COSTA RICA VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,108	1	2,639	+ 3,469
Stroke	2	2,620	2	1,624	+ 995
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,007	9	746	+ 262
Hypertension	4	937	6	863	+ 74
Kidney Disease	5	843	3	1,482	- 639
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	816	7	836	- 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	631	8	818	- 187
Low Birth Weight	8	609	28	178	+ 431
Diabetes Mellitus	9	524	5	953	- 430
Lung Disease	10	523	4	1,046	- 524
Congenital Anomalies	11	488	21	315	+ 173
Lung Cancers	12	440	20	343	+ 97
Birth Trauma	13	426	47	48	+ 378
Breast Cancer	14	388	16	384	+ 4
Liver Disease	15	388	18	370	+ 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	352	12	621	- 269
Tuberculosis	17	318	50	32	+ 286
Asthma	18	228	45	60	+ 168
Stomach Cancer	19	228	10	661	- 433
Lymphomas	20	205	19	356	- 150
Bladder Cancer	21	159	36	100	+ 60
Other Injuries	22	157	13	571	- 414
Falls	23	147	35	116	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	24	140	30	138	+ 2
Leukemia	25	130	24	262	- 132
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	124	39	87	+ 37
Cervical Cancer	27	122	29	159	- 37
Suicide	28	120	15	407	- 287
Prostate Cancer	29	120	14	448	- 328
Drug Use	30	110	43	63	+ 47
Pancreas Cancer	31	109	22	294	- 185
Endocrine Disorders	32	104	27	183	- 80
Maternal Conditions	33	103	55	17	+ 86
Inflammatory/Heart	34	92	26	191	- 99
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	81	42	74	+ 7
Violence	36	80	11	635	- 555
Skin Cancers	37	80	31	137	- 57
Oral Cancer	38	78	38	96	- 18
Fires	39	71	58	10	+ 61
Ovary Cancer	40	68	40	80	- 12
Liver Cancer	41	62	17	382	- 320
Drownings	42	50	37	97	- 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	40	49	32	+ 8
Epilepsy	44	40	34	116	- 76
Meningitis	45	36	54	18	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	46	35	44	61	- 26
Poisonings	47	32	60	5	+ 27
HIV/AIDS	48	22	25	192	- 170
Pertussis	49	19	69	0	+ 19
Hepatitis B	50	18	59	7	+ 12
Encephalitis	51	16	63	3	+ 14
Skin Disease	52	12	32	126	- 114
Malnutrition	53	9	48	37	- 28
Alcohol	54	9	33	126	- 117
Appendicitis	55	9	52	22	- 13
Uterin Cancer	56	8	41	80	- 72
Multiple Sclerosis	57	8	57	11	- 2
Other Neoplasms	58	6	23	266	- 259
Measles	59	6	75	0	+ 6
Tetanus	60	6	74	0	+ 6
Syphilis	61	5	65	1	+ 4
War	62	5	68	1	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	63	2	76	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	46	55	- 53
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Malaria	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	67	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Algeria

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.