COSTA RICA VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,283	7	836	+ 3,448
Malaria	2	3,939	78	0	+ 3,939
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,045	39	87	+ 2,958
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,325	1	2,639	- 314
Stroke	5	2,176	2	1,624	+ 552
Birth Trauma	6	1,667	47	48	+ 1,619
Low Birth Weight	7	1,611	28	178	+ 1,433
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,490	9	746	+ 744
HIV/AIDS	9	1,470	25	192	+ 1,278
Tuberculosis	10	1,394	50	32	+ 1,362
Congenital Anomalies	11	885	21	315	+ 569
Meningitis	12	817	54	18	+ 799
Liver Disease	13	758	18	370	+ 388
Diabetes Mellitus	14	687	5	953	- 267
Kidney Disease	15	625	3	1,482	- 857
Other Injuries	16	601	13	571	+ 30
Malnutrition	17	533	48	37	+ 496
Maternal Conditions	18	508	55	17	+ 491
Endocrine Disorders	19	461	27	183	+ 277
Lung Disease	20	457	4	1,046	- 590
Hypertension	21	360	6	863	- 503
Violence	22	357	11	635	- 279
Breast Cancer	23	355	16	384	- 29
Asthma	24	354	45	60	+ 293
Suicide	25	301	15	407	- 106
Pertussis	26	270	69	0	+ 270
Liver Cancer	27	231	17	382	- 151
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	215	8	818	- 603
Drownings	29	211	37	97	+ 115
Falls	30	187	35	116	+ 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	178	42	74	+ 104
Inflammatory/Heart	32	166	26	191	- 25
Fires	33	159	58	10	+ 149
Prostate Cancer	34	158	14	448	- 290
Cervical Cancer	35	152	29	159	- 7
Stomach Cancer	36	134	10	661	- 527
Epilepsy	37	133	34	116	+ 17
Poisonings	38	126	60	5	+ 121
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	111	12	621	- 510
Drug Use	40	107	43	63	+ 44
Syphilis	41	104	65	1	+ 103
Lymphomas	42	76	19	356	- 280
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	73	49	32	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	44	67	30	138	- 71
Tetanus	45	59	74	0	+ 59
Schistosomiasis	46	58	76	0	+ 58
Hepatitis B	47	53	59	7	+ 46
Skin Cancers	48	49	31	137	- 87
Lung Cancers	49	49	20	343	- 294
Oral Cancer	50	48	38	96	- 48
Skin Disease	51	47	32	126	- 80
Bladder Cancer	52	45	36	100	- 55
Ovary Cancer	53	44	40	80	- 36
Pancreas Cancer	54	36	22	294	- 258
Alcohol	55	30	33	126	- 96
Encephalitis	56	29	63	3	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	57	21	44	61	- 40
Measles	58	21	75	0	+ 21
Leukemia	59	21	24	262	- 240
Uterin Cancer	60	18	41	80	- 63
Appendicitis	61	16	52	22	- 6
Ascariasis	62	9	71	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	63	8	64	1	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	64	6	62	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	65	6	57	11	- 5
Other Neoplasms	66	6	23	266	- 260
War	67	5	68	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	4	46	55	- 51
Diphtheria	69	2	73	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
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
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Sierra Leone

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.