COSTA RICA VS CHAD: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHAD		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,406	7	836	+ 5,571
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	4,093	39	87	+ 4,006
Malaria	3	2,380	78	0	+ 2,380
Birth Trauma	4	2,293	47	48	+ 2,245
Low Birth Weight	5	1,938	28	178	+ 1,760
Stroke	6	1,671	2	1,624	+ 46
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,555	1	2,639	- 1,084
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,426	9	746	+ 680
Meningitis	9	1,325	54	18	+ 1,307
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,027	21	315	+ 712
Maternal Conditions	11	1,013	55	17	+ 996
Tuberculosis	12	965	50	32	+ 933
HIV/AIDS	13	888	25	192	+ 696
Liver Disease	14	846	18	370	+ 477
Other Injuries	15	735	13	571	+ 164
Pertussis	16	689	69	0	+ 689
Measles	17	654	75	0	+ 654
Malnutrition	18	593	48	37	+ 556
Kidney Disease	19	522	3	1,482	- 960
Diabetes Mellitus	20	518	5	953	- 435
Violence	21	394	11	635	- 241
Lung Disease	22	394	4	1,046	- 652
Hypertension	23	347	6	863	- 516
Asthma	24	346	45	60	+ 285
Endocrine Disorders	25	319	27	183	+ 135
Drownings	26	293	37	97	+ 196
Suicide	27	283	15	407	- 124
Breast Cancer	28	279	16	384	- 105
Fires	29	199	58	10	+ 189
Syphilis	30	198	65	1	+ 197
Tetanus	31	189	74	0	+ 189
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	183	8	818	- 635
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	179	42	74	+ 106
Falls	34	177	35	116	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	35	175	29	159	+ 16
Poisonings	36	153	60	5	+ 147
Inflammatory/Heart	37	129	26	191	- 62
Epilepsy	38	124	34	116	+ 8
Lymphomas	39	107	19	356	- 248
Liver Cancer	40	107	17	382	- 275
Prostate Cancer	41	94	14	448	- 354
Colon-Rectum Cancers	42	92	12	621	- 529
Oral Cancer	43	81	38	96	- 15
War	44	79	68	1	+ 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	79	49	32	+ 47
Leukemia	46	77	24	262	- 185
Hepatitis B	47	74	59	7	+ 67
Drug Use	48	64	43	63	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	49	61	40	80	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	50	56	30	138	- 82
Stomach Cancer	51	51	10	661	- 609
Schistosomiasis	52	51	76	0	+ 51
Skin Disease	53	39	32	126	- 87
Skin Cancers	54	38	31	137	- 99
Diphtheria	55	36	73	0	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	56	33	44	61	- 28
Encephalitis	57	33	63	3	+ 31
Pancreas Cancer	58	30	22	294	- 264
Lung Cancers	59	28	20	343	- 316
Alcohol	60	25	33	126	- 101
Bladder Cancer	61	23	36	100	- 77
Appendicitis	62	21	52	22	- 1
Ascariasis	63	20	71	0	+ 20
Leishmaniasis	64	17	72	0	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	65	15	41	80	- 65
Upper Respiratory	66	10	62	3	+ 7
Hepatitis C	67	9	64	1	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	68	5	23	266	- 261
Multiple Sclerosis	69	4	57	11	- 7
Trypanosomiasis	70	4	77	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	71	3	46	55	- 52
Chlamydia	72	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	25	- 25
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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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.