SOMALIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,525	7	7,233	- 708
Stroke	2	4,015	6	8,595	- 4,580
Kidney Disease	3	3,664	21	2,051	+ 1,613
Lung Disease	4	2,587	19	2,442	+ 144
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,357	16	2,888	- 531
Hypertension	6	2,134	18	2,643	- 510
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,066	1	21,712	- 19,646
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,023	32	647	+ 1,376
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,844	11	4,231	- 2,387
Stomach Cancer	10	1,633	49	310	+ 1,323
Violence	11	1,571	29	828	+ 742
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,534	38	546	+ 988
Other Injuries	13	1,411	14	3,602	- 2,191
Prostate Cancer	14	1,108	52	285	+ 823
Suicide	15	1,006	27	1,219	- 213
Breast Cancer	16	950	26	1,232	- 282
Liver Cancer	17	944	53	256	+ 688
Liver Disease	18	914	13	3,917	- 3,003
Lymphomas	19	879	34	605	+ 275
Lung Cancers	20	849	54	233	+ 616
Congenital Anomalies	21	779	15	3,410	- 2,631
Pancreas Cancer	22	726	62	108	+ 618
Other Neoplasms	23	657	70	12	+ 644
Leukemia	24	647	35	562	+ 85
HIV/AIDS	25	474	33	610	- 135
Inflammatory/Heart	26	473	39	521	- 48
Endocrine Disorders	27	453	44	406	+ 47
Low Birth Weight	28	440	8	6,250	- 5,810
Cervical Cancer	29	393	28	883	- 490
Parkinson's Disease	30	341	56	184	+ 157
Skin Cancers	31	338	57	164	+ 174
Skin Disease	32	312	58	151	+ 161
Alcohol	33	312	59	151	+ 161
Epilepsy	34	287	43	419	- 132
Falls	35	287	37	548	- 261
Bladder Cancer	36	247	61	149	+ 97
Drownings	37	239	25	1,272	- 1,032
Oral Cancer	38	237	46	328	- 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	216	2	15,363	- 15,147
Ovary Cancer	40	199	50	295	- 96
Uterin Cancer	41	199	64	78	+ 121
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	182	36	559	- 377
Drug Use	43	156	65	54	+ 101
Oesophagus Cancer	44	150	40	516	- 366
Asthma	45	149	23	1,878	- 1,729
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	136	66	35	+ 101
Birth Trauma	47	119	5	9,573	- 9,455
Malnutrition	48	91	10	4,825	- 4,734
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	80	41	446	- 366
Tuberculosis	50	78	4	10,261	- 10,183
Anemia	51	61	83	0	+ 61
Appendicitis	52	53	55	188	- 134
Schizophrenia	53	51	81	0	+ 51
Meningitis	54	44	9	5,381	- 5,337
Maternal Conditions	55	42	12	4,127	- 4,085
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	32	84	0	+ 32
Multiple Sclerosis	57	27	71	8	+ 19
Fires	58	25	30	810	- 785
Hepatitis B	59	17	48	315	- 298
Poisonings	60	13	31	758	- 745
Osteoarthritis	61	12	85	0	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	62	7	47	326	- 318
Encephalitis	63	6	63	91	- 85
Hepatitis C	64	3	67	34	- 32
Syphilis	65	3	45	378	- 375
Oral conditions	66	2	86	0	+ 2
Leprosy	67	2	77	0	+ 2
War	68	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Pertussis	69	0	20	2,054	- 2,054
Dengue	70	0	73	1	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	69	30	- 29
Leishmaniasis	72	0	51	290	- 290
Diphtheria	73	0	60	150	- 150
Tetanus	74	0	17	2,648	- 2,648
Measles	75	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	435	- 435
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	68	32	- 32
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	72	5	- 5
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Costa Rica

Somalia

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.