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Cape Verde
COUNTRY #1
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CAPE VERDE VS UNITED STATES

Compare Cape Verde and United States health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

United States
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Cape Verde Population Pyramid
679,399
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United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Cape Verde CAPE VERDE   United States UNITED STATES
  Cape Verde CAPE VERDE   United States UNITED STATES
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
50.7
53.7
52.2
87
87
87
  
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
1970
55.2
58.2
56.7
90
93
92
  
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
1980
59.1
63.0
61.0
98
99
97
  
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
1990
62.7
68.0
65.3
107
106
108
  
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
2000
68.2
71.4
69.9
79
99
95
  
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
2010
70.6
74.2
72.5
77
99
94
  
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
2019
69.9
77.9
74.0
100
76
88
  
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cape Verde CAPE VERDE   United States UNITED STATES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
77.9
100
76
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age
69.9
77.9
100
76
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age 5
71.1
79.0
107
73
76.8
81.2
42
45
Age 10
71.1
79.1
110
73
76.9
81.2
43
45
Age 15
71.2
79.1
110
73
76.9
81.3
43
45
Age 20
71.5
79.2
110
73
77.1
81.4
43
45
Age 25
71.9
79.4
112
72
77.5
81.5
43
45
Age 30
72.2
79.5
112
72
77.9
81.7
41
45
Age 35
72.5
79.7
113
73
78.3
81.9
41
43
Age 40
73.0
79.9
114
74
78.8
82.2
40
43
Age 45
73.5
80.2
117
74
79.3
82.5
40
42
Age 50
74.4
80.6
119
76
79.9
83.0
41
41
Age 55
75.4
81.1
121
78
80.7
83.6
40
40
Age 60
76.8
81.8
119
80
81.8
84.4
37
38
Age 65
78.5
82.7
124
83
83.1
85.3
34
38
Age 70
80.6
83.8
134
87
84.6
86.4
32
38
Age 75
83.1
85.4
138
90
86.5
87.7
23
35
Age 80
86.0
87.5
143
95
88.6
89.4
18
27
Age 85
89.4
90.3
144
102
91.1
91.5
22
30
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cape Verde CAPE VERDE   United States UNITED STATES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
122.67
76
73.49
142
2. Stroke
71.23
103
22.27
164
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
59.11
60
8.86
163
4. Prostate Cancer
40.00
13
11.64
126
5. Road Traffic Accidents
31.57
45
11.10
120
6. Diabetes Mellitus
29.83
89
10.58
144
7. Liver Disease
24.37
78
8.98
134
8. Kidney Disease
21.60
100
13.08
127
9. Stomach Cancer
17.14
5
2.24
173
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.89
109
33.26
8
11. Lung Disease
15.67
136
28.49
60
12. Suicide
15.23
27
14.51
31
13. Violence
14.22
30
6.00
81
14. Liver Cancer
12.90
19
4.69
110
15. Hypertension
12.84
116
10.26
133
16. Cervical Cancer
12.21
71
2.77
151
17. Lung Cancers
12.10
94
25.54
24
18. Oesophagus Cancer
11.35
8
3.04
71
19. Breast Cancer
9.70
163
15.93
105
20. Diarrhoeal diseases
9.54
69
1.55
114
21. Other Injuries
7.51
94
5.11
130
22. Pancreas Cancer
6.72
45
7.26
36
23. Falls
6.61
75
5.68
90
24. HIV/AIDS
6.45
70
1.37
113
25. Asthma
5.86
82
0.84
141
26. Congenital Anomalies
5.58
97
3.78
140
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.57
141
10.28
71
28. Parkinson's Disease
5.23
42
4.55
68
29. Drownings
5.15
25
1.19
140
30. Oral Cancer
4.69
43
2.01
132
31. Low Birth Weight
4.59
93
2.37
138
32. Lymphomas
4.54
96
6.36
31
33. Tuberculosis
4.35
88
0.09
178
34. Inflammatory/Heart
3.52
122
5.64
73
35. Epilepsy
3.48
17
0.78
159
36. Meningitis
3.28
50
0.15
166
37. Fires
3.16
45
0.73
124
38. Drug Use
3.13
25
21.28
1
39. Leukemia
2.72
135
4.43
49
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.47
93
0.55
170
41. Birth Trauma
1.92
92
0.42
157
42. Endocrine Disorders
1.90
153
8.22
28
43. Malnutrition
1.83
85
0.90
104
44. Skin Disease
1.46
99
0.86
115
45. Ovary Cancer
1.41
180
4.70
79
46. Bladder Cancer
1.29
141
2.84
61
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.20
100
0.55
152
48. Alcohol
0.96
120
3.50
28
49. Uterin Cancer
0.94
162
3.11
50
50. Encephalitis
0.81
39
0.01
168
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cape Verde CAPE VERDE   United States UNITED STATES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
457
17.60
504,904
20.15
2. Stroke
272
10.48
158,520
6.33
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
236
9.09
60,317
2.41
4. Road Traffic Accidents
147
5.66
41,694
1.66
5. Diabetes Mellitus
112
4.31
61,418
2.45
6. Liver Disease
101
3.89
43,402
1.73
7. Kidney Disease
85
3.27
85,861
3.43
8. Violence
73
2.81
18,976
0.76
9. Suicide
71
2.73
53,099
2.12
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
68
2.62
287,198
11.46
11. Stomach Cancer
67
2.58
13,077
0.52
12. Lung Disease
58
2.23
195,387
7.80
13. Prostate Cancer
52
2.00
35,612
1.42
14. Hypertension
49
1.89
65,960
2.63
15. Liver Cancer
49
1.89
27,064
1.08
16. Lung Cancers
44
1.69
155,533
6.21
17. Oesophagus Cancer
42
1.62
17,829
0.71
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
41
1.58
9,955
0.40
19. Congenital Anomalies
38
1.46
11,762
0.47
20. Low Birth Weight
37
1.43
6,924
0.28
21. HIV/AIDS
34
1.31
5,660
0.23
22. Other Injuries
33
1.27
25,997
1.04
23. Cervical Cancer
27
1.04
6,984
0.28
24. Pancreas Cancer
27
1.04
44,293
1.77
25. Falls
27
1.04
40,418
1.61
26. Drownings
27
1.04
4,070
0.16
27. Breast Cancer
24
0.92
48,671
1.94
28. Tuberculosis
23
0.89
546
0.02
29. Asthma
23
0.89
3,818
0.15
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21
0.81
61,827
2.47
31. Oral Cancer
20
0.77
11,555
0.46
32. Parkinson's Disease
20
0.77
34,491
1.38
33. Lymphomas
19
0.73
40,281
1.61
34. Epilepsy
16
0.62
3,162
0.13
35. Birth Trauma
15
0.58
1,233
0.05
36. Drug Use
14
0.54
74,435
2.97
37. Inflammatory/Heart
14
0.54
32,529
1.30
38. Meningitis
14
0.54
606
0.02
39. Fires
13
0.50
3,183
0.13
40. Leukemia
10
0.39
26,966
1.08
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10
0.39
3,461
0.14
42. Endocrine Disorders
9
0.35
46,985
1.87
43. Malnutrition
8
0.31
6,762
0.27
44. Skin Disease
6
0.23
5,409
0.22
45. Maternal Conditions
5
0.19
779
0.03
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5
0.19
3,646
0.15
47. Bladder Cancer
5
0.19
19,622
0.78
48. Encephalitis
4
0.15
25
0.00
49. Alcohol
4
0.15
14,659
0.58
50. Syphilis
3
0.12
49
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cape Verde CAPE VERDE   United States UNITED STATES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
40.00
13
11.64
126
2. Stomach Cancer
17.14
5
2.24
173
3. Liver Cancer
12.90
19
4.69
110
4. Cervical Cancer
12.21
71
2.77
151
5. Lung Cancers
12.10
94
25.54
24
6. Oesophagus Cancer
11.35
8
3.04
71
7. Breast Cancer
9.70
163
15.93
105
8. Pancreas Cancer
6.72
45
7.26
36
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.57
141
10.28
71
10. Oral Cancer
4.69
43
2.01
132
11. Lymphomas
4.54
96
6.36
31
12. Leukemia
2.72
135
4.43
49
13. Ovary Cancer
1.41
180
4.70
79
14. Bladder Cancer
1.29
141
2.84
61
15. Uterin Cancer
0.94
162
3.11
50
16. Skin Cancers
0.71
151
2.36
57
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.