MONTENEGRO VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		MONTENEGRO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	301	2	1,748	- 1,447
Stroke	2	185	1	2,208	- 2,023
Kidney Disease	3	169	7	147	+ 21
Lung Disease	4	119	11	90	+ 29
Diabetes Mellitus	5	109	6	174	- 65
Hypertension	6	98	18	55	+ 43
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	95	12	81	+ 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	93	5	227	- 133
Road Traffic Accidents	9	85	21	48	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	10	75	19	50	+ 25
Violence	11	72	29	18	+ 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	71	10	113	- 43
Other Injuries	13	65	23	29	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	14	51	13	75	- 24
Suicide	15	46	8	132	- 85
Breast Cancer	16	44	9	127	- 83
Liver Cancer	17	43	20	50	- 7
Liver Disease	18	42	17	57	- 15
Lymphomas	19	41	24	27	+ 14
Lung Cancers	20	39	3	340	- 301
Congenital Anomalies	21	36	45	4	+ 32
Pancreas Cancer	22	33	16	64	- 30
Other Neoplasms	23	30	47	2	+ 28
Leukemia	24	30	25	23	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	25	22	73	0	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	26	22	4	311	- 290
Endocrine Disorders	27	21	40	7	+ 14
Low Birth Weight	28	20	43	5	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	29	18	27	20	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	30	16	15	66	- 50
Skin Cancers	31	16	35	12	+ 4
Skin Disease	32	14	54	1	+ 14
Alcohol	33	14	38	9	+ 5
Epilepsy	34	13	42	6	+ 7
Falls	35	13	14	67	- 54
Bladder Cancer	36	11	22	35	- 24
Drownings	37	11	36	11	+ 0
Oral Cancer	38	11	37	10	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	10	56	1	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	40	9	28	19	- 10
Uterin Cancer	41	9	33	14	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	8	26	21	- 12
Drug Use	43	7	31	14	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	44	7	30	17	- 10
Asthma	45	7	46	4	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	6	48	2	+ 4
Birth Trauma	47	5	41	6	- 1
Malnutrition	48	4	53	1	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	4	34	13	- 10
Tuberculosis	50	4	51	1	+ 2
Anemia	51	3	85	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	52	2	52	1	+ 2
Schizophrenia	53	2	84	0	+ 2
Meningitis	54	2	49	1	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	55	2	58	0	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	1	81	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	39	8	- 6
Fires	58	1	32	14	- 13
Hepatitis B	59	1	61	0	+ 1
Poisonings	60	1	44	4	- 3
Osteoarthritis	61	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	0	60	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	63	0	50	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Syphilis	65	0	59	0	- 0
Oral conditions	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	67	0	75	0	+ 0
War	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	55	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	57	1	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	66	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	62	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	64	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONTENEGRO

Costa Rica

Montenegro

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.