COSTA RICA VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,282	1	2,639	+ 1,643
Stroke	2	2,872	2	1,624	+ 1,247
Hypertension	3	2,534	6	863	+ 1,671
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,968	5	953	+ 1,015
Violence	5	1,903	11	635	+ 1,268
HIV/AIDS	6	1,721	25	192	+ 1,529
Kidney Disease	7	1,535	3	1,482	+ 53
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,251	7	836	+ 415
Breast Cancer	9	883	16	384	+ 499
Other Injuries	10	859	13	571	+ 288
Liver Disease	11	858	18	370	+ 489
Prostate Cancer	12	839	14	448	+ 391
Endocrine Disorders	13	790	27	183	+ 607
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	685	8	818	- 134
Inflammatory/Heart	15	601	26	191	+ 410
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	543	12	621	- 78
Lung Disease	17	426	4	1,046	- 621
Road Traffic Accidents	18	387	9	746	- 359
Lung Cancers	19	375	20	343	+ 32
Skin Disease	20	340	32	126	+ 214
Drownings	21	333	37	97	+ 236
Lymphomas	22	319	19	356	- 37
Cervical Cancer	23	263	29	159	+ 104
Alcohol	24	257	33	126	+ 131
Stomach Cancer	25	227	10	661	- 433
Falls	26	225	35	116	+ 109
Parkinson's Disease	27	216	30	138	+ 78
Low Birth Weight	28	211	28	178	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	29	203	21	315	- 112
Uterin Cancer	30	179	41	80	+ 99
Suicide	31	176	15	407	- 230
Liver Cancer	32	151	17	382	- 230
Fires	33	133	58	10	+ 123
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	133	42	74	+ 59
Leukemia	35	129	24	262	- 132
Ovary Cancer	36	128	40	80	+ 48
Pancreas Cancer	37	125	22	294	- 168
Oesophagus Cancer	38	112	44	61	+ 51
Asthma	39	109	45	60	+ 49
Epilepsy	40	100	34	116	- 16
Maternal Conditions	41	82	55	17	+ 65
Birth Trauma	42	79	47	48	+ 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	66	39	87	- 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	56	49	32	+ 24
Malnutrition	45	54	48	37	+ 18
Oral Cancer	46	44	38	96	- 52
Other Neoplasms	47	42	23	266	- 224
Drug Use	48	32	43	63	- 31
Meningitis	49	32	54	18	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	50	27	36	100	- 73
Encephalitis	51	24	63	3	+ 21
Appendicitis	52	23	52	22	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	20	46	55	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	54	19	57	11	+ 9
Skin Cancers	55	11	31	137	- 126
Poisonings	56	8	60	5	+ 3
War	57	8	68	1	+ 8
Tuberculosis	58	5	50	32	- 27
Dengue	59	3	70	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	3	59	7	- 4
Upper Respiratory	61	2	62	3	- 1
Tetanus	62	1	74	0	+ 1
Syphilis	63	1	65	1	- 0
Chlamydia	64	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	1	- 1
Otitis Media	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	68	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	69	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	67	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	25	- 25
Depression	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Oral conditions	84	0	66	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	86	0	61	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Bahamas

Costa Rica

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.