COSTA RICA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,569	25	192	+ 3,377
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,432	7	836	+ 2,596
Tuberculosis	3	3,424	50	32	+ 3,393
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,254	39	87	+ 2,167
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,240	1	2,639	- 400
Stroke	6	2,048	2	1,624	+ 423
Birth Trauma	7	1,951	47	48	+ 1,903
Low Birth Weight	8	1,740	28	178	+ 1,562
Malaria	9	1,689	78	0	+ 1,689
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,529	9	746	+ 783
Liver Disease	11	1,000	18	370	+ 630
Congenital Anomalies	12	922	21	315	+ 606
Maternal Conditions	13	823	55	17	+ 806
Diabetes Mellitus	14	774	5	953	- 179
Kidney Disease	15	662	3	1,482	- 821
Meningitis	16	638	54	18	+ 620
Other Injuries	17	578	13	571	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	18	546	27	183	+ 363
Pertussis	19	523	69	0	+ 523
Lung Disease	20	472	4	1,046	- 575
Hypertension	21	438	6	863	- 425
Violence	22	427	11	635	- 208
Cervical Cancer	23	381	29	159	+ 222
Asthma	24	370	45	60	+ 310
Measles	25	363	75	0	+ 363
Suicide	26	331	15	407	- 76
Malnutrition	27	299	48	37	+ 262
Liver Cancer	28	287	17	382	- 95
Breast Cancer	29	229	16	384	- 155
Drownings	30	221	37	97	+ 124
Syphilis	31	210	65	1	+ 209
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	190	42	74	+ 117
Falls	33	176	35	116	+ 59
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	170	8	818	- 648
Fires	35	158	58	10	+ 147
Stomach Cancer	36	136	10	661	- 524
Inflammatory/Heart	37	130	26	191	- 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	122	12	621	- 498
Epilepsy	39	120	34	116	+ 4
Tetanus	40	119	74	0	+ 119
Poisonings	41	110	60	5	+ 105
Prostate Cancer	42	100	14	448	- 348
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	82	49	32	+ 49
Schistosomiasis	44	75	76	0	+ 75
Lymphomas	45	68	19	356	- 288
Parkinson's Disease	46	67	30	138	- 71
Hepatitis B	47	50	59	7	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	48	47	40	80	- 33
Oesophagus Cancer	49	47	44	61	- 14
Lung Cancers	50	45	20	343	- 298
Bladder Cancer	51	43	36	100	- 57
Skin Cancers	52	43	31	137	- 94
Skin Disease	53	40	32	126	- 86
Pancreas Cancer	54	34	22	294	- 260
Drug Use	55	33	43	63	- 30
Oral Cancer	56	32	38	96	- 64
Alcohol	57	30	33	126	- 96
Encephalitis	58	26	63	3	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	59	20	41	80	- 60
Appendicitis	60	17	52	22	- 4
Leukemia	61	15	24	262	- 246
Ascariasis	62	10	71	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	63	7	64	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	57	11	- 5
Other Neoplasms	65	5	23	266	- 260
Upper Respiratory	66	5	62	3	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	46	55	- 51
Diphtheria	68	3	73	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	69	1	84	0	+ 1
War	70	1	68	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	25	- 25
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Guinea-Bissau

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.