MONGOLIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		MONGOLIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,645	1	5,202	- 3,557
Stroke	2	1,012	2	4,401	- 3,389
Kidney Disease	3	924	12	408	+ 515
Lung Disease	4	652	15	327	+ 325
Diabetes Mellitus	5	594	27	145	+ 449
Hypertension	6	538	21	199	+ 339
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	521	11	410	+ 111
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	510	19	243	+ 267
Road Traffic Accidents	9	465	5	679	- 214
Stomach Cancer	10	412	6	617	- 206
Violence	11	396	22	197	+ 199
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	387	32	93	+ 293
Other Injuries	13	356	9	442	- 86
Prostate Cancer	14	279	52	18	+ 261
Suicide	15	254	8	577	- 323
Breast Cancer	16	239	38	61	+ 178
Liver Cancer	17	238	3	1,834	- 1,596
Liver Disease	18	230	4	1,723	- 1,492
Lymphomas	19	222	42	43	+ 179
Lung Cancers	20	214	10	411	- 197
Congenital Anomalies	21	196	17	262	- 66
Pancreas Cancer	22	183	30	94	+ 88
Other Neoplasms	23	166	58	3	+ 162
Leukemia	24	163	46	30	+ 133
HIV/AIDS	25	120	49	21	+ 99
Inflammatory/Heart	26	119	16	263	- 143
Endocrine Disorders	27	114	35	69	+ 45
Low Birth Weight	28	111	20	204	- 93
Cervical Cancer	29	99	25	155	- 56
Parkinson's Disease	30	86	39	55	+ 31
Skin Cancers	31	85	54	13	+ 73
Skin Disease	32	79	51	18	+ 60
Alcohol	33	79	7	582	- 504
Epilepsy	34	72	34	80	- 8
Falls	35	72	18	244	- 172
Bladder Cancer	36	62	50	19	+ 43
Drownings	37	60	26	151	- 91
Oral Cancer	38	60	37	61	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	54	36	66	- 12
Ovary Cancer	40	50	41	45	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	41	50	57	7	+ 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	46	23	192	- 146
Drug Use	43	39	45	33	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	44	38	13	366	- 328
Asthma	45	38	29	112	- 75
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	34	56	8	+ 26
Birth Trauma	47	30	24	160	- 130
Malnutrition	48	23	64	0	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	20	28	129	- 109
Tuberculosis	50	20	14	327	- 308
Anemia	51	15	85	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	52	13	47	25	- 12
Schizophrenia	53	13	84	0	+ 13
Meningitis	54	11	48	21	- 10
Maternal Conditions	55	11	40	49	- 38
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	8	81	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	57	7	59	3	+ 4
Fires	58	6	31	94	- 88
Hepatitis B	59	4	55	10	- 6
Poisonings	60	3	33	89	- 86
Osteoarthritis	61	3	80	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	2	61	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	2	43	40	- 39
Hepatitis C	64	1	62	1	+ 0
Syphilis	65	1	44	34	- 34
Oral conditions	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Leprosy	67	1	70	0	+ 1
War	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	53	15	- 15
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	66	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	60	2	- 2
Measles	75	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONGOLIA

Costa Rica

Mongolia

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.