COSTA RICA VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,679	50	32	+ 2,647
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,608	7	836	+ 1,772
Measles	3	2,474	75	0	+ 2,474
Malaria	4	2,351	78	0	+ 2,351
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,860	9	746	+ 1,114
HIV/AIDS	6	1,858	25	192	+ 1,667
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,825	1	2,639	- 814
Low Birth Weight	8	1,600	28	178	+ 1,422
Birth Trauma	9	1,551	47	48	+ 1,503
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	1,541	39	87	+ 1,454
Stroke	11	1,528	2	1,624	- 96
Maternal Conditions	12	842	55	17	+ 825
Liver Disease	13	831	18	370	+ 462
Congenital Anomalies	14	807	21	315	+ 491
Diabetes Mellitus	15	630	5	953	- 324
Kidney Disease	16	589	3	1,482	- 893
Meningitis	17	535	54	18	+ 517
Violence	18	462	11	635	- 173
Cervical Cancer	19	459	29	159	+ 300
Liver Cancer	20	425	17	382	+ 44
Syphilis	21	382	65	1	+ 381
Other Injuries	22	368	13	571	- 202
Hypertension	23	359	6	863	- 504
Malnutrition	24	342	48	37	+ 305
Prostate Cancer	25	288	14	448	- 160
Lung Disease	26	284	4	1,046	- 762
Breast Cancer	27	238	16	384	- 146
Endocrine Disorders	28	238	27	183	+ 54
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	227	8	818	- 591
Suicide	30	213	15	407	- 194
Asthma	31	193	45	60	+ 133
Pertussis	32	191	69	0	+ 191
Falls	33	150	35	116	+ 34
Fires	34	148	58	10	+ 138
Drownings	35	123	37	97	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	122	42	74	+ 49
Stomach Cancer	37	118	10	661	- 543
Inflammatory/Heart	38	112	26	191	- 80
Lymphomas	39	91	19	356	- 265
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	87	12	621	- 534
Poisonings	41	79	60	5	+ 74
Epilepsy	42	78	34	116	- 38
Parkinson's Disease	43	70	30	138	- 68
Lung Cancers	44	64	20	343	- 280
Schistosomiasis	45	50	76	0	+ 50
Skin Cancers	46	49	31	137	- 87
Ovary Cancer	47	49	40	80	- 32
Oral Cancer	48	49	38	96	- 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	48	49	32	+ 16
Drug Use	50	41	43	63	- 22
Skin Disease	51	40	32	126	- 86
Hepatitis B	52	38	59	7	+ 31
Pancreas Cancer	53	36	22	294	- 257
Tetanus	54	30	74	0	+ 30
Uterin Cancer	55	28	41	80	- 53
Encephalitis	56	27	63	3	+ 24
Alcohol	57	25	33	126	- 102
Leukemia	58	22	24	262	- 239
Bladder Cancer	59	18	36	100	- 81
Oesophagus Cancer	60	15	44	61	- 46
Appendicitis	61	12	52	22	- 10
Other Neoplasms	62	5	23	266	- 260
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	57	11	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	46	55	- 51
Hepatitis C	65	4	64	1	+ 3
Ascariasis	66	4	71	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	67	3	62	3	- 0
Diphtheria	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	84	0	+ 1
War	70	0	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
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Liberia

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.