COSTA RICA VS BOSNIA/HERZEG.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOSNIA/HERZEG.		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,754	1	2,639	+ 10,114
Stroke	2	10,911	2	1,624	+ 9,287
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,335	5	953	+ 2,381
Lung Cancers	4	2,878	20	343	+ 2,535
Lung Disease	5	1,612	4	1,046	+ 565
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,585	8	818	+ 767
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,384	12	621	+ 763
Inflammatory/Heart	8	1,211	26	191	+ 1,020
Kidney Disease	9	955	3	1,482	- 527
Liver Disease	10	850	18	370	+ 481
Hypertension	11	757	6	863	- 106
Stomach Cancer	12	738	10	661	+ 77
Breast Cancer	13	732	16	384	+ 348
Liver Cancer	14	665	17	382	+ 283
Pancreas Cancer	15	642	22	294	+ 349
Road Traffic Accidents	16	618	9	746	- 128
Influenza and Pneumonia	17	610	7	836	- 226
Prostate Cancer	18	572	14	448	+ 124
Suicide	19	500	15	407	+ 93
Parkinson's Disease	20	473	30	138	+ 334
Falls	21	370	35	116	+ 254
Bladder Cancer	22	322	36	100	+ 222
Leukemia	23	258	24	262	- 4
Lymphomas	24	255	19	356	- 100
Ovary Cancer	25	253	40	80	+ 172
Other Injuries	26	217	13	571	- 353
Oral Cancer	27	202	38	96	+ 106
Skin Cancers	28	185	31	137	+ 48
Cervical Cancer	29	183	29	159	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	168	42	74	+ 94
Oesophagus Cancer	31	153	44	61	+ 92
Tuberculosis	32	129	50	32	+ 98
Uterin Cancer	33	127	41	80	+ 47
Alcohol	34	125	33	126	- 1
Congenital Anomalies	35	95	21	315	- 220
Epilepsy	36	83	34	116	- 33
Asthma	37	82	45	60	+ 22
Fires	38	75	58	10	+ 65
Endocrine Disorders	39	74	27	183	- 109
Violence	40	68	11	635	- 568
Low Birth Weight	41	67	28	178	- 111
Drownings	42	66	37	97	- 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	50	49	32	+ 18
Drug Use	44	35	43	63	- 28
Other Neoplasms	45	31	23	266	- 234
Multiple Sclerosis	46	30	57	11	+ 20
Skin Disease	47	29	32	126	- 97
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	27	46	55	- 28
Birth Trauma	49	19	47	48	- 29
Poisonings	50	19	60	5	+ 13
Encephalitis	51	18	63	3	+ 15
Appendicitis	52	15	52	22	- 7
Meningitis	53	13	54	18	- 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	11	39	87	- 76
Measles	55	7	75	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	56	4	59	7	- 3
Malnutrition	57	3	48	37	- 33
Maternal Conditions	58	3	55	17	- 14
Pertussis	59	3	69	0	+ 3
Tetanus	60	1	74	0	+ 1
Syphilis	61	1	65	1	+ 0
War	62	0	68	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	62	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	64	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	67	1	- 1
HIV/AIDS	70	0	25	192	- 192
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	25	- 25
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.