CONGO VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,056	4	2,494	+ 562
Stroke	2	1,881	5	2,267	- 386
Kidney Disease	3	1,716	15	613	+ 1,103
Lung Disease	4	1,212	17	541	+ 671
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,104	10	1,050	+ 54
Hypertension	6	999	12	933	+ 67
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	968	3	2,576	- 1,608
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	948	25	230	+ 717
Road Traffic Accidents	9	864	7	1,598	- 735
Stomach Cancer	10	765	39	88	+ 677
Violence	11	736	18	539	+ 197
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	719	38	89	+ 630
Other Injuries	13	661	20	333	+ 328
Prostate Cancer	14	519	28	198	+ 321
Suicide	15	471	19	349	+ 122
Breast Cancer	16	445	32	159	+ 286
Liver Cancer	17	442	30	169	+ 273
Liver Disease	18	428	13	931	- 502
Lymphomas	19	412	45	61	+ 351
Lung Cancers	20	398	47	54	+ 344
Congenital Anomalies	21	365	14	729	- 364
Pancreas Cancer	22	340	52	42	+ 298
Other Neoplasms	23	308	63	8	+ 300
Leukemia	24	303	46	57	+ 245
HIV/AIDS	25	222	1	4,509	- 4,287
Inflammatory/Heart	26	221	26	220	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	27	212	27	208	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	28	206	9	1,283	- 1,077
Cervical Cancer	29	184	29	196	- 12
Parkinson's Disease	30	160	42	69	+ 91
Skin Cancers	31	158	53	36	+ 122
Skin Disease	32	146	50	46	+ 100
Alcohol	33	146	49	46	+ 100
Epilepsy	34	134	40	76	+ 59
Falls	35	134	33	149	- 14
Bladder Cancer	36	115	61	15	+ 101
Drownings	37	112	36	104	+ 8
Oral Cancer	38	111	54	33	+ 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	101	8	1,304	- 1,203
Ovary Cancer	40	93	48	49	+ 44
Uterin Cancer	41	93	60	15	+ 78
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	85	35	105	- 20
Drug Use	43	73	44	65	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	44	70	57	19	+ 51
Asthma	45	70	23	291	- 221
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	64	59	15	+ 49
Birth Trauma	47	56	11	997	- 942
Malnutrition	48	43	24	272	- 229
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	37	43	67	- 29
Tuberculosis	50	37	2	2,781	- 2,744
Anemia	51	29	82	0	+ 29
Appendicitis	52	25	58	18	+ 7
Schizophrenia	53	24	81	0	+ 24
Meningitis	54	21	22	299	- 279
Maternal Conditions	55	20	16	578	- 558
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	15	84	0	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	57	12	66	4	+ 9
Fires	58	12	37	90	- 79
Hepatitis B	59	8	62	14	- 6
Poisonings	60	6	41	71	- 64
Osteoarthritis	61	6	85	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	62	3	64	7	- 3
Encephalitis	63	3	56	20	- 17
Hepatitis C	64	1	67	2	- 1
Syphilis	65	1	34	107	- 105
Oral conditions	66	1	86	0	+ 1
Leprosy	67	1	77	0	+ 1
War	68	1	72	1	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	21	329	- 329
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	69	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	2	- 2
Tetanus	74	0	55	23	- 23
Measles	75	0	31	159	- 159
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	45	- 45
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	65	7	- 7
Malaria	78	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Costa Rica

Congo

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.