JORDAN VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,601	1	4,856	+ 744
Stroke	2	3,447	2	2,908	+ 539
Kidney Disease	3	3,145	6	1,494	+ 1,651
Lung Disease	4	2,221	15	444	+ 1,777
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,023	4	1,684	+ 339
Hypertension	6	1,832	5	1,532	+ 300
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,773	8	937	+ 836
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,736	11	706	+ 1,030
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,583	3	1,717	- 134
Stomach Cancer	10	1,402	17	365	+ 1,037
Violence	11	1,348	21	269	+ 1,079
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,317	13	616	+ 701
Other Injuries	13	1,211	19	294	+ 917
Prostate Cancer	14	951	33	131	+ 820
Suicide	15	863	28	165	+ 698
Breast Cancer	16	815	12	686	+ 129
Liver Cancer	17	810	25	186	+ 624
Liver Disease	18	784	14	494	+ 291
Lymphomas	19	755	18	323	+ 431
Lung Cancers	20	729	7	1,059	- 330
Congenital Anomalies	21	669	9	934	- 265
Pancreas Cancer	22	623	22	245	+ 378
Other Neoplasms	23	564	57	9	+ 554
Leukemia	24	555	16	370	+ 185
HIV/AIDS	25	407	63	2	+ 405
Inflammatory/Heart	26	406	38	74	+ 332
Endocrine Disorders	27	389	26	180	+ 209
Low Birth Weight	28	378	10	857	- 480
Cervical Cancer	29	337	41	64	+ 274
Parkinson's Disease	30	293	27	169	+ 124
Skin Cancers	31	290	49	38	+ 252
Skin Disease	32	268	48	42	+ 225
Alcohol	33	268	55	11	+ 257
Epilepsy	34	246	46	49	+ 197
Falls	35	246	24	191	+ 56
Bladder Cancer	36	212	23	213	- 1
Drownings	37	205	36	107	+ 98
Oral Cancer	38	204	31	143	+ 61
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	185	30	152	+ 33
Ovary Cancer	40	170	32	139	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	41	170	39	74	+ 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	156	40	67	+ 89
Drug Use	43	134	34	115	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	44	129	42	63	+ 66
Asthma	45	128	35	114	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	117	61	4	+ 113
Birth Trauma	47	102	20	271	- 169
Malnutrition	48	78	51	15	+ 63
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	68	50	22	+ 46
Tuberculosis	50	67	53	12	+ 55
Anemia	51	53	82	0	+ 53
Appendicitis	52	46	58	8	+ 38
Schizophrenia	53	44	81	0	+ 44
Meningitis	54	38	37	78	- 41
Maternal Conditions	55	36	44	53	- 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	28	85	0	+ 28
Multiple Sclerosis	57	23	54	12	+ 11
Fires	58	22	29	153	- 131
Hepatitis B	59	15	60	4	+ 11
Poisonings	60	11	47	47	- 35
Osteoarthritis	61	11	84	0	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	62	6	69	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	63	5	52	14	- 8
Hepatitis C	64	2	64	1	+ 1
Syphilis	65	2	45	52	- 50
Oral conditions	66	2	86	0	+ 2
Leprosy	67	2	76	0	+ 2
War	68	1	59	6	- 5
Pertussis	69	0	43	55	- 54
Dengue	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	56	11	- 11
Measles	75	0	65	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	62	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

Costa Rica

Jordan

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.