GEORGIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,456	1	16,014	- 13,558
Stroke	2	1,512	2	11,969	- 10,457
Kidney Disease	3	1,380	10	826	+ 554
Lung Disease	4	974	7	1,158	- 185
Diabetes Mellitus	5	887	6	1,621	- 734
Hypertension	6	803	3	4,387	- 3,584
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	778	9	886	- 108
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	762	5	1,826	- 1,065
Road Traffic Accidents	9	694	13	496	+ 198
Stomach Cancer	10	615	12	533	+ 82
Violence	11	591	40	90	+ 501
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	578	14	444	+ 134
Other Injuries	13	531	20	346	+ 185
Prostate Cancer	14	417	22	290	+ 127
Suicide	15	379	18	367	+ 12
Breast Cancer	16	358	11	613	- 255
Liver Cancer	17	355	17	385	- 29
Liver Disease	18	344	4	1,871	- 1,527
Lymphomas	19	331	25	208	+ 123
Lung Cancers	20	320	8	1,152	- 832
Congenital Anomalies	21	293	28	174	+ 119
Pancreas Cancer	22	273	23	227	+ 46
Other Neoplasms	23	247	52	15	+ 233
Leukemia	24	243	30	171	+ 72
HIV/AIDS	25	179	42	89	+ 90
Inflammatory/Heart	26	178	21	346	- 168
Endocrine Disorders	27	171	38	109	+ 62
Low Birth Weight	28	166	37	114	+ 51
Cervical Cancer	29	148	27	187	- 39
Parkinson's Disease	30	128	19	354	- 226
Skin Cancers	31	127	33	149	- 22
Skin Disease	32	117	51	17	+ 101
Alcohol	33	117	45	49	+ 68
Epilepsy	34	108	44	51	+ 57
Falls	35	108	16	420	- 312
Bladder Cancer	36	93	26	205	- 112
Drownings	37	90	39	95	- 5
Oral Cancer	38	89	31	167	- 77
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	81	50	19	+ 63
Ovary Cancer	40	75	29	174	- 99
Uterin Cancer	41	75	36	115	- 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	68	24	226	- 158
Drug Use	43	59	41	90	- 31
Oesophagus Cancer	44	57	43	75	- 18
Asthma	45	56	35	136	- 80
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	51	57	8	+ 44
Birth Trauma	47	45	46	39	+ 5
Malnutrition	48	34	59	5	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	30	15	426	- 396
Tuberculosis	50	29	32	153	- 123
Anemia	51	23	85	0	+ 23
Appendicitis	52	20	55	10	+ 10
Schizophrenia	53	19	83	0	+ 19
Meningitis	54	17	47	25	- 8
Maternal Conditions	55	16	53	13	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	12	81	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	57	10	54	12	- 2
Fires	58	9	34	140	- 130
Hepatitis B	59	6	58	7	- 1
Poisonings	60	5	49	23	- 18
Osteoarthritis	61	5	80	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	62	3	60	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	2	48	24	- 22
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	0	+ 1
Syphilis	65	1	63	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Leprosy	67	1	78	0	+ 1
War	68	1	61	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	56	8	- 8
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	62	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	66	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

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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.