COSTA RICA VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,587	1	2,639	+ 1,948
Stroke	2	2,147	2	1,624	+ 523
Low Birth Weight	3	1,673	28	178	+ 1,495
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,317	7	836	+ 481
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,196	9	746	+ 450
Measles	6	970	75	0	+ 970
Birth Trauma	7	890	47	48	+ 841
Hypertension	8	760	6	863	- 103
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	655	39	87	+ 568
Malaria	10	586	78	0	+ 586
Congenital Anomalies	11	575	21	315	+ 259
Kidney Disease	12	532	3	1,482	- 951
Lung Disease	13	457	4	1,046	- 589
Liver Disease	14	454	18	370	+ 84
Tuberculosis	15	443	50	32	+ 412
Breast Cancer	16	320	16	384	- 64
Diabetes Mellitus	17	320	5	953	- 633
Other Injuries	18	304	13	571	- 267
Asthma	19	275	45	60	+ 215
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	270	8	818	- 549
Violence	21	259	11	635	- 377
HIV/AIDS	22	243	25	192	+ 51
Maternal Conditions	23	205	55	17	+ 188
Pertussis	24	198	69	0	+ 198
Leukemia	25	191	24	262	- 71
Drownings	26	176	37	97	+ 79
Suicide	27	172	15	407	- 235
Falls	28	163	35	116	+ 47
Lymphomas	29	160	19	356	- 196
Endocrine Disorders	30	152	27	183	- 31
Fires	31	137	58	10	+ 127
Oesophagus Cancer	32	117	44	61	+ 57
Meningitis	33	114	54	18	+ 96
Malnutrition	34	114	48	37	+ 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	109	12	621	- 511
Drug Use	36	108	43	63	+ 45
Liver Cancer	37	99	17	382	- 283
Inflammatory/Heart	38	88	26	191	- 104
Ovary Cancer	39	83	40	80	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	81	42	74	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	41	80	29	159	- 79
Poisonings	42	78	60	5	+ 72
Epilepsy	43	77	34	116	- 39
Hepatitis B	44	76	59	7	+ 69
Parkinson's Disease	45	74	30	138	- 65
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	71	49	32	+ 39
Syphilis	47	63	65	1	+ 62
Lung Cancers	48	57	20	343	- 287
Prostate Cancer	49	55	14	448	- 394
Oral Cancer	50	51	38	96	- 45
Stomach Cancer	51	50	10	661	- 611
Leishmaniasis	52	47	72	0	+ 47
Tetanus	53	39	74	0	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	54	38	36	100	- 61
Skin Cancers	55	37	31	137	- 100
War	56	35	68	1	+ 35
Encephalitis	57	32	63	3	+ 29
Pancreas Cancer	58	28	22	294	- 265
Appendicitis	59	16	52	22	- 5
Skin Disease	60	12	32	126	- 114
Alcohol	61	9	33	126	- 117
Uterin Cancer	62	7	41	80	- 73
Schistosomiasis	63	7	76	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	57	11	- 5
Other Neoplasms	65	4	23	266	- 262
Ascariasis	66	2	71	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	46	55	- 53
Hepatitis C	68	2	64	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	62	3	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Sudan

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.