COSTA RICA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,573	1	2,639	+ 1,934
Violence	2	2,046	11	635	+ 1,411
Stroke	3	1,760	2	1,624	+ 136
Lung Disease	4	1,691	4	1,046	+ 645
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,144	7	836	+ 308
Road Traffic Accidents	6	824	9	746	+ 79
Kidney Disease	7	726	3	1,482	- 757
Hypertension	8	680	6	863	- 184
Stomach Cancer	9	649	10	661	- 12
Lung Cancers	10	557	20	343	+ 214
Diabetes Mellitus	11	534	5	953	- 419
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	464	12	621	- 157
Breast Cancer	13	390	16	384	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	14	381	14	448	- 67
Other Neoplasms	15	340	23	266	+ 75
Congenital Anomalies	16	315	21	315	- 1
HIV/AIDS	17	285	25	192	+ 93
Lymphomas	18	276	19	356	- 79
Liver Disease	19	258	18	370	- 112
Cervical Cancer	20	241	29	159	+ 82
Leukemia	21	234	24	262	- 27
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	229	8	818	- 589
Low Birth Weight	23	222	28	178	+ 45
Liver Cancer	24	219	17	382	- 163
Pancreas Cancer	25	215	22	294	- 79
Suicide	26	209	15	407	- 198
Malnutrition	27	199	48	37	+ 163
Other Injuries	28	169	13	571	- 402
Falls	29	161	35	116	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	30	145	27	183	- 38
Inflammatory/Heart	31	141	26	191	- 50
Tuberculosis	32	135	50	32	+ 103
Ovary Cancer	33	119	40	80	+ 39
Skin Disease	34	117	32	126	- 9
Skin Cancers	35	109	31	137	- 27
Oesophagus Cancer	36	89	44	61	+ 28
Oral Cancer	37	86	38	96	- 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	79	39	87	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	74	42	74	+ 1
Drownings	40	73	37	97	- 24
Birth Trauma	41	69	47	48	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	42	65	36	100	- 35
Epilepsy	43	63	34	116	- 53
Drug Use	44	52	43	63	- 11
Uterin Cancer	45	45	41	80	- 35
Maternal Conditions	46	42	55	17	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	47	41	30	138	- 97
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	35	56	13	+ 22
War	49	28	68	1	+ 27
Meningitis	50	26	54	18	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	26	46	55	- 29
Appendicitis	52	23	52	22	+ 1
Chagas disease	53	22	79	0	+ 22
Asthma	54	20	45	60	- 40
Dengue	55	14	70	0	+ 14
Fires	56	13	58	10	+ 3
Anemia	57	11	51	25	- 14
Osteoarthritis	58	7	61	5	+ 2
Hepatitis C	59	7	64	1	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	57	11	- 4
Poisonings	61	6	60	5	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	5	59	7	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	4	49	32	- 28
Encephalitis	64	4	63	3	+ 2
Syphilis	65	3	65	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	62	3	- 0
Malaria	67	3	78	0	+ 3
Alcohol	68	2	33	126	- 124
Pertussis	69	2	69	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	70	2	53	21	- 19
Tetanus	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	1	67	1	- 0
Otitis Media	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	72	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	76	1	71	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Colombia

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.