GUINEA-BISSAU VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,069	5	907	+ 162
Stroke	2	658	6	829	- 171
Kidney Disease	3	600	15	268	+ 332
Lung Disease	4	424	20	191	+ 233
Diabetes Mellitus	5	386	14	313	+ 73
Hypertension	6	350	21	177	+ 172
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	338	2	1,390	- 1,051
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	331	34	69	+ 262
Road Traffic Accidents	9	302	10	619	- 317
Stomach Cancer	10	267	36	55	+ 212
Violence	11	257	22	173	+ 84
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	251	38	50	+ 202
Other Injuries	13	231	17	234	- 3
Prostate Cancer	14	181	42	41	+ 141
Suicide	15	165	26	134	+ 31
Breast Cancer	16	156	29	93	+ 63
Liver Cancer	17	155	28	116	+ 38
Liver Disease	18	150	11	405	- 255
Lymphomas	19	144	45	28	+ 117
Lung Cancers	20	139	50	18	+ 121
Congenital Anomalies	21	128	12	373	- 246
Pancreas Cancer	22	119	54	14	+ 105
Other Neoplasms	23	108	65	2	+ 105
Leukemia	24	106	61	6	+ 100
HIV/AIDS	25	78	1	1,445	- 1,367
Inflammatory/Heart	26	77	37	53	+ 25
Endocrine Disorders	27	74	18	221	- 147
Low Birth Weight	28	72	8	705	- 632
Cervical Cancer	29	64	23	154	- 90
Parkinson's Disease	30	56	46	27	+ 29
Skin Cancers	31	55	52	17	+ 38
Skin Disease	32	51	53	16	+ 35
Alcohol	33	51	57	12	+ 39
Epilepsy	34	47	39	48	- 1
Falls	35	47	33	71	- 24
Bladder Cancer	36	40	51	17	+ 23
Drownings	37	39	30	89	- 50
Oral Cancer	38	39	56	13	+ 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	35	4	913	- 878
Ovary Cancer	40	33	48	19	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	41	33	59	8	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	30	32	77	- 47
Drug Use	43	26	55	13	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	44	25	49	19	+ 6
Asthma	45	24	24	150	- 126
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	22	67	2	+ 21
Birth Trauma	47	19	7	790	- 771
Malnutrition	48	15	27	121	- 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	13	43	33	- 20
Tuberculosis	50	13	3	1,387	- 1,374
Anemia	51	10	86	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	52	9	60	7	+ 2
Schizophrenia	53	8	84	0	+ 8
Meningitis	54	7	16	258	- 251
Maternal Conditions	55	7	13	333	- 326
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	5	81	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	64	2	+ 2
Fires	58	4	35	64	- 60
Hepatitis B	59	3	47	20	- 18
Poisonings	60	2	41	45	- 42
Osteoarthritis	61	2	80	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	66	2	- 1
Encephalitis	63	1	58	10	- 9
Hepatitis C	64	0	63	3	- 2
Syphilis	65	0	31	85	- 85
Oral conditions	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	67	0	75	0	+ 0
War	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	19	212	- 212
Dengue	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	62	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	1	- 1
Tetanus	74	0	40	48	- 48
Measles	75	0	25	147	- 147
Schistosomiasis	76	0	44	30	- 30
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	9	684	- 684
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Costa Rica

Guinea-Bissau

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.