SWAZILAND VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	570	5	755	- 185
Stroke	2	351	4	800	- 449
Kidney Disease	3	320	8	381	- 61
Lung Disease	4	226	12	264	- 38
Diabetes Mellitus	5	206	3	892	- 686
Hypertension	6	187	10	292	- 106
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	181	2	921	- 740
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	177	27	77	+ 100
Road Traffic Accidents	9	161	7	384	- 223
Stomach Cancer	10	143	53	7	+ 136
Violence	11	137	16	212	- 75
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	134	43	19	+ 115
Other Injuries	13	123	17	190	- 67
Prostate Cancer	14	97	31	45	+ 52
Suicide	15	88	9	338	- 250
Breast Cancer	16	83	35	37	+ 46
Liver Cancer	17	83	37	29	+ 53
Liver Disease	18	80	11	274	- 194
Lymphomas	19	77	36	31	+ 46
Lung Cancers	20	74	46	17	+ 58
Congenital Anomalies	21	68	19	160	- 92
Pancreas Cancer	22	63	56	6	+ 57
Other Neoplasms	23	57	61	4	+ 53
Leukemia	24	57	47	16	+ 40
HIV/AIDS	25	41	1	2,314	- 2,272
Inflammatory/Heart	26	41	24	94	- 52
Endocrine Disorders	27	40	28	74	- 35
Low Birth Weight	28	38	14	233	- 195
Cervical Cancer	29	34	15	215	- 181
Parkinson's Disease	30	30	41	24	+ 6
Skin Cancers	31	30	42	20	+ 10
Skin Disease	32	27	40	25	+ 2
Alcohol	33	27	48	16	+ 11
Epilepsy	34	25	30	46	- 21
Falls	35	25	32	41	- 16
Bladder Cancer	36	22	55	6	+ 16
Drownings	37	21	25	87	- 66
Oral Cancer	38	21	51	10	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	19	6	517	- 498
Ovary Cancer	40	17	52	10	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	41	17	50	11	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	16	29	51	- 35
Drug Use	43	14	38	27	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	44	13	44	18	- 5
Asthma	45	13	20	150	- 136
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	12	58	5	+ 7
Birth Trauma	47	10	18	166	- 156
Malnutrition	48	8	22	106	- 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	7	39	26	- 19
Tuberculosis	50	7	13	256	- 249
Anemia	51	5	84	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	52	5	54	7	- 2
Schizophrenia	53	4	83	0	+ 4
Meningitis	54	4	23	97	- 94
Maternal Conditions	55	4	21	116	- 112
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	3	80	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	63	1	+ 1
Fires	58	2	26	84	- 81
Hepatitis B	59	1	57	6	- 4
Poisonings	60	1	34	37	- 36
Osteoarthritis	61	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	60	4	- 4
Encephalitis	63	1	59	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	0	- 0
Syphilis	65	0	45	17	- 17
Oral conditions	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	67	0	76	0	+ 0
War	68	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	33	39	- 39
Dengue	70	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	62	4	- 4
Measles	75	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	49	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	67	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	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Costa Rica

Swaziland

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.