COSTA RICA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,188	2	1,624	+ 2,563
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,387	1	2,639	+ 748
Lung Disease	3	1,426	4	1,046	+ 380
Tuberculosis	4	1,160	50	32	+ 1,129
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,127	39	87	+ 1,040
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	923	7	836	+ 88
Diabetes Mellitus	7	904	5	953	- 49
Road Traffic Accidents	8	781	9	746	+ 35
Liver Disease	9	656	18	370	+ 287
Oesophagus Cancer	10	609	44	61	+ 549
Low Birth Weight	11	545	28	178	+ 367
Oral Cancer	12	484	38	96	+ 388
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	468	8	818	- 350
Hypertension	14	461	6	863	- 402
Birth Trauma	15	418	47	48	+ 370
Lung Cancers	16	380	20	343	+ 37
Kidney Disease	17	338	3	1,482	- 1,144
Congenital Anomalies	18	316	21	315	+ 0
Measles	19	282	75	0	+ 282
Asthma	20	278	45	60	+ 217
Other Injuries	21	238	13	571	- 333
Drownings	22	221	37	97	+ 125
Breast Cancer	23	213	16	384	- 172
Stomach Cancer	24	212	10	661	- 448
Suicide	25	187	15	407	- 220
Cervical Cancer	26	160	29	159	+ 1
Violence	27	144	11	635	- 491
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	142	12	621	- 479
Maternal Conditions	29	122	55	17	+ 105
Parkinson's Disease	30	118	30	138	- 20
Falls	31	104	35	116	- 12
Drug Use	32	93	43	63	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	91	49	32	+ 59
Liver Cancer	34	90	17	382	- 292
Lymphomas	35	83	19	356	- 272
Malnutrition	36	75	48	37	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	37	70	40	80	- 11
Meningitis	38	66	54	18	+ 48
Pertussis	39	63	69	0	+ 63
Leukemia	40	59	24	262	- 202
Prostate Cancer	41	52	14	448	- 396
Inflammatory/Heart	42	46	26	191	- 145
Pancreas Cancer	43	44	22	294	- 249
Epilepsy	44	42	34	116	- 74
Endocrine Disorders	45	42	27	183	- 142
Fires	46	40	58	10	+ 30
Appendicitis	47	39	52	22	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	39	42	74	- 34
Syphilis	49	38	65	1	+ 37
Skin Disease	50	35	32	126	- 91
Hepatitis B	51	35	59	7	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	52	31	36	100	- 69
Skin Cancers	53	27	31	137	- 110
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	25	46	55	- 30
HIV/AIDS	55	18	25	192	- 174
Poisonings	56	17	60	5	+ 11
Tetanus	57	14	74	0	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	58	13	41	80	- 68
Encephalitis	59	12	63	3	+ 9
Alcohol	60	8	33	126	- 118
Other Neoplasms	61	8	23	266	- 258
Hepatitis C	62	6	64	1	+ 5
War	63	6	68	1	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	57	11	- 5
Dengue	65	5	70	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	3	62	3	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	2	72	0	+ 2
Malaria	68	1	78	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	67	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	25	- 25
Schizophrenia	82	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	66	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	86	0	61	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Bangladesh

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.