GREECE VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,243	1	21,124	- 15,881
Stroke	2	3,227	2	14,077	- 10,851
Kidney Disease	3	2,945	6	4,759	- 1,814
Lung Disease	4	2,079	5	5,526	- 3,447
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,894	20	1,266	+ 629
Hypertension	6	1,715	9	2,922	- 1,208
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,660	3	8,282	- 6,622
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,626	7	3,940	- 2,314
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,482	22	870	+ 612
Stomach Cancer	10	1,312	16	1,535	- 223
Violence	11	1,262	42	104	+ 1,158
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,233	8	3,264	- 2,031
Other Injuries	13	1,134	17	1,453	- 320
Prostate Cancer	14	890	12	2,023	- 1,133
Suicide	15	808	28	533	+ 276
Breast Cancer	16	763	11	2,520	- 1,757
Liver Cancer	17	759	14	1,566	- 807
Liver Disease	18	734	23	809	- 75
Lymphomas	19	707	19	1,268	- 562
Lung Cancers	20	682	4	7,355	- 6,673
Congenital Anomalies	21	626	38	174	+ 452
Pancreas Cancer	22	583	13	1,904	- 1,321
Other Neoplasms	23	528	25	679	- 151
Leukemia	24	520	18	1,354	- 834
HIV/AIDS	25	381	50	47	+ 334
Inflammatory/Heart	26	380	24	725	- 345
Endocrine Disorders	27	364	29	526	- 162
Low Birth Weight	28	353	41	127	+ 226
Cervical Cancer	29	316	36	243	+ 72
Parkinson's Disease	30	274	10	2,646	- 2,372
Skin Cancers	31	272	31	438	- 167
Skin Disease	32	251	47	56	+ 194
Alcohol	33	251	49	50	+ 200
Epilepsy	34	231	34	249	- 18
Falls	35	231	21	1,245	- 1,014
Bladder Cancer	36	198	15	1,551	- 1,353
Drownings	37	192	32	435	- 243
Oral Cancer	38	191	30	440	- 249
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	173	44	95	+ 78
Ovary Cancer	40	160	27	557	- 398
Uterin Cancer	41	160	33	373	- 213
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	146	26	611	- 465
Drug Use	43	125	37	193	- 68
Oesophagus Cancer	44	121	35	246	- 125
Asthma	45	120	55	27	+ 93
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	109	45	67	+ 43
Birth Trauma	47	95	57	17	+ 79
Malnutrition	48	73	66	1	+ 72
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	64	43	100	- 36
Tuberculosis	50	63	46	66	- 4
Anemia	51	49	51	47	+ 2
Appendicitis	52	43	58	9	+ 33
Schizophrenia	53	41	54	27	+ 13
Meningitis	54	35	53	33	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	55	34	61	2	+ 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	26	86	0	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	57	21	40	135	- 114
Fires	58	20	39	146	- 126
Hepatitis B	59	14	48	56	- 42
Poisonings	60	11	56	19	- 9
Osteoarthritis	61	10	85	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	62	6	59	8	- 2
Encephalitis	63	5	67	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	2	52	38	- 36
Syphilis	65	2	65	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	66	2	63	2	+ 0
Leprosy	67	2	81	0	+ 2
War	68	1	64	1	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	60	4	- 4
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	62	2	- 2
Measles	75	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Costa Rica

Greece

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.