COSTA RICA VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,216	7	836	+ 3,381
Malaria	2	3,402	78	0	+ 3,402
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,204	39	87	+ 3,117
Low Birth Weight	4	1,911	28	178	+ 1,733
Stroke	5	1,742	2	1,624	+ 118
Coronary Heart Disease	6	1,645	1	2,639	- 994
Birth Trauma	7	1,605	47	48	+ 1,557
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,189	9	746	+ 443
Meningitis	9	1,047	54	18	+ 1,029
Congenital Anomalies	10	869	21	315	+ 553
Liver Disease	11	823	18	370	+ 453
Other Injuries	12	765	13	571	+ 194
Tuberculosis	13	740	50	32	+ 709
Maternal Conditions	14	663	55	17	+ 646
Pertussis	15	571	69	0	+ 571
Kidney Disease	16	546	3	1,482	- 936
Diabetes Mellitus	17	526	5	953	- 428
Measles	18	482	75	0	+ 482
Violence	19	448	11	635	- 187
Lung Disease	20	434	4	1,046	- 612
Malnutrition	21	434	48	37	+ 397
Asthma	22	380	45	60	+ 320
Endocrine Disorders	23	361	27	183	+ 178
Drownings	24	316	37	97	+ 219
Hypertension	25	271	6	863	- 592
Falls	26	259	35	116	+ 143
Suicide	27	245	15	407	- 162
Fires	28	224	58	10	+ 214
Breast Cancer	29	215	16	384	- 169
HIV/AIDS	30	209	25	192	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	209	42	74	+ 135
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	171	8	818	- 647
Poisonings	33	154	60	5	+ 149
Inflammatory/Heart	34	154	26	191	- 38
Liver Cancer	35	149	17	382	- 233
Epilepsy	36	135	34	116	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	104	12	621	- 516
Cervical Cancer	38	97	29	159	- 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	93	49	32	+ 61
Ovary Cancer	40	85	40	80	+ 5
War	41	82	68	1	+ 81
Tetanus	42	74	74	0	+ 74
Lymphomas	43	70	19	356	- 286
Stomach Cancer	44	60	10	661	- 600
Skin Cancers	45	57	31	137	- 79
Hepatitis B	46	56	59	7	+ 49
Parkinson's Disease	47	55	30	138	- 83
Leukemia	48	51	24	262	- 210
Oral Cancer	49	48	38	96	- 48
Schistosomiasis	50	47	76	0	+ 47
Leishmaniasis	51	47	72	0	+ 47
Skin Disease	52	43	32	126	- 84
Bladder Cancer	53	32	36	100	- 67
Pancreas Cancer	54	28	22	294	- 266
Oesophagus Cancer	55	26	44	61	- 35
Appendicitis	56	26	52	22	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	57	26	14	448	- 423
Drug Use	58	25	43	63	- 38
Ascariasis	59	25	71	0	+ 25
Alcohol	60	24	33	126	- 102
Encephalitis	61	22	63	3	+ 20
Syphilis	62	22	65	1	+ 21
Upper Respiratory	63	19	62	3	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	64	17	41	80	- 63
Diphtheria	65	12	73	0	+ 12
Hepatitis C	66	9	64	1	+ 8
Lung Cancers	67	8	20	343	- 335
Other Neoplasms	68	5	23	266	- 261
Multiple Sclerosis	69	4	57	11	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	4	46	55	- 52
Chlamydia	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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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.