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Rwanda
COUNTRY #1
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RWANDA VS CAPE VERDE

Compare Rwanda and Cape Verde 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.

Cape Verde
COUNTRY #2
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
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Rwanda Population Pyramid
23,048,001
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Cape Verde Population Pyramid
679,399
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
  Rwanda RWANDA   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
40.8
44.0
42.4
137
132
134
  
50.7
53.7
52.2
87
87
87
1970
42.8
46.0
44.4
148
143
145
  
55.2
58.2
56.7
90
93
92
1980
44.0
47.4
45.6
158
157
158
  
59.1
63.0
61.0
98
99
97
1990
29.9
33.8
31.8
183
183
183
  
62.7
68.0
65.3
107
106
108
2000
43.3
53.8
48.3
179
154
171
  
68.2
71.4
69.9
79
99
95
2010
57.5
68.1
62.8
156
130
139
  
70.6
74.2
72.5
77
99
94
2019
66.9
71.2
69.1
127
127
127
  
69.9
77.9
74.0
100
76
88
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.9
71.2
127
127
69.9
77.9
100
76
Age
66.9
71.2
127
127
69.9
77.9
100
76
Age 5
69.5
73.5
130
130
71.1
79.0
107
73
Age 10
69.8
73.8
129
129
71.1
79.1
110
73
Age 15
70.1
74.1
127
128
71.2
79.1
110
73
Age 20
70.4
74.3
127
128
71.5
79.2
110
73
Age 25
70.8
74.5
125
128
71.9
79.4
112
72
Age 30
71.3
74.9
126
128
72.2
79.5
112
72
Age 35
71.7
75.2
124
128
72.5
79.7
113
73
Age 40
72.3
75.7
125
126
73.0
79.9
114
74
Age 45
73.0
76.4
126
126
73.5
80.2
117
74
Age 50
74.0
77.1
125
124
74.4
80.6
119
76
Age 55
75.2
78.1
126
123
75.4
81.1
121
78
Age 60
76.7
79.2
127
119
76.8
81.8
119
80
Age 65
78.5
80.6
127
116
78.5
82.7
124
83
Age 70
80.7
82.3
126
118
80.6
83.8
134
87
Age 75
83.3
84.4
128
117
83.1
85.4
138
90
Age 80
86.2
87.0
123
116
86.0
87.5
143
95
Age 85
89.6
90.2
120
110
89.4
90.3
144
102
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
105.76
62
71.23
103
2. Coronary Heart Disease
77.83
135
122.67
76
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
74.70
45
59.11
60
4. Road Traffic Accidents
43.89
15
31.57
45
5. Liver Disease
41.22
23
24.37
78
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
39.89
44
9.54
69
7. Diabetes Mellitus
36.55
70
29.83
89
8. Malaria
35.78
26
0.00
90
9. Lung Disease
33.52
41
15.67
136
10. Hypertension
30.17
44
12.84
116
11. HIV/AIDS
29.44
34
6.45
70
12. Cervical Cancer
26.00
22
12.21
71
13. Prostate Cancer
25.46
43
40.00
13
14. Kidney Disease
23.20
92
21.60
100
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.49
55
16.89
109
16. Breast Cancer
15.96
102
9.70
163
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.27
45
5.57
141
18. Malnutrition
12.03
23
1.83
85
19. Asthma
11.90
53
5.86
82
20. Liver Cancer
11.48
24
12.90
19
21. Stomach Cancer
10.60
37
17.14
5
22. Other Injuries
10.27
62
7.51
94
23. Suicide
9.45
81
15.23
27
24. Meningitis
8.67
38
3.28
50
25. Falls
7.68
61
6.61
75
26. Congenital Anomalies
7.02
52
5.58
97
27. Low Birth Weight
6.97
65
4.59
93
28. Tuberculosis
6.68
78
4.35
88
29. Maternal Conditions
6.57
42
0.75
96
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.24
43
2.47
93
31. Birth Trauma
6.06
54
1.92
92
32. Lymphomas
5.66
58
4.54
96
33. Inflammatory/Heart
5.09
86
3.52
122
34. Violence
4.56
91
14.22
30
35. Lung Cancers
4.46
140
12.10
94
36. Leukemia
3.96
73
2.72
135
37. Pancreas Cancer
3.86
87
6.72
45
38. Parkinson's Disease
3.83
107
5.23
42
39. Oesophagus Cancer
3.59
52
11.35
8
40. Oral Cancer
3.02
84
4.69
43
41. Fires
2.90
52
3.16
45
42. Endocrine Disorders
2.79
121
1.90
153
43. Ovary Cancer
2.74
155
1.41
180
44. Poisonings
2.31
40
0.54
93
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.15
64
1.20
100
46. Drownings
2.14
108
5.15
25
47. Epilepsy
2.08
60
3.48
17
48. Alcohol
1.99
60
0.96
120
49. Skin Cancers
1.89
91
0.71
151
50. Uterin Cancer
1.84
115
0.94
162
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Rwanda RWANDA   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,280
9.10
236
9.09
2. Stroke
5,060
8.72
272
10.48
3. Road Traffic Accidents
3,718
6.41
147
5.66
4. Coronary Heart Disease
3,605
6.21
457
17.60
5. Malaria
3,298
5.69
0
0.00
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
3,121
5.38
41
1.58
7. HIV/AIDS
2,826
4.87
34
1.31
8. Liver Disease
2,548
4.39
101
3.89
9. Low Birth Weight
2,193
3.78
37
1.43
10. Birth Trauma
1,888
3.25
15
0.58
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,858
3.20
112
4.31
12. Congenital Anomalies
1,777
3.06
38
1.46
13. Lung Disease
1,555
2.68
58
2.23
14. Hypertension
1,357
2.34
49
1.89
15. Kidney Disease
1,206
2.08
85
3.27
16. Malnutrition
1,168
2.01
8
0.31
17. Other Injuries
944
1.63
33
1.27
18. Cervical Cancer
941
1.62
27
1.04
19. Meningitis
847
1.46
14
0.54
20. Stomach Cancer
780
1.34
67
2.58
21. Maternal Conditions
722
1.24
5
0.19
22. Asthma
717
1.24
23
0.89
23. Liver Cancer
706
1.22
49
1.89
24. Suicide
704
1.21
71
2.73
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
657
1.13
68
2.62
26. Tuberculosis
625
1.08
23
0.89
27. Breast Cancer
600
1.03
24
0.92
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
591
1.02
21
0.81
29. Violence
548
0.94
73
2.81
30. Lymphomas
450
0.78
19
0.73
31. Falls
412
0.71
27
1.04
32. Prostate Cancer
396
0.68
52
2.00
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
362
0.62
10
0.39
34. Inflammatory/Heart
347
0.60
14
0.54
35. Leukemia
317
0.55
10
0.39
36. Drownings
285
0.49
27
1.04
37. Oral Cancer
272
0.47
20
0.77
38. Fires
270
0.47
13
0.50
39. Lung Cancers
234
0.40
44
1.69
40. Poisonings
220
0.38
2
0.08
41. Endocrine Disorders
219
0.38
9
0.35
42. Pertussis
218
0.38
0
0.00
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.37
27
1.04
44. Oesophagus Cancer
213
0.37
42
1.62
45. Epilepsy
191
0.33
16
0.62
46. Syphilis
173
0.30
3
0.12
47. Parkinson's Disease
146
0.25
20
0.77
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
136
0.23
5
0.19
49. Alcohol
125
0.22
4
0.15
50. Skin Cancers
113
0.19
2
0.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
26.00
22
12.21
71
2. Prostate Cancer
25.46
43
40.00
13
3. Breast Cancer
15.96
102
9.70
163
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.27
45
5.57
141
5. Liver Cancer
11.48
24
12.90
19
6. Stomach Cancer
10.60
37
17.14
5
7. Lymphomas
5.66
58
4.54
96
8. Lung Cancers
4.46
140
12.10
94
9. Leukemia
3.96
73
2.72
135
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.86
87
6.72
45
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.59
52
11.35
8
12. Oral Cancer
3.02
84
4.69
43
13. Ovary Cancer
2.74
155
1.41
180
14. Skin Cancers
1.89
91
0.71
151
15. Uterin Cancer
1.84
115
0.94
162
16. Bladder Cancer
0.66
173
1.29
141
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.