Cabo Verde - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 33.47
2010 22.68
2015 18.14
2019 15.83

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 12.87
2010 15.15
2015 16.11
2019 14.05

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 53.66
2010 62.17
2015 65.75
2019 70.12

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Cabo Verde was 12.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 13.70 in 2000, while its lowest value was 12.50 in 2010.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 13.70
2001 13.60
2002 13.40
2003 13.20
2004 12.90
2005 12.90
2006 12.80
2007 12.80
2008 12.70
2009 12.60
2010 12.50
2011 12.60
2012 12.80
2013 12.70
2014 12.70
2015 12.80
2016 13.20
2017 13.00
2018 12.80
2019 12.70

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Cabo Verde was 23.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 23.40 in 2018, while its lowest value was 17.10 in 2015.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 21.30
2001 21.30
2002 21.30
2003 21.20
2004 21.30
2005 21.40
2006 19.00
2007 18.20
2008 18.20
2009 18.00
2010 17.60
2011 17.70
2012 17.90
2013 17.70
2014 17.20
2015 17.10
2016 17.20
2017 17.80
2018 23.40
2019 23.20

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Cabo Verde was 17.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 17.60 in 2018, while its lowest value was 14.80 in 2010.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 16.90
2001 16.80
2002 16.70
2003 16.50
2004 16.40
2005 16.40
2006 15.40
2007 15.10
2008 15.00
2009 15.00
2010 14.80
2011 14.90
2012 15.10
2013 15.00
2014 14.80
2015 14.80
2016 15.10
2017 15.20
2018 17.60
2019 17.40

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 85.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 120.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 99.50

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Cabo Verde was 0.400 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.500 in 2014 and a minimum value of 0.400 in 2015.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.500
2001 0.500
2002 0.500
2003 0.500
2004 0.500
2005 0.500
2006 0.500
2007 0.500
2008 0.500
2009 0.500
2010 0.500
2011 0.500
2012 0.500
2013 0.500
2014 0.500
2015 0.400
2016 0.400
2017 0.400
2018 0.400
2019 0.400

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Cabo Verde was 0.200 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.300 in 2014 and a minimum value of 0.200 in 2015.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.300
2001 0.300
2002 0.300
2003 0.300
2004 0.300
2005 0.300
2006 0.300
2007 0.300
2008 0.300
2009 0.300
2010 0.300
2011 0.300
2012 0.300
2013 0.300
2014 0.300
2015 0.200
2016 0.200
2017 0.200
2018 0.200
2019 0.200

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Cabo Verde was 0.700 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.800 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.600 in 2016.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.800
2001 0.700
2002 0.700
2003 0.700
2004 0.700
2005 0.700
2006 0.700
2007 0.700
2008 0.700
2009 0.700
2010 0.700
2011 0.700
2012 0.700
2013 0.700
2014 0.700
2015 0.700
2016 0.600
2017 0.600
2018 0.700
2019 0.700

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Cabo Verde was 4.50 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.00 in 2013 and a minimum value of 4.50 in 2005.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 4.80
2001 4.80
2002 4.70
2003 4.60
2004 4.60
2005 4.50
2006 4.80
2007 4.70
2008 4.80
2009 4.90
2010 4.90
2011 4.80
2012 5.00
2013 5.00
2014 4.80
2015 4.80
2016 4.70
2017 4.60
2018 4.50
2019 4.50

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Cabo Verde was 21.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.80 in 2012 and a minimum value of 19.70 in 2000.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 19.70
2001 19.90
2002 20.50
2003 20.80
2004 21.50
2005 22.30
2006 21.90
2007 22.60
2008 23.30
2009 24.10
2010 24.70
2011 24.80
2012 24.80
2013 24.30
2014 23.80
2015 24.00
2016 23.90
2017 23.70
2018 22.20
2019 21.30

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Cabo Verde was 12.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14.90 in 2012 and a minimum value of 12.00 in 2000.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 12.00
2001 12.10
2002 12.30
2003 12.40
2004 12.80
2005 13.20
2006 13.10
2007 13.50
2008 14.00
2009 14.40
2010 14.80
2011 14.80
2012 14.90
2013 14.60
2014 14.40
2015 14.40
2016 14.40
2017 14.20
2018 13.40
2019 12.90

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Cabo Verde was 26.80 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.80 in 2019 and a minimum value of 22.70 in 2008.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 22.90
2001 23.40
2002 23.50
2003 24.00
2004 23.90
2005 23.80
2006 23.20
2007 23.20
2008 22.70
2009 23.00
2010 23.50
2011 23.50
2012 23.60
2013 24.00
2014 24.50
2015 25.00
2016 25.40
2017 25.90
2018 26.30
2019 26.80

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 4.10

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors