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HEALTH PROFILE: Cape Verde

Data Sources: WHO, CDC, World Bank, UN.
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Cape Verde CAPE VERDE POPULATION PYRAMID
679,399
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Cape Verde
COUNTRY PROFILE
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Cape Verde CAPE VERDE LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
69.9
77.9
100
76
Age
69.9
77.9
100
76
Age 5
71.1
79.0
107
73
Age 10
71.1
79.1
110
73
Age 15
71.2
79.1
110
73
Age 20
71.5
79.2
110
73
Age 25
71.9
79.4
112
72
Age 30
72.2
79.5
112
72
Age 35
72.5
79.7
113
73
Age 40
73.0
79.9
114
74
Age 45
73.5
80.2
117
74
Age 50
74.4
80.6
119
76
Age 55
75.4
81.1
121
78
Age 60
76.8
81.8
119
80
Age 65
78.5
82.7
124
83
Age 70
80.6
83.8
134
87
Age 75
83.1
85.4
138
90
Age 80
86.0
87.5
143
95
Age 85
89.4
90.3
144
102
Cape Verde CAPE VERDE TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
122.67
76
2. Stroke
71.23
103
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
59.11
60
4. Prostate Cancer
40.00
13
5. Road Traffic Accidents
31.57
45
6. Diabetes Mellitus
29.83
89
7. Liver Disease
24.37
78
8. Kidney Disease
21.60
100
9. Stomach Cancer
17.14
5
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.89
109
11. Lung Disease
15.67
136
12. Suicide
15.23
27
13. Violence
14.22
30
14. Liver Cancer
12.90
19
15. Hypertension
12.84
116
16. Cervical Cancer
12.21
71
17. Lung Cancers
12.10
94
18. Oesophagus Cancer
11.35
8
19. Breast Cancer
9.70
163
20. Diarrhoeal diseases
9.54
69
21. Other Injuries
7.51
94
22. Pancreas Cancer
6.72
45
23. Falls
6.61
75
24. HIV/AIDS
6.45
70
25. Asthma
5.86
82
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26. Congenital Anomalies
5.58
97
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.57
141
28. Parkinson's Disease
5.23
42
29. Drownings
5.15
25
30. Oral Cancer
4.69
43
31. Low Birth Weight
4.59
93
32. Lymphomas
4.54
96
33. Tuberculosis
4.35
88
34. Inflammatory/Heart
3.52
122
35. Epilepsy
3.48
17
36. Meningitis
3.28
50
37. Fires
3.16
45
38. Drug Use
3.13
25
39. Leukemia
2.72
135
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.47
93
41. Birth Trauma
1.92
92
42. Endocrine Disorders
1.90
153
43. Malnutrition
1.83
85
44. Skin Disease
1.46
99
45. Ovary Cancer
1.41
180
46. Bladder Cancer
1.29
141
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.20
100
48. Alcohol
0.96
120
49. Uterin Cancer
0.94
162
50. Encephalitis
0.81
39
Cape Verde CAPE VERDE TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
457
17.60
2. Stroke
272
10.48
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
236
9.09
4. Road Traffic Accidents
147
5.66
5. Diabetes Mellitus
112
4.31
6. Liver Disease
101
3.89
7. Kidney Disease
85
3.27
8. Violence
73
2.81
9. Suicide
71
2.73
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
68
2.62
11. Stomach Cancer
67
2.58
12. Lung Disease
58
2.23
13. Prostate Cancer
52
2.00
14. Hypertension
49
1.89
15. Liver Cancer
49
1.89
16. Lung Cancers
44
1.69
17. Oesophagus Cancer
42
1.62
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
41
1.58
19. Congenital Anomalies
38
1.46
20. Low Birth Weight
37
1.43
21. HIV/AIDS
34
1.31
22. Other Injuries
33
1.27
23. Cervical Cancer
27
1.04
24. Pancreas Cancer
27
1.04
25. Falls
27
1.04
  Deaths %
26. Drownings
27
1.04
27. Breast Cancer
24
0.92
28. Tuberculosis
23
0.89
29. Asthma
23
0.89
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21
0.81
31. Oral Cancer
20
0.77
32. Parkinson's Disease
20
0.77
33. Lymphomas
19
0.73
34. Epilepsy
16
0.62
35. Birth Trauma
15
0.58
36. Drug Use
14
0.54
37. Inflammatory/Heart
14
0.54
38. Meningitis
14
0.54
39. Fires
13
0.50
40. Leukemia
10
0.39
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10
0.39
42. Endocrine Disorders
9
0.35
43. Malnutrition
8
0.31
44. Skin Disease
6
0.23
45. Maternal Conditions
5
0.19
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5
0.19
47. Bladder Cancer
5
0.19
48. Encephalitis
4
0.15
49. Alcohol
4
0.15
50. Syphilis
3
0.12
Cape Verde CAPE VERDE CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
40.00
13
2. Stomach Cancer
17.14
5
3. Liver Cancer
12.90
19
4. Cervical Cancer
12.21
71
5. Lung Cancers
12.10
94
6. Oesophagus Cancer
11.35
8
7. Breast Cancer
9.70
163
8. Pancreas Cancer
6.72
45
  Rate World Rank
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.57
141
10. Oral Cancer
4.69
43
11. Lymphomas
4.54
96
12. Leukemia
2.72
135
13. Ovary Cancer
1.41
180
14. Bladder Cancer
1.29
141
15. Uterin Cancer
0.94
162
16. Skin Cancers
0.71
151
Cape Verde CAPE VERDE HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
6.0
73
SMOKING %
M F Rank
16.2
5.0
128
92
OBESITY %
M F Rank
7.8
22.2
142
119
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
N/D
N/D
Cape Verde CAPE VERDE LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
50.7
53.7
52.2
87
87
87
1970
55.2
58.2
56.7
90
93
92
1980
59.1
63.0
61.0
98
99
97
1990
62.7
68.0
65.3
107
106
108
2000
68.2
71.4
69.9
79
99
95
2010
70.6
74.2
72.5
77
99
94
2019
69.9
77.9
74.0
100
76
88
Cape Verde CAPE VERDE DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
  Value World Rank
Population Total
611,014
164
Sex Ratio M / F
0.95
159
Population 0-14
26.4%
82
Population 15-64
67.2%
50
Population 65 +
6.4%
115
Birth Rate / 1000
17.90
76
Death Rate / 1000
5.70
143
Fertility Rate
2.10
90
Infant Mortality
22.40
66
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
149
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.01
183
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.96
148
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.62
179
Net Migration
-0.60
105
Population Growth
1.16%
72
Literacy Total
90.8%
105
Literacy Male
94.2%
86
Literacy Female
87.4%
98
Unemployment
12.0%
28
Life Expectancy / Birth
74.0
88
Healthy Life Expectancy
64.8
87
GDP per Capita USD
$9,300
126

COVID-19 REPORT

  CASES    DEATHS 
64,477
417
4/1/24
Cape Verde COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected Cape Verde causes.

 
 
Cape Verde COVID-19 CASE CHART
CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
Cape Verde COVID-19 DEATH CHART
CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
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.