COSTA RICA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,726	1	2,639	+ 2,087
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,451	7	836	+ 2,615
Stroke	3	3,082	2	1,624	+ 1,458
Kidney Disease	4	2,514	3	1,482	+ 1,032
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,107	5	953	+ 1,154
Liver Disease	6	1,705	18	370	+ 1,336
Lung Disease	7	1,598	4	1,046	+ 551
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,060	8	818	+ 242
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,039	9	746	+ 293
Hypertension	10	824	6	863	- 39
Other Injuries	11	547	13	571	- 24
Low Birth Weight	12	541	28	178	+ 363
Tuberculosis	13	508	50	32	+ 476
Violence	14	469	11	635	- 166
Congenital Anomalies	15	462	21	315	+ 147
Cervical Cancer	16	458	29	159	+ 299
Falls	17	456	35	116	+ 340
Malnutrition	18	441	48	37	+ 404
Birth Trauma	19	421	47	48	+ 373
Lung Cancers	20	386	20	343	+ 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	378	39	87	+ 290
Parkinson's Disease	22	364	30	138	+ 226
Stomach Cancer	23	336	10	661	- 325
Chagas disease	24	323	79	0	+ 323
Liver Cancer	25	308	17	382	- 74
Suicide	26	306	15	407	- 101
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	290	42	74	+ 216
Prostate Cancer	28	235	14	448	- 213
Breast Cancer	29	206	16	384	- 178
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	174	12	621	- 446
Drownings	31	174	37	97	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	32	164	27	183	- 19
Alcohol	33	164	33	126	+ 38
Leukemia	34	162	24	262	- 99
Inflammatory/Heart	35	160	26	191	- 31
Pancreas Cancer	36	142	22	294	- 152
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	125	49	32	+ 93
Asthma	38	111	45	60	+ 50
Maternal Conditions	39	105	55	17	+ 88
Drug Use	40	104	43	63	+ 41
Lymphomas	41	94	19	356	- 262
Epilepsy	42	85	34	116	- 31
Skin Cancers	43	81	31	137	- 55
Fires	44	78	58	10	+ 67
HIV/AIDS	45	74	25	192	- 117
Appendicitis	46	67	52	22	+ 45
Uterin Cancer	47	65	41	80	- 16
Oesophagus Cancer	48	57	44	61	- 4
Meningitis	49	55	54	18	+ 37
Pertussis	50	52	69	0	+ 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	47	46	55	- 8
Encephalitis	52	47	63	3	+ 44
Syphilis	53	45	65	1	+ 44
Ovary Cancer	54	44	40	80	- 37
Skin Disease	55	43	32	126	- 83
Oral Cancer	56	39	38	96	- 57
Poisonings	57	28	60	5	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	58	18	23	266	- 247
Bladder Cancer	59	18	36	100	- 81
Tetanus	60	13	74	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	57	11	- 1
Upper Respiratory	62	7	62	3	+ 4
War	63	4	68	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	64	2	59	7	- 5
Leishmaniasis	65	2	72	0	+ 2
Dengue	66	2	70	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	67	1	64	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	66	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	82	0	61	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	25	- 25
Schizophrenia	85	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Bolivia

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.