COSTA RICA VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,186	1	2,639	- 454
Stroke	2	1,049	2	1,624	- 575
Kidney Disease	3	685	3	1,482	- 797
Diabetes Mellitus	4	633	5	953	- 320
Hypertension	5	490	6	863	- 373
Lung Disease	6	479	4	1,046	- 568
Road Traffic Accidents	7	457	9	746	- 289
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	370	7	836	- 465
Suicide	9	330	15	407	- 77
Other Injuries	10	274	13	571	- 297
Falls	11	268	35	116	+ 152
Asthma	12	241	45	60	+ 180
Drug Use	13	226	43	63	+ 163
Liver Disease	14	219	18	370	- 151
Congenital Anomalies	15	193	21	315	- 122
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	162	12	621	- 458
Breast Cancer	17	139	16	384	- 246
Endocrine Disorders	18	136	27	183	- 47
Low Birth Weight	19	102	28	178	- 76
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	102	8	818	- 716
Lung Cancers	21	97	20	343	- 246
Fires	22	94	58	10	+ 83
Drownings	23	88	37	97	- 8
Leukemia	24	81	24	262	- 181
Epilepsy	25	73	34	116	- 43
Pancreas Cancer	26	71	22	294	- 223
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	66	49	32	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	28	63	26	191	- 128
Lymphomas	29	61	19	356	- 295
Stomach Cancer	30	59	10	661	- 602
Parkinson's Disease	31	52	30	138	- 86
Liver Cancer	32	50	17	382	- 331
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	48	39	87	- 39
Skin Cancers	34	41	31	137	- 96
Violence	35	37	11	635	- 598
Tuberculosis	36	35	50	32	+ 3
Birth Trauma	37	34	47	48	- 15
Ovary Cancer	38	33	40	80	- 47
Bladder Cancer	39	31	36	100	- 68
Alcohol	40	31	33	126	- 95
Cervical Cancer	41	30	29	159	- 129
Meningitis	42	27	54	18	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	43	27	14	448	- 422
Hepatitis B	44	25	59	7	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	24	42	74	- 50
Uterin Cancer	46	23	41	80	- 57
Oesophagus Cancer	47	19	44	61	- 42
Poisonings	48	19	60	5	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	49	19	57	11	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	50	18	25	192	- 174
Tetanus	51	17	74	0	+ 17
Oral Cancer	52	17	38	96	- 79
War	53	15	68	1	+ 15
Encephalitis	54	15	63	3	+ 12
Appendicitis	55	7	52	22	- 15
Other Neoplasms	56	7	23	266	- 259
Skin Disease	57	7	32	126	- 120
Pertussis	58	6	69	0	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	59	3	55	17	- 14
Malnutrition	60	1	48	37	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	46	55	- 54
Syphilis	62	1	65	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	64	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	0	62	3	- 3
Ascariasis	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	25	- 25
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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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.