COSTA RICA VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,065	1	2,639	+ 4,426
Stroke	2	4,854	2	1,624	+ 3,230
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,686	7	836	+ 1,850
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,334	5	953	+ 1,380
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,581	39	87	+ 1,494
Lung Disease	6	1,512	4	1,046	+ 465
Malaria	7	1,054	78	0	+ 1,054
Road Traffic Accidents	8	802	9	746	+ 56
Suicide	9	712	15	407	+ 305
Liver Disease	10	644	18	370	+ 274
Drownings	11	582	37	97	+ 486
Asthma	12	568	45	60	+ 508
Hypertension	13	551	6	863	- 312
Low Birth Weight	14	468	28	178	+ 290
Kidney Disease	15	461	3	1,482	- 1,021
Congenital Anomalies	16	457	21	315	+ 142
Other Injuries	17	434	13	571	- 137
Liver Cancer	18	433	17	382	+ 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	426	49	32	+ 394
Falls	20	396	35	116	+ 280
Birth Trauma	21	372	47	48	+ 324
Maternal Conditions	22	332	55	17	+ 315
Tuberculosis	23	324	50	32	+ 292
Dengue	24	300	70	0	+ 300
Cervical Cancer	25	300	29	159	+ 141
Breast Cancer	26	245	16	384	- 139
Lung Cancers	27	242	20	343	- 101
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	231	8	818	- 588
Syphilis	29	202	65	1	+ 201
Violence	30	189	11	635	- 446
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	167	12	621	- 454
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	161	42	74	+ 87
Ovary Cancer	33	155	40	80	+ 75
Parkinson's Disease	34	151	30	138	+ 13
Leukemia	35	147	24	262	- 114
Malnutrition	36	138	48	37	+ 101
Inflammatory/Heart	37	126	26	191	- 65
Poisonings	38	111	60	5	+ 106
Endocrine Disorders	39	107	27	183	- 76
Fires	40	104	58	10	+ 93
Prostate Cancer	41	94	14	448	- 354
Lymphomas	42	93	19	356	- 263
Meningitis	43	91	54	18	+ 73
Stomach Cancer	44	85	10	661	- 576
Epilepsy	45	77	34	116	- 39
Skin Disease	46	73	32	126	- 53
Uterin Cancer	47	62	41	80	- 18
Alcohol	48	62	33	126	- 64
Oral Cancer	49	55	38	96	- 41
Pertussis	50	54	69	0	+ 54
Pancreas Cancer	51	31	22	294	- 262
Bladder Cancer	52	31	36	100	- 69
Hepatitis B	53	23	59	7	+ 16
Encephalitis	54	12	63	3	+ 9
Appendicitis	55	10	52	22	- 11
Other Neoplasms	56	8	23	266	- 257
Oesophagus Cancer	57	8	44	61	- 53
Drug Use	58	6	43	63	- 57
Tetanus	59	5	74	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	46	55	- 52
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	57	11	- 8
Hepatitis C	62	3	64	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	62	3	- 2
War	65	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	31	137	- 137
Schizophrenia	70	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	51	25	- 25
Depression	73	0	85	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	25	192	- 192
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Solomon Isl.

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.