SIERRA LEONE VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,572	4	4,027	+ 545
Stroke	2	2,814	5	3,769	- 955
Kidney Disease	3	2,567	15	1,082	+ 1,485
Lung Disease	4	1,813	20	791	+ 1,021
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,651	14	1,190	+ 462
Hypertension	6	1,495	21	623	+ 872
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,447	1	7,420	- 5,972
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,417	28	373	+ 1,044
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,292	8	2,581	- 1,290
Stomach Cancer	10	1,144	36	232	+ 912
Violence	11	1,100	22	618	+ 483
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,075	39	192	+ 883
Other Injuries	13	989	16	1,040	- 52
Prostate Cancer	14	776	34	274	+ 502
Suicide	15	705	25	521	+ 183
Breast Cancer	16	665	23	615	+ 50
Liver Cancer	17	661	27	400	+ 261
Liver Disease	18	640	13	1,312	- 672
Lymphomas	19	616	42	132	+ 484
Lung Cancers	20	595	49	85	+ 510
Congenital Anomalies	21	546	11	1,532	- 986
Pancreas Cancer	22	509	54	62	+ 447
Other Neoplasms	23	460	66	10	+ 450
Leukemia	24	453	59	37	+ 416
HIV/AIDS	25	332	9	2,546	- 2,213
Inflammatory/Heart	26	331	32	288	+ 43
Endocrine Disorders	27	318	19	798	- 480
Low Birth Weight	28	308	7	2,791	- 2,483
Cervical Cancer	29	275	35	264	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	30	239	44	117	+ 122
Skin Cancers	31	237	48	86	+ 151
Skin Disease	32	218	51	81	+ 138
Alcohol	33	218	55	52	+ 166
Epilepsy	34	201	37	230	- 29
Falls	35	201	30	324	- 123
Bladder Cancer	36	173	52	78	+ 95
Drownings	37	168	29	366	- 199
Oral Cancer	38	166	50	82	+ 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	151	3	5,275	- 5,124
Ovary Cancer	40	139	53	77	+ 62
Uterin Cancer	41	139	60	31	+ 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	127	31	308	- 181
Drug Use	43	109	40	185	- 76
Oesophagus Cancer	44	105	57	37	+ 68
Asthma	45	105	24	613	- 508
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	95	68	7	+ 88
Birth Trauma	47	83	6	2,888	- 2,805
Malnutrition	48	64	17	924	- 860
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	56	43	127	- 71
Tuberculosis	50	55	10	2,414	- 2,360
Anemia	51	43	85	0	+ 43
Appendicitis	52	37	61	27	+ 10
Schizophrenia	53	36	84	0	+ 36
Meningitis	54	31	12	1,415	- 1,384
Maternal Conditions	55	29	18	880	- 850
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	23	81	0	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	57	19	65	10	+ 8
Fires	58	18	33	275	- 258
Hepatitis B	59	12	47	92	- 80
Poisonings	60	9	38	218	- 209
Osteoarthritis	61	9	80	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	62	5	64	10	- 5
Encephalitis	63	4	56	50	- 46
Hepatitis C	64	2	63	13	- 12
Syphilis	65	2	41	180	- 178
Oral conditions	66	2	82	0	+ 2
Leprosy	67	2	75	0	+ 2
War	68	1	67	8	- 8
Pertussis	69	0	26	469	- 468
Dengue	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	62	15	- 15
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	69	4	- 4
Tetanus	74	0	45	103	- 103
Measles	75	0	58	37	- 37
Schistosomiasis	76	0	46	101	- 101
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
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	70	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Costa Rica

Sierra Leone

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.