NORWAY VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,762	1	5,321	- 2,559
Stroke	2	1,700	4	2,475	- 776
Kidney Disease	3	1,551	14	611	+ 940
Lung Disease	4	1,095	3	2,723	- 1,628
Diabetes Mellitus	5	998	16	560	+ 438
Hypertension	6	903	28	230	+ 673
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	874	6	1,797	- 922
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	856	2	4,464	- 3,608
Road Traffic Accidents	9	780	42	114	+ 666
Stomach Cancer	10	691	22	343	+ 348
Violence	11	665	50	32	+ 633
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	649	7	1,787	- 1,137
Other Injuries	13	597	15	583	+ 14
Prostate Cancer	14	469	8	1,172	- 703
Suicide	15	426	13	633	- 208
Breast Cancer	16	402	11	698	- 296
Liver Cancer	17	400	26	259	+ 140
Liver Disease	18	387	30	214	+ 173
Lymphomas	19	372	12	646	- 273
Lung Cancers	20	359	5	2,320	- 1,961
Congenital Anomalies	21	330	34	136	+ 194
Pancreas Cancer	22	307	10	770	- 463
Other Neoplasms	23	278	23	324	- 46
Leukemia	24	274	21	354	- 80
HIV/AIDS	25	201	61	10	+ 190
Inflammatory/Heart	26	200	29	221	- 21
Endocrine Disorders	27	192	19	359	- 167
Low Birth Weight	28	186	52	23	+ 163
Cervical Cancer	29	166	39	125	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	30	144	17	554	- 410
Skin Cancers	31	143	18	407	- 264
Skin Disease	32	132	38	128	+ 4
Alcohol	33	132	31	205	- 73
Epilepsy	34	122	40	119	+ 2
Falls	35	121	9	777	- 656
Bladder Cancer	36	104	20	356	- 252
Drownings	37	101	45	65	+ 37
Oral Cancer	38	100	32	168	- 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	91	37	128	- 37
Ovary Cancer	40	84	24	309	- 225
Uterin Cancer	41	84	36	134	- 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	77	33	160	- 83
Drug Use	43	66	25	264	- 198
Oesophagus Cancer	44	64	27	248	- 184
Asthma	45	63	43	85	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	58	47	60	- 3
Birth Trauma	47	50	54	17	+ 33
Malnutrition	48	38	35	135	- 97
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	34	46	61	- 28
Tuberculosis	50	33	56	15	+ 18
Anemia	51	26	44	75	- 49
Appendicitis	52	23	59	12	+ 11
Schizophrenia	53	22	53	23	- 1
Meningitis	54	19	58	14	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	55	18	66	1	+ 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	14	49	32	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	57	11	41	119	- 108
Fires	58	11	48	45	- 34
Hepatitis B	59	7	63	3	+ 4
Poisonings	60	6	57	14	- 9
Osteoarthritis	61	5	51	27	- 22
Upper Respiratory	62	3	60	12	- 8
Encephalitis	63	3	70	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	55	17	- 16
Syphilis	65	1	67	1	+ 0
Oral conditions	66	1	62	9	- 8
Leprosy	67	1	78	0	+ 1
War	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	64	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	65	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Costa Rica

Norway

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.