COSTA RICA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,476	7	836	+ 1,640
Stroke	2	2,308	2	1,624	+ 684
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,147	1	2,639	- 492
HIV/AIDS	4	2,065	25	192	+ 1,873
Malaria	5	1,699	78	0	+ 1,699
Tuberculosis	6	1,555	50	32	+ 1,523
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,189	9	746	+ 443
Low Birth Weight	8	1,014	28	178	+ 836
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	995	39	87	+ 908
Birth Trauma	10	943	47	48	+ 895
Liver Disease	11	922	18	370	+ 552
Diabetes Mellitus	12	903	5	953	- 51
Kidney Disease	13	634	3	1,482	- 849
Congenital Anomalies	14	599	21	315	+ 284
Lung Disease	15	475	4	1,046	- 571
Meningitis	16	454	54	18	+ 436
Liver Cancer	17	434	17	382	+ 52
Other Injuries	18	370	13	571	- 200
Hypertension	19	340	6	863	- 524
Cervical Cancer	20	329	29	159	+ 170
Suicide	21	303	15	407	- 103
Maternal Conditions	22	303	55	17	+ 286
Asthma	23	301	45	60	+ 241
Endocrine Disorders	24	299	27	183	+ 116
Breast Cancer	25	295	16	384	- 89
Malnutrition	26	284	48	37	+ 248
Violence	27	283	11	635	- 353
Inflammatory/Heart	28	246	26	191	+ 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	197	8	818	- 621
Falls	30	178	35	116	+ 62
Prostate Cancer	31	157	14	448	- 291
Lymphomas	32	133	19	356	- 223
Stomach Cancer	33	132	10	661	- 528
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	122	12	621	- 498
Pertussis	35	113	69	0	+ 113
Drownings	36	113	37	97	+ 16
Fires	37	111	58	10	+ 101
Ovary Cancer	38	106	40	80	+ 26
Drug Use	39	96	43	63	+ 33
Poisonings	40	79	60	5	+ 74
Syphilis	41	74	65	1	+ 72
Oral Cancer	42	73	38	96	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	43	59	30	138	- 79
Encephalitis	44	54	63	3	+ 52
Leukemia	45	52	24	262	- 210
Pancreas Cancer	46	51	22	294	- 243
Epilepsy	47	50	34	116	- 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	49	42	74	- 25
Oesophagus Cancer	49	43	44	61	- 17
Skin Disease	50	40	32	126	- 86
Schistosomiasis	51	39	76	0	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	39	49	32	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	53	37	36	100	- 62
Alcohol	54	37	33	126	- 89
Lung Cancers	55	36	20	343	- 307
Tetanus	56	33	74	0	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	57	33	41	80	- 47
Skin Cancers	58	33	31	137	- 104
Appendicitis	59	22	52	22	+ 1
Measles	60	21	75	0	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	61	17	57	11	+ 6
Hepatitis B	62	15	59	7	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	63	7	23	266	- 258
War	64	4	68	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	4	64	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	2	62	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	46	55	- 53
Ascariasis	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	84	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Ghana

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.