COSTA RICA VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,909	1	2,639	+ 12,269
Stroke	2	14,897	2	1,624	+ 13,273
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,096	8	818	+ 2,278
Lung Cancers	4	1,739	20	343	+ 1,396
Lung Disease	5	1,485	4	1,046	+ 439
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,074	7	836	+ 238
Stomach Cancer	7	836	10	661	+ 175
Inflammatory/Heart	8	788	26	191	+ 597
Liver Cancer	9	735	17	382	+ 353
Hypertension	10	721	6	863	- 142
Kidney Disease	11	675	3	1,482	- 807
Liver Disease	12	637	18	370	+ 268
Parkinson's Disease	13	625	30	138	+ 487
Road Traffic Accidents	14	571	9	746	- 175
Bladder Cancer	15	559	36	100	+ 459
Prostate Cancer	16	527	14	448	+ 78
Breast Cancer	17	389	16	384	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	18	381	22	294	+ 87
Diabetes Mellitus	19	353	5	953	- 600
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	334	12	621	- 287
Asthma	21	326	45	60	+ 266
Leukemia	22	223	24	262	- 39
Falls	23	212	35	116	+ 96
Suicide	24	212	15	407	- 195
Low Birth Weight	25	180	28	178	+ 2
Other Injuries	26	179	13	571	- 392
Violence	27	174	11	635	- 461
Congenital Anomalies	28	174	21	315	- 142
Endocrine Disorders	29	154	27	183	- 30
Oral Cancer	30	152	38	96	+ 56
Lymphomas	31	117	19	356	- 239
Skin Cancers	32	108	31	137	- 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	96	42	74	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	34	87	44	61	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	85	49	32	+ 53
Cervical Cancer	36	81	29	159	- 78
Epilepsy	37	75	34	116	- 41
Uterin Cancer	38	71	41	80	- 9
Ovary Cancer	39	67	40	80	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	40	66	57	11	+ 55
Birth Trauma	41	55	47	48	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	42	43	25	192	- 149
Drownings	43	43	37	97	- 54
Drug Use	44	43	43	63	- 20
Fires	45	33	58	10	+ 23
Encephalitis	46	33	63	3	+ 31
Other Neoplasms	47	33	23	266	- 233
Alcohol	48	31	33	126	- 95
Meningitis	49	23	54	18	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	50	21	62	3	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	19	46	55	- 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	16	39	87	- 72
Poisonings	53	15	60	5	+ 10
Tuberculosis	54	14	50	32	- 17
Skin Disease	55	10	32	126	- 116
Appendicitis	56	9	52	22	- 13
Tetanus	57	5	74	0	+ 5
Malnutrition	58	4	48	37	- 32
Maternal Conditions	59	3	55	17	- 14
Pertussis	60	2	69	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	61	1	72	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	65	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	7	- 6
War	64	1	68	1	+ 0
Measles	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	70	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	25	- 25
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Albania

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.