NEW ZEALAND VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,587	1	5,095	- 2,508
Stroke	2	1,592	3	2,378	- 786
Kidney Disease	3	1,453	17	432	+ 1,021
Lung Disease	4	1,026	5	1,815	- 789
Diabetes Mellitus	5	935	8	769	+ 166
Hypertension	6	846	20	327	+ 519
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	819	7	920	- 101
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	802	2	3,032	- 2,230
Road Traffic Accidents	9	731	16	458	+ 273
Stomach Cancer	10	647	22	323	+ 325
Violence	11	623	42	57	+ 565
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	608	6	1,495	- 886
Other Injuries	13	559	28	218	+ 341
Prostate Cancer	14	439	9	739	- 300
Suicide	15	399	15	528	- 130
Breast Cancer	16	377	10	737	- 360
Liver Cancer	17	374	24	288	+ 86
Liver Disease	18	362	32	158	+ 205
Lymphomas	19	349	13	608	- 260
Lung Cancers	20	337	4	1,873	- 1,537
Congenital Anomalies	21	309	30	176	+ 134
Pancreas Cancer	22	288	14	543	- 255
Other Neoplasms	23	260	27	245	+ 15
Leukemia	24	256	18	391	- 135
HIV/AIDS	25	188	57	10	+ 178
Inflammatory/Heart	26	187	23	313	- 125
Endocrine Disorders	27	180	21	325	- 145
Low Birth Weight	28	174	38	78	+ 96
Cervical Cancer	29	156	41	61	+ 95
Parkinson's Disease	30	135	19	353	- 218
Skin Cancers	31	134	12	612	- 478
Skin Disease	32	124	34	118	+ 6
Alcohol	33	124	45	51	+ 72
Epilepsy	34	114	43	55	+ 59
Falls	35	114	11	627	- 513
Bladder Cancer	36	98	26	267	- 169
Drownings	37	95	44	54	+ 40
Oral Cancer	38	94	31	164	- 70
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	86	37	81	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	40	79	29	207	- 128
Uterin Cancer	41	79	33	145	- 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	72	39	70	+ 2
Drug Use	43	62	40	69	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	44	60	25	279	- 219
Asthma	45	59	36	91	- 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	54	46	47	+ 7
Birth Trauma	47	47	54	15	+ 33
Malnutrition	48	36	55	14	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	32	35	113	- 81
Tuberculosis	50	31	52	17	+ 14
Anemia	51	24	51	17	+ 7
Appendicitis	52	21	62	6	+ 15
Schizophrenia	53	20	60	8	+ 12
Meningitis	54	17	59	9	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	55	17	63	5	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	13	50	22	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	57	11	47	43	- 33
Fires	58	10	53	17	- 7
Hepatitis B	59	7	56	14	- 7
Poisonings	60	5	58	9	- 4
Osteoarthritis	61	5	49	24	- 19
Upper Respiratory	62	3	64	4	- 1
Encephalitis	63	2	66	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	48	30	- 29
Syphilis	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	66	1	61	8	- 7
Leprosy	67	1	72	0	+ 1
War	68	1	68	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Costa Rica

New Zealand

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.