LIBERIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,725	7	1,885	+ 841
Stroke	2	1,677	11	1,578	+ 99
Kidney Disease	3	1,530	16	609	+ 922
Lung Disease	4	1,081	26	294	+ 787
Diabetes Mellitus	5	984	15	650	+ 334
Hypertension	6	891	23	371	+ 521
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	863	2	2,693	- 1,830
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	845	29	235	+ 610
Road Traffic Accidents	9	770	5	1,920	- 1,150
Stomach Cancer	10	682	37	122	+ 560
Violence	11	656	18	477	+ 179
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	641	40	90	+ 551
Other Injuries	13	589	22	380	+ 209
Prostate Cancer	14	463	25	297	+ 165
Suicide	15	420	30	220	+ 201
Breast Cancer	16	397	27	246	+ 151
Liver Cancer	17	394	20	439	- 45
Liver Disease	18	382	13	858	- 477
Lymphomas	19	367	39	93	+ 274
Lung Cancers	20	355	44	66	+ 289
Congenital Anomalies	21	326	14	833	- 507
Pancreas Cancer	22	303	53	38	+ 265
Other Neoplasms	23	274	62	6	+ 269
Leukemia	24	270	58	23	+ 247
HIV/AIDS	25	198	6	1,919	- 1,721
Inflammatory/Heart	26	197	38	115	+ 82
Endocrine Disorders	27	189	28	245	- 56
Low Birth Weight	28	184	8	1,652	- 1,468
Cervical Cancer	29	164	19	474	- 309
Parkinson's Disease	30	143	43	72	+ 70
Skin Cancers	31	141	46	51	+ 90
Skin Disease	32	130	51	41	+ 89
Alcohol	33	130	57	25	+ 105
Epilepsy	34	120	42	81	+ 39
Falls	35	120	33	155	- 36
Bladder Cancer	36	103	59	19	+ 84
Drownings	37	100	35	127	- 27
Oral Cancer	38	99	48	50	+ 49
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	90	10	1,592	- 1,502
Ovary Cancer	40	83	47	50	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	41	83	55	28	+ 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	76	36	126	- 50
Drug Use	43	65	50	42	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	44	63	60	16	+ 47
Asthma	45	62	31	200	- 137
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	57	64	4	+ 53
Birth Trauma	47	50	9	1,601	- 1,552
Malnutrition	48	38	24	353	- 315
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	33	49	50	- 17
Tuberculosis	50	33	1	2,766	- 2,734
Anemia	51	26	83	0	+ 26
Appendicitis	52	22	61	12	+ 10
Schizophrenia	53	21	80	0	+ 21
Meningitis	54	18	17	552	- 534
Maternal Conditions	55	18	12	870	- 852
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	14	84	0	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	57	11	63	4	+ 7
Fires	58	10	34	153	- 143
Hepatitis B	59	7	52	39	- 32
Poisonings	60	6	41	82	- 76
Osteoarthritis	61	5	85	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	62	3	67	3	+ 0
Encephalitis	63	3	56	27	- 25
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	4	- 3
Syphilis	65	1	21	394	- 393
Oral conditions	66	1	86	0	+ 1
Leprosy	67	1	75	0	+ 1
War	68	1	70	1	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	32	197	- 197
Dengue	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	66	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	1	- 1
Tetanus	74	0	54	31	- 31
Measles	75	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Schistosomiasis	76	0	45	51	- 51
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Chagas disease	79	0	78	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	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Costa Rica

Liberia

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.