RWANDA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,828	4	3,605	+ 3,223
Stroke	2	4,202	2	5,060	- 858
Kidney Disease	3	3,835	15	1,206	+ 2,629
Lung Disease	4	2,707	13	1,555	+ 1,153
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,467	11	1,858	+ 608
Hypertension	6	2,233	14	1,357	+ 876
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,162	1	5,280	- 3,118
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,117	25	657	+ 1,460
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,930	3	3,718	- 1,789
Stomach Cancer	10	1,709	20	780	+ 929
Violence	11	1,644	29	548	+ 1,096
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,606	28	591	+ 1,015
Other Injuries	13	1,477	17	944	+ 532
Prostate Cancer	14	1,159	32	396	+ 763
Suicide	15	1,053	24	704	+ 349
Breast Cancer	16	994	27	600	+ 394
Liver Cancer	17	988	23	706	+ 281
Liver Disease	18	956	8	2,548	- 1,592
Lymphomas	19	920	30	450	+ 471
Lung Cancers	20	889	39	234	+ 654
Congenital Anomalies	21	816	12	1,777	- 962
Pancreas Cancer	22	760	43	214	+ 546
Other Neoplasms	23	687	64	16	+ 671
Leukemia	24	677	35	317	+ 360
HIV/AIDS	25	497	7	2,826	- 2,329
Inflammatory/Heart	26	495	34	347	+ 148
Endocrine Disorders	27	474	41	219	+ 255
Low Birth Weight	28	460	9	2,193	- 1,732
Cervical Cancer	29	411	18	941	- 529
Parkinson's Disease	30	357	47	146	+ 211
Skin Cancers	31	354	50	113	+ 241
Skin Disease	32	326	52	103	+ 224
Alcohol	33	326	49	125	+ 201
Epilepsy	34	300	45	191	+ 109
Falls	35	300	31	412	- 112
Bladder Cancer	36	258	62	35	+ 223
Drownings	37	250	36	285	- 34
Oral Cancer	38	248	37	272	- 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	226	6	3,121	- 2,896
Ovary Cancer	40	208	53	92	+ 116
Uterin Cancer	41	208	56	58	+ 150
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	190	33	362	- 172
Drug Use	43	163	60	45	+ 119
Oesophagus Cancer	44	158	44	213	- 56
Asthma	45	156	22	717	- 561
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	142	63	23	+ 119
Birth Trauma	47	124	10	1,888	- 1,764
Malnutrition	48	95	16	1,168	- 1,073
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	83	48	136	- 53
Tuberculosis	50	82	26	625	- 543
Anemia	51	64	86	0	+ 64
Appendicitis	52	56	54	70	- 14
Schizophrenia	53	53	83	0	+ 53
Meningitis	54	46	19	847	- 801
Maternal Conditions	55	44	21	722	- 678
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	34	80	0	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	57	28	66	7	+ 21
Fires	58	26	38	270	- 243
Hepatitis B	59	18	55	68	- 50
Poisonings	60	14	40	220	- 206
Osteoarthritis	61	13	81	0	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	62	8	57	58	- 50
Encephalitis	63	6	61	39	- 32
Hepatitis C	64	3	65	12	- 10
Syphilis	65	3	46	173	- 170
Oral conditions	66	3	82	0	+ 3
Leprosy	67	3	76	0	+ 3
War	68	1	69	3	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	42	218	- 217
Dengue	70	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	67	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	71	1	- 1
Tetanus	74	0	58	53	- 53
Measles	75	0	59	51	- 51
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	111	- 111
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	68	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	2	- 2
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Costa Rica

Rwanda

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.