ESTONIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	598	1	3,009	- 2,411
Stroke	2	368	3	1,116	- 748
Kidney Disease	3	336	17	176	+ 160
Lung Disease	4	237	13	229	+ 9
Diabetes Mellitus	5	216	19	146	+ 70
Hypertension	6	196	2	2,700	- 2,505
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	189	6	349	- 159
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	186	12	229	- 44
Road Traffic Accidents	9	169	35	59	+ 110
Stomach Cancer	10	150	9	290	- 140
Violence	11	144	42	28	+ 116
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	141	5	527	- 386
Other Injuries	13	129	20	141	- 12
Prostate Cancer	14	102	8	298	- 197
Suicide	15	92	16	197	- 105
Breast Cancer	16	87	11	260	- 173
Liver Cancer	17	87	26	107	- 21
Liver Disease	18	84	7	328	- 245
Lymphomas	19	81	15	213	- 132
Lung Cancers	20	78	4	657	- 579
Congenital Anomalies	21	71	43	25	+ 46
Pancreas Cancer	22	67	10	268	- 202
Other Neoplasms	23	60	23	123	- 63
Leukemia	24	59	22	126	- 66
HIV/AIDS	25	44	39	40	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	26	43	14	217	- 174
Endocrine Disorders	27	42	33	66	- 24
Low Birth Weight	28	40	55	7	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	29	36	32	68	- 32
Parkinson's Disease	30	31	29	82	- 51
Skin Cancers	31	31	30	79	- 48
Skin Disease	32	29	41	29	+ 0
Alcohol	33	29	18	148	- 120
Epilepsy	34	26	37	45	- 18
Falls	35	26	24	119	- 92
Bladder Cancer	36	23	21	126	- 103
Drownings	37	22	40	30	- 8
Oral Cancer	38	22	25	110	- 89
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	20	53	8	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	40	18	28	87	- 69
Uterin Cancer	41	18	34	60	- 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	17	36	55	- 38
Drug Use	43	14	31	75	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	44	14	27	99	- 85
Asthma	45	14	44	24	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	12	46	17	- 5
Birth Trauma	47	11	57	5	+ 6
Malnutrition	48	8	79	0	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	7	45	22	- 14
Tuberculosis	50	7	47	16	- 9
Anemia	51	6	51	9	- 4
Appendicitis	52	5	59	2	+ 3
Schizophrenia	53	5	56	6	- 1
Meningitis	54	4	54	7	- 3
Maternal Conditions	55	4	61	1	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	3	49	12	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	48	16	- 14
Fires	58	2	38	41	- 39
Hepatitis B	59	2	65	0	+ 2
Poisonings	60	1	52	8	- 7
Osteoarthritis	61	1	50	10	- 9
Upper Respiratory	62	1	66	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	1	63	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	58	4	- 4
Syphilis	65	0	62	1	- 1
Oral conditions	66	0	60	2	- 2
Leprosy	67	0	68	0	+ 0
War	68	0	64	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.