COSTA RICA VS SEYCHELLES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SEYCHELLES		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,572	1	2,639	+ 2,933
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,015	7	836	+ 3,180
Stroke	3	3,566	2	1,624	+ 1,942
Kidney Disease	4	2,288	3	1,482	+ 806
Hypertension	5	2,249	6	863	+ 1,386
Liver Disease	6	1,677	18	370	+ 1,307
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,370	5	953	+ 416
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,324	12	621	+ 703
Lung Disease	9	1,204	4	1,046	+ 158
Prostate Cancer	10	1,074	14	448	+ 626
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,004	8	818	+ 186
Lung Cancers	12	976	20	343	+ 632
Breast Cancer	13	777	16	384	+ 393
Violence	14	776	11	635	+ 141
Oral Cancer	15	715	38	96	+ 619
Drownings	16	625	37	97	+ 529
Road Traffic Accidents	17	590	9	746	- 155
Inflammatory/Heart	18	534	26	191	+ 343
Cervical Cancer	19	487	29	159	+ 328
Lymphomas	20	454	19	356	+ 98
Suicide	21	424	15	407	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	22	401	22	294	+ 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	376	42	74	+ 302
Congenital Anomalies	24	374	21	315	+ 59
Stomach Cancer	25	367	10	661	- 294
Leukemia	26	336	24	262	+ 74
Asthma	27	331	45	60	+ 271
Parkinson's Disease	28	321	30	138	+ 183
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	318	39	87	+ 231
Endocrine Disorders	30	317	27	183	+ 133
Liver Cancer	31	314	17	382	- 67
Oesophagus Cancer	32	312	44	61	+ 251
Low Birth Weight	33	301	28	178	+ 123
Falls	34	299	35	116	+ 183
Ovary Cancer	35	270	40	80	+ 190
Bladder Cancer	36	238	36	100	+ 138
Other Injuries	37	229	13	571	- 342
Meningitis	38	127	54	18	+ 109
Birth Trauma	39	97	47	48	+ 49
Skin Disease	40	97	32	126	- 29
Fires	41	95	58	10	+ 85
Malnutrition	42	91	48	37	+ 54
Uterin Cancer	43	91	41	80	+ 11
Skin Cancers	44	64	31	137	- 73
Maternal Conditions	45	51	55	17	+ 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	45	49	32	+ 13
Drug Use	47	44	43	63	- 19
Encephalitis	48	43	63	3	+ 41
Alcohol	49	34	33	126	- 92
Epilepsy	50	29	34	116	- 87
Poisonings	51	28	60	5	+ 22
Appendicitis	52	27	52	22	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	53	23	23	266	- 243
Pertussis	54	20	69	0	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	55	14	57	11	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	12	59	7	+ 5
Syphilis	57	11	65	1	+ 10
Dengue	58	8	70	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	46	55	- 50
Tetanus	60	4	74	0	+ 4
War	61	4	68	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	62	2	64	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	3	- 2
Chlamydia	64	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Tuberculosis	66	0	50	32	- 31
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	25	192	- 192
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	66	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	82	0	61	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	25	- 25
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Seychelles

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.