COSTA RICA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,275	1	2,639	+ 2,636
War	2	3,362	68	1	+ 3,362
Stroke	3	2,501	2	1,624	+ 877
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,923	7	836	+ 1,087
Low Birth Weight	5	1,658	28	178	+ 1,480
Birth Trauma	6	1,407	47	48	+ 1,359
Tuberculosis	7	1,291	50	32	+ 1,260
Hypertension	8	1,049	6	863	+ 186
Maternal Conditions	9	1,025	55	17	+ 1,008
Kidney Disease	10	865	3	1,482	- 617
Road Traffic Accidents	11	792	9	746	+ 46
Diabetes Mellitus	12	755	5	953	- 199
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	729	39	87	+ 642
Congenital Anomalies	14	656	21	315	+ 341
Lung Disease	15	610	4	1,046	- 436
Liver Disease	16	604	18	370	+ 234
Asthma	17	447	45	60	+ 386
Other Injuries	18	425	13	571	- 145
Violence	19	422	11	635	- 213
Meningitis	20	345	54	18	+ 327
Pertussis	21	277	69	0	+ 276
Breast Cancer	22	239	16	384	- 145
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	232	8	818	- 587
Suicide	24	206	15	407	- 200
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	198	42	74	+ 124
Stomach Cancer	26	197	10	661	- 464
Oral Cancer	27	193	38	96	+ 97
Endocrine Disorders	28	179	27	183	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	29	172	44	61	+ 112
Tetanus	30	165	74	0	+ 165
Encephalitis	31	156	63	3	+ 154
Lung Cancers	32	141	20	343	- 202
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	137	49	32	+ 104
Drownings	34	131	37	97	+ 34
Epilepsy	35	130	34	116	+ 14
Lymphomas	36	124	19	356	- 232
Falls	37	119	35	116	+ 3
Hepatitis B	38	113	59	7	+ 106
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	97	12	621	- 523
Liver Cancer	40	86	17	382	- 296
Parkinson's Disease	41	82	30	138	- 56
Leukemia	42	80	24	262	- 181
Malnutrition	43	77	48	37	+ 41
Cervical Cancer	44	71	29	159	- 88
Inflammatory/Heart	45	69	26	191	- 122
HIV/AIDS	46	61	25	192	- 131
Poisonings	47	50	60	5	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	48	48	40	80	- 32
Measles	49	46	75	0	+ 46
Fires	50	46	58	10	+ 36
Drug Use	51	43	43	63	- 20
Appendicitis	52	39	52	22	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	53	38	41	80	- 42
Bladder Cancer	54	36	36	100	- 64
Prostate Cancer	55	34	14	448	- 414
Pancreas Cancer	56	30	22	294	- 263
Malaria	57	24	78	0	+ 24
Alcohol	58	20	33	126	- 106
Skin Cancers	59	19	31	137	- 118
Syphilis	60	12	65	1	+ 11
Skin Disease	61	12	32	126	- 114
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	57	11	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	63	4	23	266	- 262
Hepatitis C	64	4	64	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	46	55	- 52
Ascariasis	66	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	2	73	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	62	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	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
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	25	- 25
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

Afghanistan

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.