BOTSWANA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,228	3	1,632	- 404
Stroke	2	756	4	1,588	- 832
Kidney Disease	3	690	9	506	+ 183
Lung Disease	4	487	10	482	+ 5
Diabetes Mellitus	5	444	5	1,273	- 829
Hypertension	6	402	11	471	- 69
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	389	2	1,674	- 1,285
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	381	23	164	+ 217
Road Traffic Accidents	9	347	7	608	- 261
Stomach Cancer	10	307	53	10	+ 297
Violence	11	296	14	389	- 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	289	47	28	+ 261
Other Injuries	13	266	19	216	+ 49
Prostate Cancer	14	209	41	45	+ 164
Suicide	15	189	15	370	- 181
Breast Cancer	16	179	33	68	+ 110
Liver Cancer	17	178	35	57	+ 120
Liver Disease	18	172	12	459	- 287
Lymphomas	19	166	31	77	+ 89
Lung Cancers	20	160	39	45	+ 114
Congenital Anomalies	21	147	16	287	- 141
Pancreas Cancer	22	137	50	16	+ 121
Other Neoplasms	23	124	55	9	+ 114
Leukemia	24	122	51	13	+ 109
HIV/AIDS	25	89	1	4,950	- 4,860
Inflammatory/Heart	26	89	20	177	- 88
Endocrine Disorders	27	85	27	103	- 17
Low Birth Weight	28	83	13	447	- 364
Cervical Cancer	29	74	22	164	- 90
Parkinson's Disease	30	64	38	47	+ 17
Skin Cancers	31	64	37	52	+ 12
Skin Disease	32	59	46	30	+ 29
Alcohol	33	59	45	31	+ 28
Epilepsy	34	54	36	56	- 2
Falls	35	54	34	62	- 8
Bladder Cancer	36	46	60	6	+ 40
Drownings	37	45	30	83	- 38
Oral Cancer	38	45	32	70	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	41	8	527	- 487
Ovary Cancer	40	37	49	19	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	41	37	56	9	+ 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	34	29	90	- 56
Drug Use	43	29	48	26	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	44	28	28	103	- 74
Asthma	45	28	18	232	- 204
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	26	52	11	+ 15
Birth Trauma	47	22	17	261	- 239
Malnutrition	48	17	21	171	- 154
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	15	43	37	- 22
Tuberculosis	50	15	6	649	- 634
Anemia	51	12	84	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	52	10	57	8	+ 2
Schizophrenia	53	10	86	0	+ 10
Meningitis	54	8	25	108	- 100
Maternal Conditions	55	8	24	118	- 110
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	6	80	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	63	3	+ 2
Fires	58	5	26	108	- 104
Hepatitis B	59	3	62	6	- 3
Poisonings	60	3	42	42	- 40
Osteoarthritis	61	2	81	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	58	7	- 6
Encephalitis	63	1	59	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	64	0	66	1	- 0
Syphilis	65	0	44	36	- 36
Oral conditions	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	67	0	72	0	+ 0
War	68	0	69	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	40	45	- 45
Dengue	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	61	6	- 6
Measles	75	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	54	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Costa Rica

Botswana

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.