ARAB EMIRATES VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		ARAB EMIRATES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,028	1	4,164	+ 864
Stroke	2	3,095	2	1,998	+ 1,096
Kidney Disease	3	2,824	3	1,305	+ 1,519
Lung Disease	4	1,994	6	912	+ 1,082
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,816	4	1,207	+ 610
Hypertension	6	1,644	5	934	+ 710
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,592	8	705	+ 887
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,559	20	194	+ 1,365
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,421	7	870	+ 551
Stomach Cancer	10	1,258	30	112	+ 1,147
Violence	11	1,210	35	70	+ 1,140
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,182	16	309	+ 873
Other Injuries	13	1,087	10	522	+ 565
Prostate Cancer	14	854	43	51	+ 803
Suicide	15	775	9	628	+ 147
Breast Cancer	16	732	17	264	+ 468
Liver Cancer	17	727	32	96	+ 631
Liver Disease	18	704	14	417	+ 287
Lymphomas	19	678	29	117	+ 561
Lung Cancers	20	654	21	185	+ 469
Congenital Anomalies	21	601	15	369	+ 232
Pancreas Cancer	22	559	26	135	+ 424
Other Neoplasms	23	506	56	13	+ 493
Leukemia	24	498	24	154	+ 344
HIV/AIDS	25	366	50	34	+ 332
Inflammatory/Heart	26	364	28	120	+ 245
Endocrine Disorders	27	349	18	260	+ 90
Low Birth Weight	28	339	19	195	+ 144
Cervical Cancer	29	303	41	57	+ 246
Parkinson's Disease	30	263	31	99	+ 164
Skin Cancers	31	260	34	77	+ 183
Skin Disease	32	240	57	13	+ 228
Alcohol	33	240	40	59	+ 181
Epilepsy	34	221	25	140	+ 82
Falls	35	221	11	511	- 290
Bladder Cancer	36	190	39	60	+ 130
Drownings	37	184	23	169	+ 16
Oral Cancer	38	183	52	32	+ 151
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	166	33	92	+ 74
Ovary Cancer	40	153	38	63	+ 90
Uterin Cancer	41	153	46	44	+ 109
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	140	45	45	+ 95
Drug Use	43	120	13	431	- 311
Oesophagus Cancer	44	116	47	37	+ 79
Asthma	45	115	12	458	- 343
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	105	61	3	+ 102
Birth Trauma	47	92	37	64	+ 28
Malnutrition	48	70	60	3	+ 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	61	27	126	- 65
Tuberculosis	50	60	36	66	- 6
Anemia	51	47	86	0	+ 47
Appendicitis	52	41	55	13	+ 28
Schizophrenia	53	39	84	0	+ 39
Meningitis	54	34	42	52	- 18
Maternal Conditions	55	32	59	5	+ 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	25	81	0	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	57	20	49	35	- 15
Fires	58	19	22	178	- 159
Hepatitis B	59	13	44	47	- 34
Poisonings	60	10	48	36	- 25
Osteoarthritis	61	9	80	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	62	6	64	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	63	5	54	28	- 23
Hepatitis C	64	2	63	1	+ 1
Syphilis	65	2	62	3	- 1
Oral conditions	66	2	82	0	+ 2
Leprosy	67	2	69	0	+ 2
War	68	1	53	29	- 28
Pertussis	69	0	58	12	- 11
Dengue	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	65	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	66	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	51	33	- 33
Measles	75	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	67	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARAB EMIRATES

Costa Rica

Arab Emirates

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.