ERITREA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,180	4	2,154	+ 1,026
Stroke	2	1,957	2	2,564	- 607
Kidney Disease	3	1,786	12	578	+ 1,208
Lung Disease	4	1,261	9	662	+ 599
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,149	7	944	+ 204
Hypertension	6	1,040	8	926	+ 114
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,007	1	3,277	- 2,270
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	986	24	310	+ 676
Road Traffic Accidents	9	899	5	1,326	- 428
Stomach Cancer	10	796	48	48	+ 748
Violence	11	765	20	384	+ 381
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	748	35	113	+ 635
Other Injuries	13	688	15	540	+ 148
Prostate Cancer	14	540	47	54	+ 486
Suicide	15	490	21	382	+ 108
Breast Cancer	16	463	23	311	+ 151
Liver Cancer	17	460	45	69	+ 391
Liver Disease	18	445	6	1,215	- 769
Lymphomas	19	429	28	147	+ 282
Lung Cancers	20	414	46	62	+ 352
Congenital Anomalies	21	380	18	432	- 52
Pancreas Cancer	22	354	58	20	+ 334
Other Neoplasms	23	320	66	6	+ 314
Leukemia	24	315	29	144	+ 171
HIV/AIDS	25	231	25	308	- 76
Inflammatory/Heart	26	230	32	123	+ 108
Endocrine Disorders	27	221	43	71	+ 150
Low Birth Weight	28	214	16	531	- 317
Cervical Cancer	29	191	30	132	+ 59
Parkinson's Disease	30	166	37	85	+ 82
Skin Cancers	31	165	56	30	+ 135
Skin Disease	32	152	50	45	+ 107
Alcohol	33	152	49	45	+ 106
Epilepsy	34	140	38	81	+ 58
Falls	35	140	26	168	- 28
Bladder Cancer	36	120	51	42	+ 78
Drownings	37	117	33	118	- 1
Oral Cancer	38	116	44	71	+ 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	105	3	2,292	- 2,187
Ovary Cancer	40	97	40	79	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	41	97	61	18	+ 79
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	89	27	147	- 58
Drug Use	43	76	53	36	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	44	73	39	81	- 8
Asthma	45	73	22	326	- 253
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	66	64	12	+ 54
Birth Trauma	47	58	11	616	- 558
Malnutrition	48	44	10	660	- 615
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	39	41	77	- 38
Tuberculosis	50	38	14	543	- 505
Anemia	51	30	81	0	+ 30
Appendicitis	52	26	55	31	- 5
Schizophrenia	53	25	83	0	+ 25
Meningitis	54	21	19	404	- 383
Maternal Conditions	55	20	13	544	- 523
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	16	84	0	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	57	13	67	4	+ 9
Fires	58	12	31	132	- 120
Hepatitis B	59	8	57	28	- 19
Poisonings	60	6	34	114	- 108
Osteoarthritis	61	6	85	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	62	4	60	18	- 14
Encephalitis	63	3	62	16	- 13
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	6	- 5
Syphilis	65	1	54	35	- 34
Oral conditions	66	1	86	0	+ 1
Leprosy	67	1	78	0	+ 1
War	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	36	90	- 89
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	68	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	72	0	59	19	- 19
Diphtheria	73	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	52	37	- 37
Measles	75	0	63	13	- 13
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	73	- 73
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	17	437	- 437
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	69	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Costa Rica

Eritrea

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.