COSTA RICA VS CAMBODIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMBODIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,045	2	1,624	+ 2,420
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,168	1	2,639	+ 529
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,714	7	836	+ 1,878
Liver Disease	4	2,505	18	370	+ 2,135
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,037	5	953	+ 84
Road Traffic Accidents	6	995	9	746	+ 249
Lung Disease	7	943	4	1,046	- 103
Tuberculosis	8	884	50	32	+ 853
Liver Cancer	9	837	17	382	+ 455
Hypertension	10	726	6	863	- 137
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	663	39	87	+ 576
Falls	12	653	35	116	+ 537
Kidney Disease	13	652	3	1,482	- 830
Peptic Ulcer Disease	14	598	42	74	+ 525
Low Birth Weight	15	564	28	178	+ 386
Lung Cancers	16	503	20	343	+ 160
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	420	8	818	- 398
Birth Trauma	18	417	47	48	+ 369
HIV/AIDS	19	414	25	192	+ 222
Congenital Anomalies	20	398	21	315	+ 82
Asthma	21	381	45	60	+ 321
Drownings	22	343	37	97	+ 247
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	279	12	621	- 341
Breast Cancer	24	264	16	384	- 120
Suicide	25	247	15	407	- 160
Other Injuries	26	244	13	571	- 327
Cervical Cancer	27	225	29	159	+ 66
Oral Cancer	28	200	38	96	+ 104
Leukemia	29	170	24	262	- 92
Maternal Conditions	30	149	55	17	+ 132
Lymphomas	31	146	19	356	- 210
Inflammatory/Heart	32	135	26	191	- 57
Malnutrition	33	132	48	37	+ 95
Stomach Cancer	34	120	10	661	- 540
Endocrine Disorders	35	118	27	183	- 65
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	116	49	32	+ 84
Parkinson's Disease	37	114	30	138	- 24
Violence	38	107	11	635	- 528
Oesophagus Cancer	39	92	44	61	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	40	77	40	80	- 4
Pertussis	41	71	69	0	+ 71
Fires	42	69	58	10	+ 59
Skin Disease	43	65	32	126	- 61
Skin Cancers	44	52	31	137	- 85
Bladder Cancer	45	51	36	100	- 49
Encephalitis	46	42	63	3	+ 40
Hepatitis B	47	42	59	7	+ 35
Pancreas Cancer	48	42	22	294	- 252
Alcohol	49	41	33	126	- 85
Prostate Cancer	50	39	14	448	- 409
Epilepsy	51	37	34	116	- 79
Tetanus	52	34	74	0	+ 34
Malaria	53	31	78	0	+ 31
Meningitis	54	30	54	18	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	55	29	41	80	- 51
Poisonings	56	24	60	5	+ 18
Appendicitis	57	23	52	22	+ 1
Drug Use	58	20	43	63	- 43
Dengue	59	18	70	0	+ 18
Measles	60	18	75	0	+ 18
Hepatitis C	61	15	64	1	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	62	10	23	266	- 255
Schistosomiasis	63	8	76	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	7	46	55	- 48
Multiple Sclerosis	65	5	57	11	- 5
Syphilis	66	5	65	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	67	4	62	3	+ 1
War	68	2	68	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	2	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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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.