COSTA RICA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	3,901	50	32	+ 3,870
HIV/AIDS	2	2,419	25	192	+ 2,227
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,185	1	2,639	- 454
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,071	7	836	+ 1,236
Stroke	5	1,922	2	1,624	+ 298
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,378	5	953	+ 425
Malaria	7	1,158	78	0	+ 1,158
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,112	9	746	+ 366
Low Birth Weight	9	1,060	28	178	+ 883
Liver Disease	10	893	18	370	+ 524
Hypertension	11	884	6	863	+ 21
Kidney Disease	12	823	3	1,482	- 659
Birth Trauma	13	777	47	48	+ 729
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	682	39	87	+ 595
Congenital Anomalies	15	612	21	315	+ 297
Lung Disease	16	461	4	1,046	- 585
Violence	17	394	11	635	- 241
Suicide	18	392	15	407	- 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	325	8	818	- 493
Measles	20	313	75	0	+ 313
Maternal Conditions	21	312	55	17	+ 295
Other Injuries	22	299	13	571	- 271
Meningitis	23	242	54	18	+ 225
Inflammatory/Heart	24	217	26	191	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	25	210	27	183	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	26	206	29	159	+ 47
Breast Cancer	27	198	16	384	- 186
Asthma	28	194	45	60	+ 133
Lung Cancers	29	187	20	343	- 156
Falls	30	181	35	116	+ 65
Pertussis	31	174	69	0	+ 174
Prostate Cancer	32	171	14	448	- 277
Malnutrition	33	167	48	37	+ 130
Oral Cancer	34	148	38	96	+ 52
Liver Cancer	35	113	17	382	- 269
Parkinson's Disease	36	101	30	138	- 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	92	12	621	- 528
Drownings	38	90	37	97	- 7
Fires	39	83	58	10	+ 73
Epilepsy	40	80	34	116	- 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	78	42	74	+ 4
Trypanosomiasis	42	76	77	0	+ 76
Bladder Cancer	43	75	36	100	- 25
Oesophagus Cancer	44	74	44	61	+ 13
Drug Use	45	73	43	63	+ 9
Skin Cancers	46	72	31	137	- 64
Syphilis	47	70	65	1	+ 69
Stomach Cancer	48	69	10	661	- 591
Lymphomas	49	68	19	356	- 288
Poisonings	50	60	60	5	+ 55
Ovary Cancer	51	57	40	80	- 23
Skin Disease	52	46	32	126	- 80
Pancreas Cancer	53	44	22	294	- 249
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	43	49	32	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	55	42	41	80	- 39
Alcohol	56	41	33	126	- 85
Leukemia	57	36	24	262	- 225
Schistosomiasis	58	30	76	0	+ 30
Tetanus	59	18	74	0	+ 18
Encephalitis	60	15	63	3	+ 13
Appendicitis	61	14	52	22	- 7
Hepatitis B	62	14	59	7	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	13	46	55	- 42
Other Neoplasms	64	11	23	266	- 254
War	65	6	68	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	6	62	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	57	11	- 7
Hepatitis C	68	2	64	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	66	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	86	0	61	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Gabon

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.