poisonings	53	125	58	68	+ 58
Skin Cancers	54	122	37	553	- 431
Uterin Cancer	55	112	47	309	- 197
Other Neoplasms	56	103	18	2,167	- 2,065
Multiple Sclerosis	57	47	60	51	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	34	52	180	- 146
Tetanus	59	31	68	8	+ 24
Appendicitis	60	22	56	98	- 76
Pertussis	61	21	64	26	- 5
Hepatitis C	62	13	65	21	- 8
Upper Respiratory	63	5	74	1	+ 3
War	64	3	51	185	- 182
Ascariasis	65	2	70	5	- 3
Chlamydia	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	75	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	59	65	- 65
Hookworm Disease	71	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	29	826	- 826
Malaria	77	0	42	402	- 402
Leishmaniasis	78	0	73	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	151	- 151
Osteoarthritis	81	0	72	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	55	126	- 126
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	69	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Cape Verde

Venezuela

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.