NAMIBIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,405	5	1,221	+ 185
Stroke	2	865	4	1,333	- 468
Kidney Disease	3	789	15	322	+ 468
Lung Disease	4	557	10	461	+ 96
Diabetes Mellitus	5	508	7	724	- 217
Hypertension	6	460	12	428	+ 32
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	445	2	1,464	- 1,020
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	436	21	176	+ 260
Road Traffic Accidents	9	397	6	868	- 471
Stomach Cancer	10	352	45	33	+ 319
Violence	11	338	11	450	- 111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	330	36	54	+ 276
Other Injuries	13	304	19	207	+ 97
Prostate Cancer	14	239	31	94	+ 144
Suicide	15	217	17	243	- 26
Breast Cancer	16	205	24	121	+ 83
Liver Cancer	17	203	41	45	+ 158
Liver Disease	18	197	14	336	- 139
Lymphomas	19	189	40	46	+ 144
Lung Cancers	20	183	35	59	+ 124
Congenital Anomalies	21	168	16	283	- 115
Pancreas Cancer	22	156	53	18	+ 139
Other Neoplasms	23	141	60	8	+ 134
Leukemia	24	139	49	24	+ 116
HIV/AIDS	25	102	1	2,928	- 2,826
Inflammatory/Heart	26	102	22	162	- 60
Endocrine Disorders	27	98	33	73	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	28	95	9	516	- 421
Cervical Cancer	29	85	23	133	- 48
Parkinson's Disease	30	74	42	43	+ 30
Skin Cancers	31	73	29	108	- 35
Skin Disease	32	67	47	31	+ 36
Alcohol	33	67	48	28	+ 39
Epilepsy	34	62	38	49	+ 13
Falls	35	62	34	62	- 0
Bladder Cancer	36	53	54	16	+ 37
Drownings	37	52	26	110	- 58
Oral Cancer	38	51	30	100	- 49
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	46	8	645	- 598
Ovary Cancer	40	43	50	23	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	41	43	56	11	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	39	32	76	- 37
Drug Use	43	34	46	32	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	44	32	52	21	+ 11
Asthma	45	32	20	200	- 168
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	29	57	9	+ 20
Birth Trauma	47	26	13	345	- 319
Malnutrition	48	20	18	224	- 204
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	17	44	33	- 16
Tuberculosis	50	17	3	1,416	- 1,399
Anemia	51	13	83	0	+ 13
Appendicitis	52	11	58	9	+ 3
Schizophrenia	53	11	86	0	+ 11
Meningitis	54	9	27	109	- 99
Maternal Conditions	55	9	25	110	- 101
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	7	82	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	57	6	64	2	+ 3
Fires	58	5	28	109	- 103
Hepatitis B	59	4	63	4	- 1
Poisonings	60	3	39	46	- 43
Osteoarthritis	61	3	81	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	2	61	6	- 5
Encephalitis	63	1	59	8	- 7
Hepatitis C	64	1	66	1	+ 0
Syphilis	65	1	43	35	- 34
Oral conditions	66	1	80	0	+ 1
Leprosy	67	1	72	0	+ 1
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	37	54	- 54
Dengue	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	62	6	- 6
Measles	75	0	65	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	76	0	55	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	51	22	- 22
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Costa Rica

Namibia

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.