CHILE VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,355	1	10,685	- 1,330
Stroke	2	5,758	2	9,731	- 3,974
Kidney Disease	3	5,254	3	4,065	+ 1,189
Lung Disease	4	3,709	4	4,062	- 353
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,379	10	3,177	+ 203
Hypertension	6	3,059	7	3,817	- 757
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,962	6	3,920	- 958
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,900	5	4,000	- 1,099
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,644	12	2,826	- 183
Stomach Cancer	10	2,341	8	3,631	- 1,289
Violence	11	2,252	29	744	+ 1,508
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,200	11	3,022	- 822
Other Injuries	13	2,023	21	1,310	+ 713
Prostate Cancer	14	1,588	14	2,435	- 847
Suicide	15	1,442	15	1,700	- 258
Breast Cancer	16	1,362	16	1,689	- 327
Liver Cancer	17	1,353	19	1,369	- 16
Liver Disease	18	1,310	13	2,647	- 1,337
Lymphomas	19	1,261	18	1,394	- 133
Lung Cancers	20	1,217	9	3,452	- 2,235
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,118	25	858	+ 260
Pancreas Cancer	22	1,041	17	1,567	- 526
Other Neoplasms	23	941	20	1,358	- 416
Leukemia	24	927	24	879	+ 48
HIV/AIDS	25	680	33	539	+ 141
Inflammatory/Heart	26	678	31	709	- 31
Endocrine Disorders	27	650	22	1,286	- 637
Low Birth Weight	28	631	36	437	+ 193
Cervical Cancer	29	563	27	780	- 216
Parkinson's Disease	30	489	26	790	- 301
Skin Cancers	31	485	34	526	- 41
Skin Disease	32	447	28	763	- 316
Alcohol	33	447	47	207	+ 240
Epilepsy	34	412	43	294	+ 117
Falls	35	411	23	904	- 493
Bladder Cancer	36	353	32	641	- 288
Drownings	37	343	44	283	+ 60
Oral Cancer	38	340	40	307	+ 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	309	39	334	- 25
Ovary Cancer	40	285	35	514	- 230
Uterin Cancer	41	285	45	275	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	261	46	223	+ 37
Drug Use	43	224	50	149	+ 75
Oesophagus Cancer	44	216	30	722	- 506
Asthma	45	214	42	295	- 80
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	195	48	187	+ 9
Birth Trauma	47	170	54	87	+ 83
Malnutrition	48	130	37	420	- 290
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	114	52	104	+ 10
Tuberculosis	50	112	38	410	- 298
Anemia	51	88	49	180	- 92
Appendicitis	52	76	59	37	+ 40
Schizophrenia	53	73	58	38	+ 35
Meningitis	54	63	53	95	- 32
Maternal Conditions	55	60	63	24	+ 37
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	47	56	73	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	57	38	62	27	+ 12
Fires	58	36	41	295	- 259
Hepatitis B	59	25	60	30	- 5
Poisonings	60	19	57	68	- 49
Osteoarthritis	61	18	51	131	- 114
Upper Respiratory	62	11	67	4	+ 6
Encephalitis	63	9	70	2	+ 7
Hepatitis C	64	4	61	27	- 23
Syphilis	65	4	66	5	- 1
Oral conditions	66	3	65	5	- 2
Leprosy	67	3	76	0	+ 3
War	68	2	64	14	- 12
Pertussis	69	0	68	3	- 2
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	55	79	- 79
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	71	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Costa Rica

Chile

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.