COSTA RICA VS ARMENIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARMENIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,745	1	2,639	+ 13,106
Stroke	2	3,752	2	1,624	+ 2,128
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,148	7	836	+ 1,312
Lung Cancers	4	1,821	20	343	+ 1,478
Lung Disease	5	1,473	4	1,046	+ 426
Hypertension	6	1,367	6	863	+ 504
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,262	5	953	+ 309
Liver Disease	8	1,108	18	370	+ 739
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,044	9	746	+ 298
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	830	12	621	+ 209
Kidney Disease	11	825	3	1,482	- 657
Stomach Cancer	12	793	10	661	+ 132
Breast Cancer	13	785	16	384	+ 401
Liver Cancer	14	640	17	382	+ 259
Pancreas Cancer	15	633	22	294	+ 340
Congenital Anomalies	16	499	21	315	+ 184
Other Injuries	17	464	13	571	- 106
Peptic Ulcer Disease	18	416	42	74	+ 342
Prostate Cancer	19	391	14	448	- 57
Bladder Cancer	20	315	36	100	+ 215
Inflammatory/Heart	21	307	26	191	+ 116
Leukemia	22	241	24	262	- 21
Low Birth Weight	23	230	28	178	+ 52
Uterin Cancer	24	215	41	80	+ 134
Violence	25	198	11	635	- 437
Lymphomas	26	188	19	356	- 168
Cervical Cancer	27	175	29	159	+ 16
Suicide	28	174	15	407	- 233
Ovary Cancer	29	160	40	80	+ 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	30	119	49	32	+ 87
Hepatitis C	31	114	64	1	+ 113
HIV/AIDS	32	113	25	192	- 79
Oral Cancer	33	106	38	96	+ 10
Skin Cancers	34	100	31	137	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	35	92	27	183	- 91
Oesophagus Cancer	36	90	44	61	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	37	77	23	266	- 188
Tuberculosis	38	77	50	32	+ 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	71	8	818	- 748
Falls	40	66	35	116	- 50
Drug Use	41	63	43	63	+ 0
Birth Trauma	42	61	47	48	+ 13
Skin Disease	43	48	32	126	- 78
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	47	56	13	+ 34
Drownings	45	37	37	97	- 60
Poisonings	46	36	60	5	+ 30
Fires	47	23	58	10	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	48	21	30	138	- 117
Asthma	49	17	45	60	- 43
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	17	39	87	- 70
Hepatitis B	51	16	59	7	+ 9
Epilepsy	52	16	34	116	- 100
Multiple Sclerosis	53	16	57	11	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	16	46	55	- 39
Maternal Conditions	55	15	55	17	- 2
Meningitis	56	12	54	18	- 6
Encephalitis	57	9	63	3	+ 6
Anemia	58	8	51	25	- 16
Appendicitis	59	8	52	22	- 13
Osteoarthritis	60	6	61	5	+ 1
Schizophrenia	61	6	53	21	- 15
Alcohol	62	5	33	126	- 121
Upper Respiratory	63	5	62	3	+ 2
Oral conditions	64	3	66	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	65	2	82	0	+ 2
Malnutrition	66	2	48	37	- 34
Leishmaniasis	67	2	72	0	+ 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	68	1	86	0	+ 1
War	69	1	68	1	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Pertussis	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Syphilis	75	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	76	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	67	1	- 1
Tetanus	81	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	85	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Armenia

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.