COSTA RICA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,464	1	2,639	+ 2,825
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,592	7	836	+ 3,757
Lung Disease	3	2,603	4	1,046	+ 1,557
Stroke	4	2,563	2	1,624	+ 939
Kidney Disease	5	1,522	3	1,482	+ 40
Lung Cancers	6	1,122	20	343	+ 779
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,001	12	621	+ 380
Breast Cancer	8	791	16	384	+ 407
Diabetes Mellitus	9	766	5	953	- 187
Road Traffic Accidents	10	706	9	746	- 40
Hypertension	11	650	6	863	- 213
Other Injuries	12	632	13	571	+ 61
Inflammatory/Heart	13	616	26	191	+ 424
Pancreas Cancer	14	516	22	294	+ 223
Prostate Cancer	15	505	14	448	+ 57
Liver Disease	16	451	18	370	+ 82
Endocrine Disorders	17	447	27	183	+ 263
Suicide	18	420	15	407	+ 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	419	8	818	- 400
Stomach Cancer	20	395	10	661	- 266
Other Neoplasms	21	361	23	266	+ 96
Skin Disease	22	355	32	126	+ 229
Violence	23	304	11	635	- 331
Lymphomas	24	303	19	356	- 52
Cervical Cancer	25	278	29	159	+ 119
Congenital Anomalies	26	271	21	315	- 44
Leukemia	27	245	24	262	- 16
Low Birth Weight	28	245	28	178	+ 67
Oesophagus Cancer	29	230	44	61	+ 169
Liver Cancer	30	229	17	382	- 153
Bladder Cancer	31	188	36	100	+ 88
HIV/AIDS	32	166	25	192	- 26
Ovary Cancer	33	146	40	80	+ 66
Skin Cancers	34	120	31	137	- 16
Oral Cancer	35	120	38	96	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	36	108	30	138	- 30
Uterin Cancer	37	106	41	80	+ 25
Malnutrition	38	104	48	37	+ 67
Drug Use	39	93	43	63	+ 29
Anemia	40	77	51	25	+ 53
Tuberculosis	41	73	50	32	+ 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	65	39	87	- 22
Falls	43	57	35	116	- 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	55	42	74	- 19
Chagas disease	45	51	79	0	+ 51
Alcohol	46	49	33	126	- 77
Asthma	47	45	45	60	- 15
Drownings	48	43	37	97	- 54
Birth Trauma	49	42	47	48	- 6
Epilepsy	50	37	34	116	- 79
Meningitis	51	35	54	18	+ 18
Fires	52	31	58	10	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	53	31	55	17	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	27	46	55	- 28
Poisonings	55	22	60	5	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	16	49	32	- 17
Hepatitis C	57	13	64	1	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	58	11	57	11	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	59	8	61	5	+ 3
Appendicitis	60	8	52	22	- 14
Schizophrenia	61	7	53	21	- 14
Hepatitis B	62	6	59	7	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	5	56	13	- 8
Encephalitis	64	2	63	3	- 1
Syphilis	65	2	65	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	66	2	66	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	62	3	- 2
Pertussis	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	1	67	1	- 0
War	70	1	68	1	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Argentina

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.