LITHUANIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,317	1	15,329	- 14,012
Stroke	2	811	2	5,643	- 4,832
Kidney Disease	3	740	19	372	+ 368
Lung Disease	4	522	16	513	+ 9
Diabetes Mellitus	5	476	14	525	- 49
Hypertension	6	431	4	1,289	- 858
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	417	7	654	- 237
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	408	8	649	- 241
Road Traffic Accidents	9	372	27	225	+ 148
Stomach Cancer	10	330	10	639	- 309
Violence	11	317	36	132	+ 186
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	310	5	1,074	- 764
Other Injuries	13	285	18	416	- 131
Prostate Cancer	14	224	12	598	- 374
Suicide	15	203	6	721	- 518
Breast Cancer	16	192	11	629	- 437
Liver Cancer	17	191	25	239	- 48
Liver Disease	18	185	9	644	- 459
Lymphomas	19	178	21	321	- 144
Lung Cancers	20	171	3	1,329	- 1,157
Congenital Anomalies	21	157	41	62	+ 96
Pancreas Cancer	22	147	13	578	- 431
Other Neoplasms	23	133	31	212	- 79
Leukemia	24	131	24	284	- 153
HIV/AIDS	25	96	51	22	+ 74
Inflammatory/Heart	26	95	17	484	- 389
Endocrine Disorders	27	92	39	72	+ 19
Low Birth Weight	28	89	55	9	+ 80
Cervical Cancer	29	79	28	224	- 145
Parkinson's Disease	30	69	29	222	- 153
Skin Cancers	31	68	32	197	- 128
Skin Disease	32	63	44	48	+ 15
Alcohol	33	63	33	192	- 129
Epilepsy	34	58	40	62	- 4
Falls	35	58	15	518	- 460
Bladder Cancer	36	50	23	292	- 243
Drownings	37	48	35	150	- 102
Oral Cancer	38	48	20	338	- 290
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	44	42	59	- 16
Ovary Cancer	40	40	26	233	- 193
Uterin Cancer	41	40	34	159	- 119
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	37	22	313	- 276
Drug Use	43	31	37	122	- 91
Oesophagus Cancer	44	30	30	219	- 188
Asthma	45	30	46	45	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	27	47	41	- 14
Birth Trauma	47	24	53	10	+ 14
Malnutrition	48	18	58	7	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	16	48	29	- 13
Tuberculosis	50	16	38	119	- 103
Anemia	51	12	60	5	+ 7
Appendicitis	52	11	54	10	+ 1
Schizophrenia	53	10	56	8	+ 2
Meningitis	54	9	52	19	- 10
Maternal Conditions	55	8	63	2	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	7	57	8	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	49	29	- 23
Fires	58	5	43	51	- 46
Hepatitis B	59	3	61	5	- 1
Poisonings	60	3	45	46	- 43
Osteoarthritis	61	2	59	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	62	1	68	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	1	65	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	1	50	23	- 23
Syphilis	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	66	0	64	2	- 1
Leprosy	67	0	72	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	62	2	- 2
Measles	75	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	66	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Costa Rica

Lithuania

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.