COSTA RICA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,610	7	836	+ 3,775
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	3,219	39	87	+ 3,132
Tuberculosis	3	2,832	50	32	+ 2,800
Malaria	4	2,246	78	0	+ 2,246
Birth Trauma	5	2,228	47	48	+ 2,180
Low Birth Weight	6	2,134	28	178	+ 1,956
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,365	1	2,639	- 1,274
Stroke	8	1,284	2	1,624	- 340
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,105	21	315	+ 790
HIV/AIDS	10	981	25	192	+ 789
Meningitis	11	971	54	18	+ 953
Road Traffic Accidents	12	927	9	746	+ 181
Liver Disease	13	852	18	370	+ 483
Measles	14	655	75	0	+ 655
Maternal Conditions	15	524	55	17	+ 507
Pertussis	16	518	69	0	+ 518
Other Injuries	17	505	13	571	- 66
Diabetes Mellitus	18	500	5	953	- 453
Violence	19	409	11	635	- 226
Kidney Disease	20	405	3	1,482	- 1,078
Endocrine Disorders	21	351	27	183	+ 168
Lung Disease	22	280	4	1,046	- 767
Breast Cancer	23	264	16	384	- 120
Hypertension	24	238	6	863	- 625
Cervical Cancer	25	235	29	159	+ 76
Tetanus	26	186	74	0	+ 186
Asthma	27	182	45	60	+ 122
Falls	28	167	35	116	+ 51
Fires	29	159	58	10	+ 148
Suicide	30	156	15	407	- 251
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	151	8	818	- 667
Drownings	32	146	37	97	+ 50
Poisonings	33	146	60	5	+ 141
Drug Use	34	140	43	63	+ 76
Prostate Cancer	35	132	14	448	- 317
Malnutrition	36	131	48	37	+ 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	130	42	74	+ 56
Syphilis	38	121	65	1	+ 120
Liver Cancer	39	118	17	382	- 264
Lymphomas	40	116	19	356	- 240
Epilepsy	41	111	34	116	- 5
Inflammatory/Heart	42	107	26	191	- 84
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	92	12	621	- 528
Diphtheria	44	85	73	0	+ 85
War	45	72	68	1	+ 72
Parkinson's Disease	46	55	30	138	- 83
Leukemia	47	50	24	262	- 211
Oral Cancer	48	50	38	96	- 46
Ovary Cancer	49	47	40	80	- 33
Stomach Cancer	50	47	10	661	- 613
Pancreas Cancer	51	44	22	294	- 250
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	43	49	32	+ 11
Skin Cancers	53	43	31	137	- 94
Schistosomiasis	54	34	76	0	+ 34
Hepatitis B	55	33	59	7	+ 26
Skin Disease	56	33	32	126	- 93
Lung Cancers	57	29	20	343	- 315
Alcohol	58	23	33	126	- 103
Encephalitis	59	21	63	3	+ 18
Appendicitis	60	17	52	22	- 5
Ascariasis	61	15	71	0	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	62	15	41	80	- 65
Bladder Cancer	63	15	36	100	- 85
Oesophagus Cancer	64	12	44	61	- 48
Hepatitis C	65	7	64	1	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	66	6	23	266	- 259
Upper Respiratory	67	6	62	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	4	57	11	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	4	46	55	- 51
Leishmaniasis	70	1	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
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
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	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
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
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

Nigeria

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.