NO MACEDONIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,070	2	4,420	- 3,349
Stroke	2	659	1	5,521	- 4,862
Kidney Disease	3	601	9	516	+ 86
Lung Disease	4	424	6	807	- 382
Diabetes Mellitus	5	387	4	1,104	- 717
Hypertension	6	350	7	627	- 277
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	339	19	157	+ 182
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	332	30	71	+ 261
Road Traffic Accidents	9	303	24	107	+ 195
Stomach Cancer	10	268	10	455	- 187
Violence	11	258	36	31	+ 227
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	252	8	560	- 309
Other Injuries	13	231	17	183	+ 48
Prostate Cancer	14	182	14	259	- 77
Suicide	15	165	16	196	- 31
Breast Cancer	16	156	11	386	- 230
Liver Cancer	17	155	13	260	- 105
Liver Disease	18	150	15	218	- 68
Lymphomas	19	144	25	96	+ 48
Lung Cancers	20	139	5	1,055	- 916
Congenital Anomalies	21	128	37	29	+ 99
Pancreas Cancer	22	119	12	267	- 147
Other Neoplasms	23	108	40	19	+ 89
Leukemia	24	106	22	114	- 8
HIV/AIDS	25	78	61	0	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	26	78	3	4,249	- 4,172
Endocrine Disorders	27	74	44	12	+ 62
Low Birth Weight	28	72	28	73	- 1
Cervical Cancer	29	64	31	68	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	30	56	20	141	- 85
Skin Cancers	31	55	21	126	- 71
Skin Disease	32	51	57	1	+ 50
Alcohol	33	51	42	14	+ 37
Epilepsy	34	47	38	23	+ 24
Falls	35	47	27	78	- 31
Bladder Cancer	36	40	18	163	- 122
Drownings	37	39	41	18	+ 21
Oral Cancer	38	39	29	72	- 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	35	56	1	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	40	33	26	93	- 61
Uterin Cancer	41	33	23	108	- 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	30	32	56	- 26
Drug Use	43	26	47	9	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	44	25	34	45	- 21
Asthma	45	25	33	53	- 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	22	60	0	+ 22
Birth Trauma	47	19	48	7	+ 12
Malnutrition	48	15	58	1	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	13	43	13	+ 0
Tuberculosis	50	13	35	32	- 19
Anemia	51	10	52	3	+ 7
Appendicitis	52	9	55	1	+ 7
Schizophrenia	53	8	85	0	+ 8
Meningitis	54	7	51	4	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	55	7	54	2	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	5	53	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	39	21	- 17
Fires	58	4	46	11	- 7
Hepatitis B	59	3	49	7	- 4
Poisonings	60	2	45	11	- 9
Osteoarthritis	61	2	82	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	65	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	1	59	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	65	0	62	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	66	0	83	0	+ 0
Leprosy	67	0	81	0	+ 0
War	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	50	4	- 4
Dengue	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	66	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Costa Rica

No Macedonia

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.