COSTA RICA VS AUSTRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	AUSTRIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,356	1	2,639	+ 7,717
Stroke	2	3,058	2	1,624	+ 1,434
Lung Cancers	3	2,476	20	343	+ 2,133
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	2,451	8	818	+ 1,633
Lung Disease	5	2,411	4	1,046	+ 1,365
Hypertension	6	2,114	6	863	+ 1,251
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,365	12	621	+ 744
Kidney Disease	8	1,320	3	1,482	- 163
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,229	5	953	+ 276
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,116	22	294	+ 823
Breast Cancer	11	1,090	16	384	+ 706
Other Injuries	12	998	13	571	+ 428
Influenza and Pneumonia	13	918	7	836	+ 82
Inflammatory/Heart	14	890	26	191	+ 699
Prostate Cancer	15	881	14	448	+ 433
Liver Disease	16	802	18	370	+ 432
Suicide	17	767	15	407	+ 361
Lymphomas	18	685	19	356	+ 329
Parkinson's Disease	19	647	30	138	+ 509
Endocrine Disorders	20	633	27	183	+ 449
Falls	21	577	35	116	+ 460
Liver Cancer	22	541	17	382	+ 159
Leukemia	23	516	24	262	+ 254
Stomach Cancer	24	480	10	661	- 181
Other Neoplasms	25	478	23	266	+ 213
Bladder Cancer	26	363	36	100	+ 263
Oral Cancer	27	361	38	96	+ 265
Skin Cancers	28	343	31	137	+ 207
Alcohol	29	316	33	126	+ 190
Ovary Cancer	30	302	40	80	+ 221
Road Traffic Accidents	31	256	9	746	- 490
Oesophagus Cancer	32	238	44	61	+ 178
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	222	49	32	+ 190
Congenital Anomalies	34	192	21	315	- 123
Uterin Cancer	35	162	41	80	+ 81
Epilepsy	36	130	34	116	+ 14
Cervical Cancer	37	121	29	159	- 38
Multiple Sclerosis	38	100	57	11	+ 89
Drug Use	39	95	43	63	+ 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	89	39	87	+ 2
Hepatitis C	41	86	64	1	+ 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	83	42	74	+ 10
Skin Disease	43	58	32	126	- 68
Anemia	44	58	51	25	+ 33
Asthma	45	48	45	60	- 13
Malnutrition	46	42	48	37	+ 5
Violence	47	27	11	635	- 608
Drownings	48	25	37	97	- 72
HIV/AIDS	49	24	25	192	- 168
Tuberculosis	50	24	50	32	- 8
Low Birth Weight	51	23	28	178	- 154
Fires	52	21	58	10	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	20	46	55	- 35
Birth Trauma	54	20	47	48	- 28
Upper Respiratory	55	15	62	3	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	13	56	13	- 0
Osteoarthritis	57	13	61	5	+ 8
Meningitis	58	13	54	18	- 5
Appendicitis	59	9	52	22	- 13
Poisonings	60	9	60	5	+ 3
Oral conditions	61	5	66	1	+ 4
Hepatitis B	62	5	59	7	- 2
Schizophrenia	63	3	53	21	- 18
Maternal Conditions	64	2	55	17	- 15
Otitis Media	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	65	1	- 0
War	67	1	68	1	- 0
Encephalitis	68	1	63	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	84	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	67	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Austria

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.