COSTA RICA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,040	7	836	+ 1,205
HIV/AIDS	2	1,888	25	192	+ 1,696
Tuberculosis	3	1,777	50	32	+ 1,745
Stroke	4	1,437	2	1,624	- 187
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,394	39	87	+ 1,307
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,345	9	746	+ 600
Liver Disease	7	1,212	18	370	+ 842
Malaria	8	1,144	78	0	+ 1,144
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,082	1	2,639	- 1,557
Birth Trauma	10	900	47	48	+ 852
Low Birth Weight	11	864	28	178	+ 687
Congenital Anomalies	12	553	21	315	+ 238
Maternal Conditions	13	511	55	17	+ 494
Diabetes Mellitus	14	511	5	953	- 443
Meningitis	15	485	54	18	+ 467
Kidney Disease	16	404	3	1,482	- 1,079
Hypertension	17	399	6	863	- 464
Oesophagus Cancer	18	395	44	61	+ 334
Other Injuries	19	392	13	571	- 179
Lung Disease	20	387	4	1,046	- 659
Malnutrition	21	381	48	37	+ 344
Cervical Cancer	22	306	29	159	+ 147
Suicide	23	291	15	407	- 116
Violence	24	266	11	635	- 369
Breast Cancer	25	240	16	384	- 144
Asthma	26	208	45	60	+ 147
Tetanus	27	192	74	0	+ 192
Stomach Cancer	28	182	10	661	- 479
Lymphomas	29	175	19	356	- 181
Oral Cancer	30	167	38	96	+ 71
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	165	8	818	- 653
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	134	12	621	- 487
Falls	33	132	35	116	+ 16
Liver Cancer	34	122	17	382	- 260
Leukemia	35	120	24	262	- 142
Fires	36	119	58	10	+ 109
Prostate Cancer	37	117	14	448	- 331
Poisonings	38	115	60	5	+ 109
Drownings	39	108	37	97	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	40	101	26	191	- 90
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	98	42	74	+ 25
Pertussis	42	92	69	0	+ 92
Epilepsy	43	75	34	116	- 41
Endocrine Disorders	44	75	27	183	- 108
Ovary Cancer	45	72	40	80	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	46	65	22	294	- 229
Lung Cancers	47	60	20	343	- 283
Skin Cancers	48	58	31	137	- 79
Hepatitis B	49	47	59	7	+ 40
Parkinson's Disease	50	42	30	138	- 96
Skin Disease	51	41	32	126	- 85
Syphilis	52	41	65	1	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	37	49	32	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	54	33	76	0	+ 33
Alcohol	55	32	33	126	- 94
Uterin Cancer	56	29	41	80	- 51
Bladder Cancer	57	29	36	100	- 71
Appendicitis	58	22	52	22	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	59	18	72	0	+ 18
Encephalitis	60	17	63	3	+ 15
Hepatitis C	61	14	64	1	+ 13
Drug Use	62	10	43	63	- 53
Measles	63	9	75	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	64	9	62	3	+ 6
War	65	8	68	1	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	8	46	55	- 47
Other Neoplasms	67	5	23	266	- 260
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	57	11	- 7
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	82	0	+ 1
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
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
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

Kenya

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.