CYPRUS VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		CYPRUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	662	1	1,120	- 458
Stroke	2	407	2	462	- 55
Kidney Disease	3	372	7	213	+ 159
Lung Disease	4	262	4	355	- 93
Diabetes Mellitus	5	239	5	332	- 93
Hypertension	6	216	11	127	+ 89
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	210	15	98	+ 112
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	205	3	400	- 195
Road Traffic Accidents	9	187	18	69	+ 118
Stomach Cancer	10	166	21	63	+ 103
Violence	11	159	40	15	+ 144
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	156	8	167	- 11
Other Injuries	13	143	10	136	+ 7
Prostate Cancer	14	112	13	118	- 5
Suicide	15	102	29	44	+ 58
Breast Cancer	16	96	9	155	- 58
Liver Cancer	17	96	20	64	+ 32
Liver Disease	18	93	26	50	+ 42
Lymphomas	19	89	16	97	- 8
Lung Cancers	20	86	6	319	- 233
Congenital Anomalies	21	79	38	18	+ 61
Pancreas Cancer	22	74	14	104	- 31
Other Neoplasms	23	67	23	53	+ 13
Leukemia	24	66	17	83	- 17
HIV/AIDS	25	48	64	0	+ 48
Inflammatory/Heart	26	48	24	51	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	27	46	12	126	- 80
Low Birth Weight	28	45	47	6	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	29	40	37	18	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	30	35	28	44	- 9
Skin Cancers	31	34	31	39	- 4
Skin Disease	32	32	30	44	- 12
Alcohol	33	32	49	5	+ 26
Epilepsy	34	29	44	10	+ 19
Falls	35	29	25	51	- 22
Bladder Cancer	36	25	19	67	- 42
Drownings	37	24	33	33	- 9
Oral Cancer	38	24	36	21	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	22	22	56	- 35
Ovary Cancer	40	20	27	45	- 25
Uterin Cancer	41	20	34	27	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	18	42	11	+ 7
Drug Use	43	16	41	13	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	44	15	43	10	+ 5
Asthma	45	15	35	24	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	14	45	10	+ 4
Birth Trauma	47	12	53	2	+ 10
Malnutrition	48	9	56	2	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	8	32	35	- 26
Tuberculosis	50	8	52	4	+ 4
Anemia	51	6	39	17	- 11
Appendicitis	52	5	66	0	+ 5
Schizophrenia	53	5	57	2	+ 4
Meningitis	54	4	55	2	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	55	4	63	1	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	3	48	6	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	46	9	- 6
Fires	58	3	50	5	- 2
Hepatitis B	59	2	54	2	- 0
Poisonings	60	1	51	4	- 3
Osteoarthritis	61	1	60	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	1	59	1	- 0
Encephalitis	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	58	2	- 1
Syphilis	65	0	62	1	- 0
Oral conditions	66	0	61	1	- 1
Leprosy	67	0	82	0	+ 0
War	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	83	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 CYPRUS

Costa Rica

Cyprus

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.