COSTA RICA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,239	1	2,639	+ 1,599
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,066	8	818	+ 2,248
Stroke	3	2,032	2	1,624	+ 408
Lung Cancers	4	1,725	20	343	+ 1,381
Lung Disease	5	1,670	4	1,046	+ 623
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,221	12	621	+ 601
Diabetes Mellitus	7	880	5	953	- 74
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	875	7	836	+ 39
Prostate Cancer	9	741	14	448	+ 293
Breast Cancer	10	670	16	384	+ 286
Suicide	11	620	15	407	+ 213
Kidney Disease	12	618	3	1,482	- 865
Pancreas Cancer	13	613	22	294	+ 320
Falls	14	613	35	116	+ 497
Lymphomas	15	598	19	356	+ 242
Endocrine Disorders	16	458	27	183	+ 275
Skin Cancers	17	456	31	137	+ 319
Leukemia	18	418	24	262	+ 157
Parkinson's Disease	19	401	30	138	+ 262
Liver Cancer	20	401	17	382	+ 19
Drug Use	21	351	43	63	+ 288
Other Injuries	22	323	13	571	- 248
Hypertension	23	321	6	863	- 542
Inflammatory/Heart	24	309	26	191	+ 118
Oesophagus Cancer	25	294	44	61	+ 233
Liver Disease	26	280	18	370	- 90
Stomach Cancer	27	253	10	661	- 407
Other Neoplasms	28	246	23	266	- 19
Road Traffic Accidents	29	245	9	746	- 501
Bladder Cancer	30	234	36	100	+ 134
Ovary Cancer	31	197	40	80	+ 117
Oral Cancer	32	191	38	96	+ 95
Congenital Anomalies	33	140	21	315	- 175
Skin Disease	34	117	32	126	- 9
Uterin Cancer	35	103	41	80	+ 23
Asthma	36	90	45	60	+ 29
Alcohol	37	75	33	126	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	75	49	32	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	39	67	29	159	- 92
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	58	39	87	- 29
Epilepsy	41	56	34	116	- 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	54	42	74	- 19
Low Birth Weight	43	49	28	178	- 129
Violence	44	48	11	635	- 587
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	45	46	55	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	46	37	57	11	+ 26
Drownings	47	35	37	97	- 62
Hepatitis C	48	34	64	1	+ 33
Anemia	49	31	51	25	+ 6
Birth Trauma	50	28	47	48	- 20
Malnutrition	51	23	48	37	- 14
Osteoarthritis	52	22	61	5	+ 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	14	56	13	+ 1
Schizophrenia	54	13	53	21	- 8
Fires	55	11	58	10	+ 1
Tuberculosis	56	10	50	32	- 21
HIV/AIDS	57	10	25	192	- 182
Hepatitis B	58	8	59	7	+ 1
Oral conditions	59	8	66	1	+ 7
Meningitis	60	7	54	18	- 10
Poisonings	61	7	60	5	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	5	52	22	- 16
Maternal Conditions	63	4	55	17	- 13
Upper Respiratory	64	3	62	3	+ 0
War	65	2	68	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	1	65	1	- 0
Encephalitis	68	1	63	3	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	77	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	83	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

Australia

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.