COSTA RICA VS AZERBAIJAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AZERBAIJAN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,473	1	2,639	+ 13,834
Stroke	2	6,397	2	1,624	+ 4,773
Liver Disease	3	1,750	18	370	+ 1,380
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,178	5	953	+ 225
Hypertension	5	1,172	6	863	+ 309
Lung Disease	6	909	4	1,046	- 137
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	881	7	836	+ 45
Inflammatory/Heart	8	831	26	191	+ 640
Kidney Disease	9	786	3	1,482	- 696
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	677	8	818	- 141
Lung Cancers	11	664	20	343	+ 320
Stomach Cancer	12	642	10	661	- 18
Breast Cancer	13	453	16	384	+ 69
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	390	12	621	- 231
Low Birth Weight	15	359	28	178	+ 181
Road Traffic Accidents	16	334	9	746	- 411
Tuberculosis	17	294	50	32	+ 262
Oesophagus Cancer	18	283	44	61	+ 222
Congenital Anomalies	19	268	21	315	- 47
Fires	20	234	58	10	+ 224
Other Injuries	21	230	13	571	- 341
Birth Trauma	22	227	47	48	+ 179
Parkinson's Disease	23	215	30	138	+ 77
Asthma	24	212	45	60	+ 152
Suicide	25	203	15	407	- 203
HIV/AIDS	26	197	25	192	+ 5
Liver Cancer	27	187	17	382	- 194
Drownings	28	166	37	97	+ 69
Falls	29	151	35	116	+ 35
Endocrine Disorders	30	148	27	183	- 35
Pancreas Cancer	31	144	22	294	- 150
Cervical Cancer	32	138	29	159	- 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	129	39	87	+ 42
Violence	34	124	11	635	- 511
Ovary Cancer	35	124	40	80	+ 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	122	42	74	+ 48
Alcohol	37	121	33	126	- 6
Lymphomas	38	113	19	356	- 242
Epilepsy	39	111	34	116	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	100	49	32	+ 68
Bladder Cancer	41	90	36	100	- 10
Oral Cancer	42	79	38	96	- 17
Prostate Cancer	43	77	14	448	- 371
Leukemia	44	71	24	262	- 191
Skin Cancers	45	62	31	137	- 74
Encephalitis	46	53	63	3	+ 51
Uterin Cancer	47	48	41	80	- 32
Poisonings	48	46	60	5	+ 41
Pertussis	49	34	69	0	+ 34
Meningitis	50	31	54	18	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	51	24	55	17	+ 7
Drug Use	52	24	43	63	- 39
Syphilis	53	16	65	1	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	54	10	23	266	- 256
Malnutrition	55	9	48	37	- 28
Upper Respiratory	56	8	62	3	+ 5
Hepatitis B	57	8	59	7	+ 1
Skin Disease	58	7	32	126	- 119
Multiple Sclerosis	59	6	57	11	- 4
Appendicitis	60	6	52	22	- 15
Tetanus	61	4	74	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	46	55	- 52
Leishmaniasis	63	2	72	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	64	1	84	0	+ 1
War	65	0	68	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	66	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	56	13	- 13
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Azerbaijan

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.