COSTA RICA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,894	25	192	+ 3,702
Tuberculosis	2	2,402	50	32	+ 2,370
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,225	7	836	+ 1,389
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,154	1	2,639	- 485
Stroke	5	1,957	2	1,624	+ 333
Malaria	6	1,707	78	0	+ 1,707
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,380	9	746	+ 634
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,126	39	87	+ 1,039
Low Birth Weight	9	1,108	28	178	+ 930
Diabetes Mellitus	10	906	5	953	- 47
Birth Trauma	11	861	47	48	+ 813
Hypertension	12	805	6	863	- 58
Liver Disease	13	804	18	370	+ 434
Congenital Anomalies	14	629	21	315	+ 314
Kidney Disease	15	529	3	1,482	- 953
Maternal Conditions	16	499	55	17	+ 482
Lung Disease	17	467	4	1,046	- 579
Violence	18	465	11	635	- 170
Suicide	19	301	15	407	- 106
Other Injuries	20	288	13	571	- 283
Pertussis	21	284	69	0	+ 284
Meningitis	22	258	54	18	+ 241
Asthma	23	251	45	60	+ 191
Malnutrition	24	235	48	37	+ 198
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	199	8	818	- 619
Inflammatory/Heart	26	190	26	191	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	27	179	27	183	- 4
Prostate Cancer	28	171	14	448	- 277
Cervical Cancer	29	169	29	159	+ 10
Liver Cancer	30	146	17	382	- 235
Measles	31	138	75	0	+ 138
Breast Cancer	32	137	16	384	- 247
Falls	33	128	35	116	+ 12
Syphilis	34	92	65	1	+ 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	91	42	74	+ 17
Drownings	36	90	37	97	- 7
Fires	37	78	58	10	+ 68
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	77	12	621	- 544
Stomach Cancer	39	76	10	661	- 585
Epilepsy	40	66	34	116	- 51
Poisonings	41	61	60	5	+ 55
Parkinson's Disease	42	60	30	138	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	57	49	32	+ 25
Drug Use	44	57	43	63	- 7
Lymphomas	45	53	19	356	- 303
Leukemia	46	50	24	262	- 212
Lung Cancers	47	46	20	343	- 297
Ovary Cancer	48	43	40	80	- 38
Alcohol	49	40	33	126	- 86
Skin Disease	50	39	32	126	- 87
Schistosomiasis	51	39	76	0	+ 39
Pancreas Cancer	52	36	22	294	- 257
Skin Cancers	53	31	31	137	- 106
Oral Cancer	54	28	38	96	- 68
Tetanus	55	20	74	0	+ 20
Encephalitis	56	17	63	3	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	57	17	44	61	- 44
Appendicitis	58	16	52	22	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	13	46	55	- 42
Uterin Cancer	60	13	41	80	- 68
Bladder Cancer	61	13	36	100	- 87
Hepatitis B	62	13	59	7	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	63	7	23	266	- 259
Upper Respiratory	64	6	62	3	+ 3
Trypanosomiasis	65	6	77	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	57	11	- 7
Hepatitis C	67	2	64	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	2	73	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	82	0	+ 1
War	72	0	68	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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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.