GABON VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,231	3	1,019	+ 212
Stroke	2	757	5	896	- 139
Kidney Disease	3	691	12	384	+ 307
Lung Disease	4	488	16	215	+ 273
Diabetes Mellitus	5	445	6	643	- 198
Hypertension	6	402	11	412	- 10
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	390	4	966	- 576
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	382	19	152	+ 230
Road Traffic Accidents	9	348	8	518	- 171
Stomach Cancer	10	308	48	32	+ 276
Violence	11	296	17	184	+ 113
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	289	37	43	+ 246
Other Injuries	13	266	22	140	+ 126
Prostate Cancer	14	209	32	80	+ 129
Suicide	15	190	18	183	+ 7
Breast Cancer	16	179	27	92	+ 87
Liver Cancer	17	178	35	53	+ 125
Liver Disease	18	172	10	416	- 244
Lymphomas	19	166	49	32	+ 134
Lung Cancers	20	160	29	87	+ 73
Congenital Anomalies	21	147	15	285	- 138
Pancreas Cancer	22	137	53	21	+ 116
Other Neoplasms	23	124	64	5	+ 118
Leukemia	24	122	57	17	+ 105
HIV/AIDS	25	89	2	1,128	- 1,039
Inflammatory/Heart	26	89	24	101	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	27	85	25	98	- 13
Low Birth Weight	28	83	9	494	- 411
Cervical Cancer	29	74	26	96	- 22
Parkinson's Disease	30	64	36	47	+ 17
Skin Cancers	31	64	46	34	+ 30
Skin Disease	32	59	52	22	+ 37
Alcohol	33	59	56	19	+ 39
Epilepsy	34	54	40	37	+ 17
Falls	35	54	30	84	- 30
Bladder Cancer	36	46	43	35	+ 12
Drownings	37	45	38	42	+ 3
Oral Cancer	38	45	34	69	- 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	41	14	318	- 278
Ovary Cancer	40	37	51	27	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	41	37	55	19	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	34	41	36	- 2
Drug Use	43	29	45	34	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	44	28	44	35	- 6
Asthma	45	28	28	90	- 62
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	26	63	6	+ 19
Birth Trauma	47	22	13	362	- 340
Malnutrition	48	17	33	78	- 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	15	54	20	- 5
Tuberculosis	50	15	1	1,819	- 1,804
Anemia	51	12	82	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	52	10	61	7	+ 3
Schizophrenia	53	10	81	0	+ 10
Meningitis	54	8	23	113	- 105
Maternal Conditions	55	8	21	145	- 137
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	6	85	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	67	2	+ 3
Fires	58	5	39	39	- 34
Hepatitis B	59	3	62	7	- 3
Poisonings	60	3	50	28	- 25
Osteoarthritis	61	2	86	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	66	3	- 1
Encephalitis	63	1	60	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	64	1	68	1	- 1
Syphilis	65	0	47	33	- 32
Oral conditions	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	67	0	78	0	+ 0
War	68	0	65	3	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	31	81	- 81
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	59	8	- 8
Measles	75	0	20	146	- 146
Schistosomiasis	76	0	58	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	78	0	7	540	- 540
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Costa Rica

Gabon

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.