COSTA RICA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,014	1	2,639	+ 375
Stroke	2	2,745	2	1,624	+ 1,121
Kidney Disease	3	1,147	3	1,482	- 335
Lung Disease	4	1,146	4	1,046	+ 100
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,128	8	818	+ 310
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,106	7	836	+ 270
Hypertension	7	1,077	6	863	+ 214
Stomach Cancer	8	1,024	10	661	+ 364
Lung Cancers	9	974	20	343	+ 631
Diabetes Mellitus	10	896	5	953	- 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	853	12	621	+ 232
Road Traffic Accidents	12	797	9	746	+ 52
Liver Disease	13	747	18	370	+ 377
Prostate Cancer	14	687	14	448	+ 239
Suicide	15	480	15	407	+ 73
Breast Cancer	16	476	16	384	+ 92
Pancreas Cancer	17	442	22	294	+ 148
Lymphomas	18	393	19	356	+ 37
Liver Cancer	19	386	17	382	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	20	383	23	266	+ 117
Other Injuries	21	370	13	571	- 201
Endocrine Disorders	22	363	27	183	+ 180
Falls	23	255	35	116	+ 139
Leukemia	24	248	24	262	- 14
Congenital Anomalies	25	242	21	315	- 73
Parkinson's Disease	26	223	30	138	+ 85
Cervical Cancer	27	220	29	159	+ 61
Skin Disease	28	215	32	126	+ 89
Violence	29	210	11	635	- 425
Oesophagus Cancer	30	204	44	61	+ 143
Inflammatory/Heart	31	200	26	191	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	32	181	36	100	+ 81
HIV/AIDS	33	152	25	192	- 40
Skin Cancers	34	148	31	137	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	35	145	40	80	+ 65
Low Birth Weight	36	123	28	178	- 55
Malnutrition	37	119	48	37	+ 82
Tuberculosis	38	116	50	32	+ 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	94	39	87	+ 7
Oral Cancer	40	87	38	96	- 9
Fires	41	83	58	10	+ 73
Asthma	42	83	45	60	+ 23
Epilepsy	43	83	34	116	- 33
Drownings	44	80	37	97	- 17
Uterin Cancer	45	78	41	80	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	63	42	74	- 11
Alcohol	47	58	33	126	- 68
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	53	46	55	- 2
Anemia	49	51	51	25	+ 26
Drug Use	50	42	43	63	- 21
Osteoarthritis	51	37	61	5	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	29	49	32	- 3
Meningitis	53	27	54	18	+ 9
Birth Trauma	54	25	47	48	- 23
Chagas disease	55	22	79	0	+ 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	21	56	13	+ 8
Poisonings	57	19	60	5	+ 14
Schizophrenia	58	11	53	21	- 10
Appendicitis	59	10	52	22	- 11
Hepatitis B	60	8	59	7	+ 2
Hepatitis C	61	8	64	1	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	57	11	- 3
Maternal Conditions	63	7	55	17	- 10
War	64	4	68	1	+ 3
Oral conditions	65	1	66	1	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	65	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	62	3	- 2
Pertussis	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	63	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Chile

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.