COSTA RICA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,967	1	2,639	+ 1,328
Stroke	2	2,948	2	1,624	+ 1,324
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,266	7	836	+ 1,431
Violence	4	1,646	11	635	+ 1,011
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,426	5	953	+ 473
Lung Disease	6	1,421	4	1,046	+ 374
Kidney Disease	7	902	3	1,482	- 580
Road Traffic Accidents	8	810	9	746	+ 65
Lung Cancers	9	758	20	343	+ 414
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	735	8	818	- 83
Hypertension	11	690	6	863	- 173
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	554	12	621	- 66
Liver Disease	13	513	18	370	+ 143
Breast Cancer	14	497	16	384	+ 113
Prostate Cancer	15	455	14	448	+ 7
Falls	16	451	35	116	+ 335
Stomach Cancer	17	431	10	661	- 230
Inflammatory/Heart	18	419	26	191	+ 228
Endocrine Disorders	19	405	27	183	+ 222
Suicide	20	348	15	407	- 59
Other Injuries	21	330	13	571	- 240
HIV/AIDS	22	301	25	192	+ 109
Congenital Anomalies	23	295	21	315	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	24	287	22	294	- 6
Liver Cancer	25	276	17	382	- 106
Oesophagus Cancer	26	250	44	61	+ 190
Lymphomas	27	248	19	356	- 107
Oral Cancer	28	238	38	96	+ 142
Cervical Cancer	29	228	29	159	+ 69
Leukemia	30	204	24	262	- 57
Skin Disease	31	172	32	126	+ 46
Alcohol	32	170	33	126	+ 44
Low Birth Weight	33	165	28	178	- 13
Malnutrition	34	160	48	37	+ 123
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	135	39	87	+ 48
Bladder Cancer	36	127	36	100	+ 27
Chagas disease	37	121	79	0	+ 121
Skin Cancers	38	120	31	137	- 16
Drownings	39	118	37	97	+ 21
Tuberculosis	40	117	50	32	+ 86
Parkinson's Disease	41	114	30	138	- 24
Other Neoplasms	42	112	23	266	- 154
Ovary Cancer	43	104	40	80	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	102	42	74	+ 28
Birth Trauma	45	90	47	48	+ 42
Epilepsy	46	78	34	116	- 38
Uterin Cancer	47	67	41	80	- 14
Asthma	48	62	45	60	+ 2
Drug Use	49	59	43	63	- 4
Anemia	50	58	51	25	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	52	49	32	+ 20
Hepatitis C	52	47	64	1	+ 46
Maternal Conditions	53	36	55	17	+ 19
Meningitis	54	33	54	18	+ 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	26	56	13	+ 13
War	56	26	68	1	+ 26
Appendicitis	57	26	52	22	+ 4
Fires	58	25	58	10	+ 14
Hepatitis B	59	19	59	7	+ 12
Schizophrenia	60	16	53	21	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	14	46	55	- 41
Schistosomiasis	62	14	76	0	+ 14
Leishmaniasis	63	10	72	0	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	64	9	57	11	- 2
Osteoarthritis	65	8	61	5	+ 3
Poisonings	66	8	60	5	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	6	62	3	+ 3
Syphilis	68	5	65	1	+ 4
Leprosy	69	4	67	1	+ 3
Otitis Media	70	2	82	0	+ 2
Tetanus	71	2	74	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	72	2	63	3	- 1
Oral conditions	73	1	66	1	+ 0
Malaria	74	1	78	0	+ 1
Pertussis	75	1	69	0	+ 1
Dengue	76	0	70	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	84	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	75	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Brazil

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.