MAURITANIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,169	4	1,636	+ 534
Stroke	2	1,335	6	1,307	+ 28
Kidney Disease	3	1,218	15	555	+ 663
Lung Disease	4	860	23	275	+ 585
Diabetes Mellitus	5	784	12	594	+ 189
Hypertension	6	709	22	286	+ 423
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	687	1	2,756	- 2,069
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	673	24	251	+ 421
Road Traffic Accidents	9	613	8	1,158	- 545
Stomach Cancer	10	543	32	132	+ 411
Violence	11	522	16	491	+ 31
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	510	37	110	+ 401
Other Injuries	13	469	19	343	+ 126
Prostate Cancer	14	368	34	118	+ 250
Suicide	15	334	30	141	+ 193
Breast Cancer	16	316	28	189	+ 127
Liver Cancer	17	314	21	312	+ 2
Liver Disease	18	304	13	586	- 282
Lymphomas	19	292	43	65	+ 228
Lung Cancers	20	282	44	60	+ 222
Congenital Anomalies	21	259	10	665	- 406
Pancreas Cancer	22	241	51	39	+ 203
Other Neoplasms	23	218	62	7	+ 211
Leukemia	24	215	55	22	+ 193
HIV/AIDS	25	158	25	231	- 73
Inflammatory/Heart	26	157	36	110	+ 47
Endocrine Disorders	27	151	27	197	- 47
Low Birth Weight	28	146	2	2,014	- 1,868
Cervical Cancer	29	131	20	333	- 203
Parkinson's Disease	30	113	41	69	+ 44
Skin Cancers	31	112	46	50	+ 63
Skin Disease	32	104	47	47	+ 56
Alcohol	33	104	58	16	+ 88
Epilepsy	34	95	39	75	+ 21
Falls	35	95	31	140	- 45
Bladder Cancer	36	82	50	42	+ 40
Drownings	37	80	35	116	- 37
Oral Cancer	38	79	48	45	+ 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	72	3	1,656	- 1,585
Ovary Cancer	40	66	49	43	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	41	66	57	17	+ 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	60	38	83	- 23
Drug Use	43	52	40	71	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	44	50	54	30	+ 20
Asthma	45	50	29	170	- 120
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	45	64	4	+ 41
Birth Trauma	47	39	7	1,204	- 1,165
Malnutrition	48	30	17	462	- 432
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	26	52	34	- 7
Tuberculosis	50	26	9	717	- 691
Anemia	51	20	84	0	+ 20
Appendicitis	52	18	60	9	+ 9
Schizophrenia	53	17	86	0	+ 17
Meningitis	54	15	18	357	- 342
Maternal Conditions	55	14	11	639	- 625
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	11	80	0	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	57	9	63	5	+ 4
Fires	58	8	33	123	- 115
Hepatitis B	59	6	56	22	- 16
Poisonings	60	4	42	67	- 63
Osteoarthritis	61	4	81	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	2	68	3	- 0
Encephalitis	63	2	53	33	- 31
Hepatitis C	64	1	67	3	- 2
Syphilis	65	1	26	204	- 203
Oral conditions	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Leprosy	67	1	77	0	+ 1
War	68	0	70	2	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	14	574	- 574
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	66	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	72	0	69	2	- 2
Diphtheria	73	0	65	3	- 3
Tetanus	74	0	45	58	- 58
Measles	75	0	61	9	- 9
Schistosomiasis	76	0	59	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Costa Rica

Mauritania

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.