HONDURAS VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		HONDURAS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,776	1	8,063	- 3,286
Stroke	2	2,939	3	5,667	- 2,728
Kidney Disease	3	2,682	4	3,056	- 374
Lung Disease	4	1,894	5	2,997	- 1,103
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,725	10	1,075	+ 650
Hypertension	6	1,562	13	838	+ 724
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,512	9	1,335	+ 177
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,481	8	1,413	+ 68
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,350	7	1,572	- 222
Stomach Cancer	10	1,195	18	643	+ 553
Violence	11	1,150	2	6,520	- 5,371
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,123	29	354	+ 770
Other Injuries	13	1,033	12	845	+ 187
Prostate Cancer	14	811	25	378	+ 433
Suicide	15	736	37	201	+ 535
Breast Cancer	16	695	20	478	+ 217
Liver Cancer	17	691	26	376	+ 315
Liver Disease	18	669	6	2,721	- 2,052
Lymphomas	19	644	24	390	+ 254
Lung Cancers	20	621	27	369	+ 252
Congenital Anomalies	21	571	15	793	- 223
Pancreas Cancer	22	531	32	325	+ 206
Other Neoplasms	23	481	56	41	+ 440
Leukemia	24	473	21	475	- 2
HIV/AIDS	25	347	14	794	- 447
Inflammatory/Heart	26	346	28	366	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	27	332	31	334	- 3
Low Birth Weight	28	322	16	755	- 433
Cervical Cancer	29	288	19	493	- 205
Parkinson's Disease	30	250	23	429	- 179
Skin Cancers	31	247	52	68	+ 180
Skin Disease	32	228	40	167	+ 61
Alcohol	33	228	34	308	- 80
Epilepsy	34	210	36	201	+ 9
Falls	35	210	35	289	- 79
Bladder Cancer	36	180	49	82	+ 99
Drownings	37	175	38	183	- 8
Oral Cancer	38	174	44	99	+ 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	158	11	923	- 765
Ovary Cancer	40	145	45	98	+ 48
Uterin Cancer	41	145	60	23	+ 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	133	17	657	- 524
Drug Use	43	114	42	129	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	44	110	50	81	+ 29
Asthma	45	109	30	346	- 237
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	100	47	91	+ 8
Birth Trauma	47	87	33	310	- 223
Malnutrition	48	67	39	181	- 115
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	58	54	47	+ 12
Tuberculosis	50	57	22	453	- 395
Anemia	51	45	85	0	+ 45
Appendicitis	52	39	41	139	- 100
Schizophrenia	53	37	86	0	+ 37
Meningitis	54	32	46	92	- 59
Maternal Conditions	55	31	48	90	- 59
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	24	82	0	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	57	19	62	11	+ 9
Fires	58	18	57	40	- 22
Hepatitis B	59	13	64	5	+ 8
Poisonings	60	10	55	45	- 35
Osteoarthritis	61	9	81	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	62	5	63	9	- 4
Encephalitis	63	5	51	79	- 74
Hepatitis C	64	2	66	3	- 1
Syphilis	65	2	61	18	- 16
Oral conditions	66	2	80	0	+ 2
Leprosy	67	2	73	0	+ 2
War	68	1	65	4	- 3
Pertussis	69	0	53	58	- 58
Dengue	70	0	43	120	- 120
Ascariasis	71	0	67	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	72	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	59	26	- 26
Measles	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	58	27	- 27
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HONDURAS

Costa Rica

Honduras

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.