COSTA RICA VS MADAGASCAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MADAGASCAR		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,212	2	1,624	+ 1,587
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,611	7	836	+ 1,775
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,215	1	2,639	- 424
Tuberculosis	4	2,075	50	32	+ 2,043
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,982	39	87	+ 1,895
Measles	6	1,640	75	0	+ 1,640
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,409	9	746	+ 663
Hypertension	8	1,110	6	863	+ 247
Malaria	9	985	78	0	+ 985
Low Birth Weight	10	957	28	178	+ 779
Birth Trauma	11	956	47	48	+ 908
Liver Disease	12	859	18	370	+ 489
Malnutrition	13	757	48	37	+ 721
Lung Disease	14	707	4	1,046	- 339
Congenital Anomalies	15	604	21	315	+ 289
Diabetes Mellitus	16	586	5	953	- 367
Cervical Cancer	17	541	29	159	+ 382
Maternal Conditions	18	496	55	17	+ 479
Asthma	19	448	45	60	+ 388
Meningitis	20	427	54	18	+ 410
Other Injuries	21	422	13	571	- 149
Kidney Disease	22	394	3	1,482	- 1,088
Violence	23	313	11	635	- 323
Suicide	24	264	15	407	- 143
HIV/AIDS	25	240	25	192	+ 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	200	8	818	- 618
Oesophagus Cancer	27	193	44	61	+ 132
Inflammatory/Heart	28	187	26	191	- 4
Prostate Cancer	29	178	14	448	- 270
Liver Cancer	30	167	17	382	- 215
Drownings	31	147	37	97	+ 51
Oral Cancer	32	125	38	96	+ 29
Syphilis	33	122	65	1	+ 121
Lymphomas	34	121	19	356	- 235
Fires	35	118	58	10	+ 108
Falls	36	117	35	116	+ 1
Breast Cancer	37	112	16	384	- 272
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	112	49	32	+ 80
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	108	12	621	- 512
Poisonings	40	102	60	5	+ 97
Pertussis	41	93	69	0	+ 93
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	89	42	74	+ 15
Skin Cancers	43	83	31	137	- 53
Endocrine Disorders	44	83	27	183	- 101
Leukemia	45	72	24	262	- 190
Epilepsy	46	69	34	116	- 47
Stomach Cancer	47	66	10	661	- 595
Bladder Cancer	48	51	36	100	- 49
Parkinson's Disease	49	48	30	138	- 91
Schistosomiasis	50	47	76	0	+ 47
Skin Disease	51	33	32	126	- 93
Tetanus	52	33	74	0	+ 33
Alcohol	53	29	33	126	- 97
War	54	28	68	1	+ 27
Lung Cancers	55	26	20	343	- 317
Appendicitis	56	26	52	22	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	57	24	40	80	- 56
Hepatitis B	58	18	59	7	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	59	17	41	80	- 63
Encephalitis	60	17	63	3	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	61	14	22	294	- 279
Drug Use	62	10	43	63	- 53
Upper Respiratory	63	9	62	3	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	8	46	55	- 47
Other Neoplasms	65	4	23	266	- 261
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	57	11	- 8
Hepatitis C	67	3	64	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	82	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	73	0	+ 1
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
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	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
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

Madagascar

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.