ARGENTINA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		ARGENTINA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,555	1	48,765	- 25,210
Stroke	2	14,496	4	22,878	- 8,381
Kidney Disease	3	13,228	5	13,588	- 360
Lung Disease	4	9,339	3	23,234	- 13,895
Diabetes Mellitus	5	8,509	9	6,838	+ 1,671
Hypertension	6	7,703	11	5,799	+ 1,904
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	7,458	2	40,986	- 33,528
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	7,303	19	3,737	+ 3,566
Road Traffic Accidents	9	6,657	10	6,298	+ 359
Stomach Cancer	10	5,895	20	3,523	+ 2,372
Violence	11	5,670	23	2,712	+ 2,958
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	5,539	7	8,931	- 3,391
Other Injuries	13	5,093	12	5,642	- 548
Prostate Cancer	14	3,999	15	4,507	- 508
Suicide	15	3,631	18	3,747	- 116
Breast Cancer	16	3,428	8	7,063	- 3,634
Liver Cancer	17	3,408	30	2,045	+ 1,363
Liver Disease	18	3,299	16	4,029	- 730
Lymphomas	19	3,175	24	2,708	+ 467
Lung Cancers	20	3,065	6	10,014	- 6,949
Congenital Anomalies	21	2,814	26	2,419	+ 394
Pancreas Cancer	22	2,620	14	4,607	- 1,987
Other Neoplasms	23	2,370	21	3,224	- 854
Leukemia	24	2,334	27	2,189	+ 145
HIV/AIDS	25	1,713	32	1,481	+ 232
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,707	13	5,495	- 3,788
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,636	17	3,987	- 2,351
Low Birth Weight	28	1,588	28	2,183	- 595
Cervical Cancer	29	1,419	25	2,480	- 1,061
Parkinson's Disease	30	1,232	36	965	+ 267
Skin Cancers	31	1,220	34	1,073	+ 147
Skin Disease	32	1,126	22	3,171	- 2,045
Alcohol	33	1,126	46	442	+ 684
Epilepsy	34	1,036	50	332	+ 704
Falls	35	1,036	43	506	+ 530
Bladder Cancer	36	890	31	1,675	- 785
Drownings	37	863	48	380	+ 483
Oral Cancer	38	857	35	1,073	- 216
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	779	42	578	+ 200
Ovary Cancer	40	717	33	1,307	- 590
Uterin Cancer	41	717	37	944	- 227
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	656	44	488	+ 168
Drug Use	43	563	39	826	- 263
Oesophagus Cancer	44	543	29	2,054	- 1,511
Asthma	45	540	47	403	+ 137
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	491	54	243	+ 248
Birth Trauma	47	429	49	373	+ 55
Malnutrition	48	328	38	929	- 601
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	288	56	139	+ 148
Tuberculosis	50	282	41	655	- 373
Anemia	51	221	40	691	- 470
Appendicitis	52	193	60	71	+ 122
Schizophrenia	53	184	61	59	+ 125
Meningitis	54	159	51	316	- 158
Maternal Conditions	55	152	53	279	- 127
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	117	63	48	+ 69
Multiple Sclerosis	57	96	58	101	- 6
Fires	58	91	52	280	- 189
Hepatitis B	59	62	62	56	+ 6
Poisonings	60	48	55	193	- 145
Osteoarthritis	61	44	59	73	- 29
Upper Respiratory	62	27	67	12	+ 15
Encephalitis	63	22	64	17	+ 5
Hepatitis C	64	10	57	113	- 103
Syphilis	65	9	65	15	- 6
Oral conditions	66	9	66	14	- 5
Leprosy	67	9	69	5	+ 4
War	68	5	70	5	+ 0
Pertussis	69	1	68	10	- 9
Dengue	70	1	80	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	72	2	- 2
Diphtheria	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	71	3	- 3
Measles	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	45	451	- 451
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	73	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	74	1	- 1
Chlamydia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARGENTINA

Costa Rica

Argentina

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.