DJIBOUTI VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	499	1	687	- 189
Stroke	2	307	2	680	- 373
Kidney Disease	3	280	13	186	+ 94
Lung Disease	4	198	16	120	+ 77
Diabetes Mellitus	5	180	7	284	- 104
Hypertension	6	163	12	211	- 48
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	158	3	671	- 513
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	155	21	90	+ 64
Road Traffic Accidents	9	141	11	229	- 88
Stomach Cancer	10	125	50	14	+ 111
Violence	11	120	24	64	+ 56
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	117	32	38	+ 80
Other Injuries	13	108	10	233	- 125
Prostate Cancer	14	85	44	17	+ 68
Suicide	15	77	19	94	- 17
Breast Cancer	16	73	20	91	- 18
Liver Cancer	17	72	43	19	+ 53
Liver Disease	18	70	6	295	- 225
Lymphomas	19	67	30	40	+ 27
Lung Cancers	20	65	42	20	+ 45
Congenital Anomalies	21	60	18	113	- 53
Pancreas Cancer	22	55	58	6	+ 50
Other Neoplasms	23	50	65	2	+ 48
Leukemia	24	49	27	45	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	25	36	5	348	- 312
Inflammatory/Heart	26	36	28	45	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	27	35	38	25	+ 10
Low Birth Weight	28	34	8	251	- 218
Cervical Cancer	29	30	29	40	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	30	26	41	23	+ 3
Skin Cancers	31	26	53	12	+ 14
Skin Disease	32	24	55	12	+ 12
Alcohol	33	24	49	15	+ 9
Epilepsy	34	22	37	26	- 4
Falls	35	22	26	45	- 24
Bladder Cancer	36	19	47	15	+ 3
Drownings	37	18	35	28	- 10
Oral Cancer	38	18	45	17	+ 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	16	4	364	- 348
Ovary Cancer	40	15	40	23	- 8
Uterin Cancer	41	15	60	4	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	14	34	32	- 18
Drug Use	43	12	54	12	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	44	12	36	27	- 15
Asthma	45	11	22	68	- 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	10	62	3	+ 7
Birth Trauma	47	9	15	166	- 157
Malnutrition	48	7	14	170	- 163
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	6	48	15	- 9
Tuberculosis	50	6	9	243	- 237
Anemia	51	5	85	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	52	4	57	6	- 2
Schizophrenia	53	4	84	0	+ 4
Meningitis	54	3	17	117	- 113
Maternal Conditions	55	3	31	40	- 37
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	2	80	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	67	2	+ 1
Fires	58	2	33	33	- 31
Hepatitis B	59	1	56	8	- 7
Poisonings	60	1	39	25	- 24
Osteoarthritis	61	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	61	4	- 3
Encephalitis	63	0	59	5	- 5
Hepatitis C	64	0	68	1	- 1
Syphilis	65	0	52	13	- 13
Oral conditions	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	67	0	79	0	+ 0
War	68	0	63	3	- 3
Pertussis	69	0	25	50	- 50
Dengue	70	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	51	14	- 14
Diphtheria	73	0	69	1	- 1
Tetanus	74	0	46	16	- 16
Measles	75	0	66	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	76	0	64	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	23	66	- 66
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

Costa Rica

Djibouti

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.