COSTA RICA VS EQU. GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EQU. GUINEA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,390	25	192	+ 5,198
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,676	7	836	+ 1,840
Malaria	3	1,957	78	0	+ 1,957
Low Birth Weight	4	1,340	28	178	+ 1,162
Birth Trauma	5	1,293	47	48	+ 1,245
Stroke	6	1,282	2	1,624	- 343
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,228	1	2,639	- 1,411
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,080	9	746	+ 335
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,023	39	87	+ 936
Tuberculosis	10	941	50	32	+ 909
Diabetes Mellitus	11	877	5	953	- 76
Congenital Anomalies	12	731	21	315	+ 416
Liver Disease	13	584	18	370	+ 215
Kidney Disease	14	582	3	1,482	- 900
Measles	15	531	75	0	+ 531
Hypertension	16	484	6	863	- 379
Maternal Conditions	17	407	55	17	+ 390
Syphilis	18	392	65	1	+ 391
Meningitis	19	372	54	18	+ 355
Lung Disease	20	353	4	1,046	- 693
Pertussis	21	320	69	0	+ 320
Suicide	22	314	15	407	- 93
Other Injuries	23	308	13	571	- 263
Breast Cancer	24	247	16	384	- 137
Endocrine Disorders	25	214	27	183	+ 31
Asthma	26	191	45	60	+ 131
Inflammatory/Heart	27	185	26	191	- 6
Cervical Cancer	28	164	29	159	+ 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	163	8	818	- 656
Drug Use	30	147	43	63	+ 84
Malnutrition	31	141	48	37	+ 104
Falls	32	134	35	116	+ 18
Violence	33	131	11	635	- 504
Liver Cancer	34	126	17	382	- 256
Prostate Cancer	35	126	14	448	- 323
Drownings	36	116	37	97	+ 19
Oral Cancer	37	101	38	96	+ 5
Epilepsy	38	95	34	116	- 21
Fires	39	88	58	10	+ 78
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	84	12	621	- 537
Lung Cancers	41	78	20	343	- 265
Tetanus	42	68	74	0	+ 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	64	42	74	- 9
Poisonings	44	62	60	5	+ 56
Lymphomas	45	57	19	356	- 299
Parkinson's Disease	46	52	30	138	- 86
Trypanosomiasis	47	48	77	0	+ 48
Skin Cancers	48	47	31	137	- 89
Stomach Cancer	49	46	10	661	- 615
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	42	49	32	+ 9
Skin Disease	51	38	32	126	- 88
Ovary Cancer	52	38	40	80	- 43
Alcohol	53	35	33	126	- 91
Oesophagus Cancer	54	35	44	61	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	55	33	22	294	- 260
Bladder Cancer	56	25	36	100	- 75
Encephalitis	57	23	63	3	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	58	23	41	80	- 58
Appendicitis	59	16	52	22	- 5
Schistosomiasis	60	13	76	0	+ 13
Leukemia	61	11	24	262	- 251
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	11	46	55	- 44
Other Neoplasms	63	9	23	266	- 256
Diphtheria	64	9	73	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	65	9	59	7	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	5	62	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	57	11	- 7
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	64	1	- 0
Ascariasis	70	1	71	0	+ 1
War	71	0	68	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	67	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	66	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	56	13	- 13
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Equ. Guinea

Costa Rica

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.