CUBA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,496	1	22,079	- 16,582
Stroke	2	3,383	2	10,725	- 7,342
Kidney Disease	3	3,087	14	1,700	+ 1,387
Lung Disease	4	2,179	6	5,492	- 3,313
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,986	13	1,791	+ 195
Hypertension	6	1,797	7	3,469	- 1,671
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,740	3	8,564	- 6,824
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,704	5	5,841	- 4,137
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,553	19	1,007	+ 546
Stomach Cancer	10	1,376	20	991	+ 385
Violence	11	1,323	32	584	+ 739
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,293	9	2,958	- 1,665
Other Injuries	13	1,189	12	1,869	- 681
Prostate Cancer	14	933	8	3,365	- 2,432
Suicide	15	847	16	1,638	- 791
Breast Cancer	16	800	15	1,673	- 873
Liver Cancer	17	795	24	815	- 20
Liver Disease	18	770	11	1,873	- 1,104
Lymphomas	19	741	18	1,089	- 349
Lung Cancers	20	715	4	5,985	- 5,270
Congenital Anomalies	21	657	37	368	+ 289
Pancreas Cancer	22	611	21	905	- 293
Other Neoplasms	23	553	25	769	- 215
Leukemia	24	545	30	633	- 89
HIV/AIDS	25	400	34	471	- 72
Inflammatory/Heart	26	398	17	1,156	- 758
Endocrine Disorders	27	382	36	412	- 31
Low Birth Weight	28	370	48	98	+ 272
Cervical Cancer	29	331	29	666	- 335
Parkinson's Disease	30	287	27	691	- 403
Skin Cancers	31	285	33	514	- 229
Skin Disease	32	263	41	258	+ 4
Alcohol	33	263	28	675	- 413
Epilepsy	34	242	46	108	+ 134
Falls	35	242	10	2,810	- 2,568
Bladder Cancer	36	208	26	734	- 526
Drownings	37	201	42	231	- 29
Oral Cancer	38	200	23	876	- 676
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	182	43	206	- 25
Ovary Cancer	40	167	39	323	- 156
Uterin Cancer	41	167	31	602	- 435
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	153	35	420	- 267
Drug Use	43	131	51	82	+ 50
Oesophagus Cancer	44	127	22	879	- 753
Asthma	45	126	40	301	- 175
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	115	49	87	+ 28
Birth Trauma	47	100	59	49	+ 51
Malnutrition	48	77	55	64	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	67	44	162	- 95
Tuberculosis	50	66	60	45	+ 21
Anemia	51	52	52	77	- 26
Appendicitis	52	45	47	104	- 59
Schizophrenia	53	43	54	68	- 25
Meningitis	54	37	50	83	- 46
Maternal Conditions	55	35	61	43	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	27	53	75	- 48
Multiple Sclerosis	57	22	57	55	- 33
Fires	58	21	58	55	- 34
Hepatitis B	59	14	56	59	- 45
Poisonings	60	11	62	17	- 6
Osteoarthritis	61	10	38	326	- 316
Upper Respiratory	62	6	65	6	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	5	66	6	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	2	45	112	- 110
Syphilis	65	2	69	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	66	2	64	6	- 4
Leprosy	67	2	67	2	+ 0
War	68	1	68	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	70	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	63	11	- 11
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Costa Rica

Cuba

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.