POLAND VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		POLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,421	1	117,700	- 98,279
Stroke	2	11,952	2	32,693	- 20,741
Kidney Disease	3	10,906	20	4,065	+ 6,841
Lung Disease	4	7,700	6	13,677	- 5,977
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,016	8	8,947	- 1,932
Hypertension	6	6,351	15	4,937	+ 1,414
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	6,149	4	19,998	- 13,850
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	6,021	21	3,701	+ 2,320
Road Traffic Accidents	9	5,488	22	3,555	+ 1,934
Stomach Cancer	10	4,861	12	5,910	- 1,050
Violence	11	4,675	49	294	+ 4,381
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	4,567	5	14,610	- 10,043
Other Injuries	13	4,199	28	2,527	+ 1,673
Prostate Cancer	14	3,297	11	6,489	- 3,191
Suicide	15	2,993	18	4,282	- 1,288
Breast Cancer	16	2,827	9	7,967	- 5,140
Liver Cancer	17	2,810	29	2,290	+ 520
Liver Disease	18	2,720	10	7,912	- 5,192
Lymphomas	19	2,617	19	4,141	- 1,524
Lung Cancers	20	2,527	3	25,781	- 23,254
Congenital Anomalies	21	2,320	36	916	+ 1,404
Pancreas Cancer	22	2,160	13	5,430	- 3,269
Other Neoplasms	23	1,954	7	9,256	- 7,302
Leukemia	24	1,925	24	3,456	- 1,531
HIV/AIDS	25	1,412	54	115	+ 1,297
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,407	23	3,495	- 2,087
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,349	38	831	+ 518
Low Birth Weight	28	1,309	42	579	+ 730
Cervical Cancer	29	1,170	32	1,907	- 737
Parkinson's Disease	30	1,016	34	1,500	- 484
Skin Cancers	31	1,006	31	2,155	- 1,149
Skin Disease	32	928	46	469	+ 459
Alcohol	33	928	14	5,238	- 4,310
Epilepsy	34	855	35	1,145	- 291
Falls	35	854	16	4,712	- 3,858
Bladder Cancer	36	734	17	4,700	- 3,967
Drownings	37	712	39	636	+ 75
Oral Cancer	38	707	25	3,377	- 2,670
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	642	37	839	- 197
Ovary Cancer	40	591	27	2,929	- 2,338
Uterin Cancer	41	591	30	2,163	- 1,572
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	541	26	3,091	- 2,550
Drug Use	43	464	48	321	+ 143
Oesophagus Cancer	44	448	33	1,803	- 1,355
Asthma	45	445	43	540	- 95
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	405	47	369	+ 36
Birth Trauma	47	354	57	52	+ 302
Malnutrition	48	271	50	291	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	237	40	612	- 375
Tuberculosis	50	233	41	597	- 364
Anemia	51	183	62	12	+ 170
Appendicitis	52	159	55	69	+ 90
Schizophrenia	53	152	58	30	+ 122
Meningitis	54	131	53	171	- 40
Maternal Conditions	55	125	63	10	+ 116
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	97	59	29	+ 68
Multiple Sclerosis	57	79	44	502	- 423
Fires	58	75	45	474	- 399
Hepatitis B	59	51	56	52	- 1
Poisonings	60	40	51	205	- 165
Osteoarthritis	61	37	61	18	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	62	22	60	19	+ 3
Encephalitis	63	18	64	6	+ 12
Hepatitis C	64	8	52	188	- 180
Syphilis	65	7	69	0	+ 7
Oral conditions	66	7	65	4	+ 3
Leprosy	67	7	79	0	+ 7
War	68	4	66	4	+ 0
Pertussis	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	67	2	- 2
Measles	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	68	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to POLAND

Costa Rica

Poland

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.