JAMAICA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,415	3	1,726	- 311
Stroke	2	871	1	2,415	- 1,544
Kidney Disease	3	795	6	793	+ 2
Lung Disease	4	561	11	452	+ 109
Diabetes Mellitus	5	511	2	2,077	- 1,566
Hypertension	6	463	8	651	- 188
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	448	15	393	+ 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	439	9	587	- 149
Road Traffic Accidents	9	400	12	444	- 44
Stomach Cancer	10	354	19	231	+ 124
Violence	11	341	4	1,484	- 1,144
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	333	13	436	- 104
Other Injuries	13	306	31	91	+ 215
Prostate Cancer	14	240	5	883	- 643
Suicide	15	218	35	70	+ 148
Breast Cancer	16	206	14	413	- 207
Liver Cancer	17	205	29	101	+ 104
Liver Disease	18	198	21	155	+ 43
Lymphomas	19	191	17	251	- 60
Lung Cancers	20	184	10	472	- 288
Congenital Anomalies	21	169	23	139	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	22	157	27	119	+ 39
Other Neoplasms	23	142	45	19	+ 124
Leukemia	24	140	26	129	+ 11
HIV/AIDS	25	103	7	757	- 654
Inflammatory/Heart	26	103	24	133	- 31
Endocrine Disorders	27	98	20	176	- 78
Low Birth Weight	28	95	18	241	- 145
Cervical Cancer	29	85	16	358	- 273
Parkinson's Disease	30	74	25	132	- 58
Skin Cancers	31	73	52	10	+ 63
Skin Disease	32	68	22	145	- 78
Alcohol	33	68	55	7	+ 60
Epilepsy	34	62	41	46	+ 16
Falls	35	62	33	82	- 20
Bladder Cancer	36	53	38	60	- 6
Drownings	37	52	51	10	+ 42
Oral Cancer	38	51	39	59	- 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	47	42	35	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	40	43	30	97	- 54
Uterin Cancer	41	43	28	106	- 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	39	32	82	- 43
Drug Use	43	34	48	13	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	44	33	34	74	- 41
Asthma	45	32	36	65	- 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	30	50	11	+ 18
Birth Trauma	47	26	37	65	- 39
Malnutrition	48	20	40	48	- 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	17	44	27	- 9
Tuberculosis	50	17	54	8	+ 9
Anemia	51	13	83	0	+ 13
Appendicitis	52	12	53	9	+ 3
Schizophrenia	53	11	85	0	+ 11
Meningitis	54	10	47	16	- 6
Maternal Conditions	55	9	43	35	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	7	81	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	57	6	56	3	+ 2
Fires	58	5	46	16	- 10
Hepatitis B	59	4	59	1	+ 3
Poisonings	60	3	57	2	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	61	3	82	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	2	65	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	1	49	13	- 12
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	0	+ 0
Syphilis	65	1	60	1	- 0
Oral conditions	66	1	80	0	+ 1
Leprosy	67	1	70	0	+ 1
War	68	0	61	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	58	1	- 1
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	62	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Costa Rica

Jamaica

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.