SLOVENIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,052	1	3,617	- 2,565
Stroke	2	647	2	1,977	- 1,330
Kidney Disease	3	591	28	143	+ 447
Lung Disease	4	417	7	675	- 258
Diabetes Mellitus	5	380	18	340	+ 40
Hypertension	6	344	4	881	- 537
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	333	13	412	- 79
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	326	16	375	- 49
Road Traffic Accidents	9	297	31	105	+ 192
Stomach Cancer	10	263	17	341	- 77
Violence	11	253	42	19	+ 234
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	247	5	743	- 496
Other Injuries	13	227	23	203	+ 24
Prostate Cancer	14	179	10	476	- 298
Suicide	15	162	14	411	- 249
Breast Cancer	16	153	9	484	- 331
Liver Cancer	17	152	19	285	- 132
Liver Disease	18	147	12	429	- 282
Lymphomas	19	142	11	465	- 323
Lung Cancers	20	137	3	1,261	- 1,124
Congenital Anomalies	21	126	38	49	+ 77
Pancreas Cancer	22	117	15	409	- 292
Other Neoplasms	23	106	34	69	+ 37
Leukemia	24	104	21	225	- 121
HIV/AIDS	25	76	70	0	+ 76
Inflammatory/Heart	26	76	20	239	- 163
Endocrine Disorders	27	73	33	93	- 20
Low Birth Weight	28	71	43	17	+ 54
Cervical Cancer	29	63	36	60	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	30	55	24	196	- 141
Skin Cancers	31	54	25	191	- 136
Skin Disease	32	50	49	5	+ 45
Alcohol	33	50	8	511	- 461
Epilepsy	34	46	35	62	- 16
Falls	35	46	6	708	- 661
Bladder Cancer	36	40	22	211	- 172
Drownings	37	39	44	17	+ 22
Oral Cancer	38	38	27	145	- 107
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	35	52	4	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	40	32	29	122	- 90
Uterin Cancer	41	32	30	106	- 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	29	37	55	- 25
Drug Use	43	25	41	24	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	44	24	32	93	- 68
Asthma	45	24	45	16	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	22	40	30	- 8
Birth Trauma	47	19	57	1	+ 18
Malnutrition	48	15	64	0	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	13	26	151	- 139
Tuberculosis	50	13	46	15	- 2
Anemia	51	10	60	1	+ 9
Appendicitis	52	9	54	2	+ 6
Schizophrenia	53	8	47	9	- 1
Meningitis	54	7	50	5	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	55	7	56	1	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	5	86	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	39	35	- 30
Fires	58	4	48	8	- 4
Hepatitis B	59	3	58	1	+ 2
Poisonings	60	2	51	4	- 2
Osteoarthritis	61	2	85	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	63	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	65	0	55	2	- 2
Oral conditions	66	0	53	3	- 3
Leprosy	67	0	69	0	+ 0
War	68	0	61	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	59	1	- 1
Measles	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

Costa Rica

Slovenia

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.