MALDIVES VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	195	1	279	- 84
Stroke	2	120	2	143	- 23
Kidney Disease	3	109	4	80	+ 29
Lung Disease	4	77	3	91	- 14
Diabetes Mellitus	5	70	6	47	+ 24
Hypertension	6	64	17	16	+ 47
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	62	8	33	+ 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	60	5	47	+ 13
Road Traffic Accidents	9	55	31	9	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	10	49	49	1	+ 48
Violence	11	47	28	10	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	46	14	21	+ 25
Other Injuries	13	42	18	16	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	14	33	26	11	+ 22
Suicide	15	30	21	15	+ 16
Breast Cancer	16	28	9	28	+ 0
Liver Cancer	17	28	10	27	+ 1
Liver Disease	18	27	11	24	+ 3
Lymphomas	19	26	34	7	+ 19
Lung Cancers	20	25	7	36	- 11
Congenital Anomalies	21	23	15	19	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	22	22	40	4	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	23	20	46	2	+ 18
Leukemia	24	19	24	13	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	25	14	78	0	+ 14
Inflammatory/Heart	26	14	36	5	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	27	14	12	22	- 8
Low Birth Weight	28	13	20	15	- 2
Cervical Cancer	29	12	13	22	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	30	10	25	12	- 1
Skin Cancers	31	10	63	0	+ 10
Skin Disease	32	9	32	8	+ 1
Alcohol	33	9	51	1	+ 9
Epilepsy	34	9	38	5	+ 4
Falls	35	9	16	19	- 10
Bladder Cancer	36	7	37	5	+ 2
Drownings	37	7	23	14	- 7
Oral Cancer	38	7	19	15	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	6	22	14	- 8
Ovary Cancer	40	6	30	9	- 3
Uterin Cancer	41	6	47	2	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	5	42	4	+ 2
Drug Use	43	5	48	2	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	44	4	59	0	+ 4
Asthma	45	4	29	10	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	4	53	0	+ 4
Birth Trauma	47	4	39	5	- 1
Malnutrition	48	3	45	3	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	2	43	3	- 1
Tuberculosis	50	2	27	11	- 9
Anemia	51	2	85	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	52	2	61	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	53	2	86	0	+ 2
Meningitis	54	1	50	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	55	1	35	5	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	1	80	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	57	0	+ 1
Fires	58	1	41	4	- 3
Hepatitis B	59	1	56	0	+ 0
Poisonings	60	0	55	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	61	0	81	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	66	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	63	0	44	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Syphilis	65	0	58	0	- 0
Oral conditions	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	67	0	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	62	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	52	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	33	8	- 8
Ascariasis	71	0	65	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	54	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	60	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	71	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	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	67	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

Costa Rica

Maldives

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.