COSTA RICA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,851	1	2,639	+ 6,212
Stroke	2	6,779	2	1,624	+ 5,155
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,837	5	953	+ 2,884
Hypertension	4	2,122	6	863	+ 1,259
Suicide	5	2,091	15	407	+ 1,684
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,999	7	836	+ 1,164
HIV/AIDS	7	1,699	25	192	+ 1,507
Kidney Disease	8	1,547	3	1,482	+ 65
Liver Disease	9	1,305	18	370	+ 935
Violence	10	1,283	11	635	+ 648
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,159	9	746	+ 413
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,157	27	183	+ 973
Lung Disease	13	1,154	4	1,046	+ 107
Other Injuries	14	1,109	13	571	+ 538
Drownings	15	960	37	97	+ 864
Tuberculosis	16	908	50	32	+ 877
Prostate Cancer	17	817	14	448	+ 369
Anemia	18	656	51	25	+ 631
Breast Cancer	19	636	16	384	+ 251
Inflammatory/Heart	20	608	26	191	+ 417
Cervical Cancer	21	606	29	159	+ 447
Low Birth Weight	22	592	28	178	+ 414
Congenital Anomalies	23	456	21	315	+ 140
Birth Trauma	24	427	47	48	+ 379
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	388	12	621	- 232
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	360	42	74	+ 287
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	315	39	87	+ 228
Other Neoplasms	28	266	23	266	+ 1
Lung Cancers	29	250	20	343	- 93
Malnutrition	30	247	48	37	+ 211
Stomach Cancer	31	225	10	661	- 435
Lymphomas	32	213	19	356	- 142
Malaria	33	199	78	0	+ 199
Liver Cancer	34	192	17	382	- 190
Maternal Conditions	35	187	55	17	+ 170
Asthma	36	169	45	60	+ 108
Epilepsy	37	156	34	116	+ 40
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	151	8	818	- 667
Leukemia	39	141	24	262	- 121
Oral Cancer	40	133	38	96	+ 37
Fires	41	129	58	10	+ 119
Pancreas Cancer	42	126	22	294	- 168
Ovary Cancer	43	118	40	80	+ 37
Meningitis	44	115	54	18	+ 98
Drug Use	45	104	43	63	+ 41
Uterin Cancer	46	86	41	80	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	85	49	32	+ 53
Falls	48	74	35	116	- 42
Parkinson's Disease	49	60	30	138	- 78
Bladder Cancer	50	53	36	100	- 47
Oesophagus Cancer	51	52	44	61	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	51	56	13	+ 38
Encephalitis	53	47	63	3	+ 44
Appendicitis	54	40	52	22	+ 18
Skin Cancers	55	32	31	137	- 105
Skin Disease	56	21	32	126	- 105
Alcohol	57	21	33	126	- 106
Osteoarthritis	58	20	61	5	+ 15
Hepatitis B	59	13	59	7	+ 6
Dengue	60	12	70	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	57	11	- 3
Schizophrenia	62	7	53	21	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	7	46	55	- 48
War	64	4	68	1	+ 3
Poisonings	65	4	60	5	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	62	3	+ 0
Oral conditions	67	3	66	1	+ 2
Leprosy	68	2	67	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	2	64	1	+ 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	2	86	0	+ 2
Syphilis	71	2	65	1	+ 1
Tetanus	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Pertussis	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Guyana

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.