ROMANIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,096	1	71,810	- 62,714
Stroke	2	5,598	2	49,707	- 44,109
Kidney Disease	3	5,108	9	5,175	- 66
Lung Disease	4	3,606	7	7,359	- 3,753
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,286	18	2,230	+ 1,056
Hypertension	6	2,975	3	11,007	- 8,033
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,880	5	9,357	- 6,477
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,820	15	2,839	- 19
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,571	20	1,992	+ 578
Stomach Cancer	10	2,277	12	3,457	- 1,180
Violence	11	2,190	44	255	+ 1,934
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,139	8	6,835	- 4,696
Other Injuries	13	1,967	19	2,139	- 172
Prostate Cancer	14	1,544	16	2,449	- 904
Suicide	15	1,402	21	1,886	- 484
Breast Cancer	16	1,324	11	3,851	- 2,527
Liver Cancer	17	1,316	13	3,114	- 1,798
Liver Disease	18	1,274	6	8,920	- 7,646
Lymphomas	19	1,226	25	1,385	- 159
Lung Cancers	20	1,184	4	10,113	- 8,930
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,087	38	367	+ 720
Pancreas Cancer	22	1,012	14	2,935	- 1,923
Other Neoplasms	23	915	43	289	+ 627
Leukemia	24	901	26	1,342	- 441
HIV/AIDS	25	661	47	219	+ 443
Inflammatory/Heart	26	659	10	4,433	- 3,774
Endocrine Disorders	27	632	48	193	+ 439
Low Birth Weight	28	613	41	317	+ 296
Cervical Cancer	29	548	22	1,870	- 1,322
Parkinson's Disease	30	476	31	741	- 265
Skin Cancers	31	471	29	1,003	- 532
Skin Disease	32	435	53	97	+ 337
Alcohol	33	435	37	409	+ 26
Epilepsy	34	400	42	314	+ 86
Falls	35	400	24	1,504	- 1,104
Bladder Cancer	36	344	23	1,715	- 1,371
Drownings	37	333	32	596	- 263
Oral Cancer	38	331	17	2,290	- 1,959
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	301	46	223	+ 77
Ovary Cancer	40	277	27	1,109	- 832
Uterin Cancer	41	277	34	522	- 245
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	253	33	531	- 278
Drug Use	43	217	40	346	- 129
Oesophagus Cancer	44	210	30	755	- 545
Asthma	45	208	45	225	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	190	85	0	+ 190
Birth Trauma	47	166	57	38	+ 127
Malnutrition	48	127	50	142	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	111	35	440	- 329
Tuberculosis	50	109	28	1,015	- 907
Anemia	51	86	56	59	+ 27
Appendicitis	52	74	60	21	+ 53
Schizophrenia	53	71	51	103	- 32
Meningitis	54	61	54	76	- 15
Maternal Conditions	55	59	58	35	+ 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	45	49	143	- 98
Multiple Sclerosis	57	37	55	66	- 29
Fires	58	35	36	421	- 386
Hepatitis B	59	24	59	30	- 7
Poisonings	60	19	39	366	- 348
Osteoarthritis	61	17	86	0	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	62	10	63	3	+ 8
Encephalitis	63	9	62	6	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	4	52	98	- 95
Syphilis	65	3	66	1	+ 2
Oral conditions	66	3	64	2	+ 1
Leprosy	67	3	72	0	+ 3
War	68	2	65	2	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	75	0	61	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	68	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Costa Rica

Romania

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.