COSTA RICA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,041	7	836	+ 1,205
Stroke	2	1,956	2	1,624	+ 332
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,437	9	746	+ 691
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,394	1	2,639	- 1,246
Malaria	5	1,275	78	0	+ 1,275
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,206	39	87	+ 1,119
HIV/AIDS	7	1,092	25	192	+ 900
Liver Disease	8	985	18	370	+ 615
Low Birth Weight	9	848	28	178	+ 670
Birth Trauma	10	730	47	48	+ 682
Diabetes Mellitus	11	718	5	953	- 235
Congenital Anomalies	12	687	21	315	+ 372
Lung Disease	13	601	4	1,046	- 446
Hypertension	14	525	6	863	- 338
Kidney Disease	15	466	3	1,482	- 1,016
Malnutrition	16	451	48	37	+ 415
Other Injuries	17	365	13	571	- 206
Cervical Cancer	18	364	29	159	+ 205
Meningitis	19	327	54	18	+ 310
Stomach Cancer	20	302	10	661	- 359
Maternal Conditions	21	279	55	17	+ 262
Asthma	22	277	45	60	+ 217
Liver Cancer	23	273	17	382	- 109
Suicide	24	272	15	407	- 135
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	254	8	818	- 564
Tuberculosis	26	242	50	32	+ 210
Breast Cancer	27	232	16	384	- 152
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	228	12	621	- 392
Violence	29	212	11	635	- 423
Lymphomas	30	174	19	356	- 182
Falls	31	159	35	116	+ 43
Prostate Cancer	32	153	14	448	- 295
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	140	42	74	+ 66
Inflammatory/Heart	34	134	26	191	- 57
Leukemia	35	122	24	262	- 139
Drownings	36	110	37	97	+ 13
Oral Cancer	37	105	38	96	+ 9
Fires	38	104	58	10	+ 94
Lung Cancers	39	90	20	343	- 253
Poisonings	40	85	60	5	+ 80
Endocrine Disorders	41	85	27	183	- 98
Pertussis	42	84	69	0	+ 84
Pancreas Cancer	43	83	22	294	- 211
Oesophagus Cancer	44	82	44	61	+ 21
Epilepsy	45	74	34	116	- 42
Syphilis	46	67	65	1	+ 66
Parkinson's Disease	47	56	30	138	- 82
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	53	49	32	+ 20
Alcohol	49	48	33	126	- 78
Skin Cancers	50	44	31	137	- 93
Schistosomiasis	51	43	76	0	+ 43
Skin Disease	52	40	32	126	- 86
Ovary Cancer	53	36	40	80	- 45
Appendicitis	54	27	52	22	+ 6
Hepatitis B	55	26	59	7	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	56	23	41	80	- 58
Upper Respiratory	57	23	62	3	+ 20
Tetanus	58	20	74	0	+ 20
Measles	59	20	75	0	+ 20
Drug Use	60	17	43	63	- 46
Encephalitis	61	15	63	3	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	62	14	36	100	- 86
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	9	46	55	- 46
Other Neoplasms	64	6	23	266	- 259
Hepatitis C	65	5	64	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	57	11	- 8
Ascariasis	67	2	71	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	1	82	0	+ 1
War	69	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	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
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	25	- 25
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Rwanda

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.