IRELAND VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,623	1	4,762	- 2,139
Stroke	2	1,614	5	1,770	- 155
Kidney Disease	3	1,473	10	566	+ 907
Lung Disease	4	1,040	4	1,915	- 875
Diabetes Mellitus	5	948	16	414	+ 534
Hypertension	6	858	29	175	+ 683
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	830	6	1,298	- 468
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	813	2	3,209	- 2,396
Road Traffic Accidents	9	741	33	153	+ 588
Stomach Cancer	10	657	17	357	+ 300
Violence	11	631	47	38	+ 593
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	617	7	1,095	- 478
Other Injuries	13	567	30	171	+ 396
Prostate Cancer	14	445	9	585	- 140
Suicide	15	404	14	470	- 66
Breast Cancer	16	382	8	760	- 378
Liver Cancer	17	380	18	318	+ 62
Liver Disease	18	367	19	279	+ 88
Lymphomas	19	354	13	513	- 159
Lung Cancers	20	341	3	1,916	- 1,575
Congenital Anomalies	21	313	32	153	+ 160
Pancreas Cancer	22	292	11	530	- 239
Other Neoplasms	23	264	27	218	+ 46
Leukemia	24	260	20	274	- 14
HIV/AIDS	25	191	57	9	+ 182
Inflammatory/Heart	26	190	26	240	- 50
Endocrine Disorders	27	182	24	249	- 67
Low Birth Weight	28	177	44	56	+ 121
Cervical Cancer	29	158	35	103	+ 55
Parkinson's Disease	30	137	12	530	- 392
Skin Cancers	31	136	23	252	- 116
Skin Disease	32	125	42	58	+ 68
Alcohol	33	125	39	64	+ 61
Epilepsy	34	115	36	85	+ 30
Falls	35	115	25	247	- 131
Bladder Cancer	36	99	22	256	- 157
Drownings	37	96	43	57	+ 39
Oral Cancer	38	95	28	183	- 87
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	87	45	53	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	40	80	21	273	- 193
Uterin Cancer	41	80	34	126	- 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	73	38	67	+ 6
Drug Use	43	63	31	167	- 104
Oesophagus Cancer	44	61	15	419	- 358
Asthma	45	60	41	58	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	55	40	59	- 4
Birth Trauma	47	48	56	10	+ 38
Malnutrition	48	37	63	2	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	32	46	50	- 18
Tuberculosis	50	31	50	23	+ 8
Anemia	51	25	49	29	- 4
Appendicitis	52	21	60	3	+ 18
Schizophrenia	53	21	55	12	+ 9
Meningitis	54	18	58	7	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	55	17	61	3	+ 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	13	54	14	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	11	37	83	- 72
Fires	58	10	48	30	- 20
Hepatitis B	59	7	59	6	+ 1
Poisonings	60	5	53	14	- 9
Osteoarthritis	61	5	51	20	- 15
Upper Respiratory	62	3	64	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	2	66	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	52	19	- 18
Syphilis	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	66	1	62	2	- 1
Leprosy	67	1	70	0	+ 1
War	68	1	65	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Costa Rica

Ireland

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.