SYRIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,962	1	28,203	- 16,241
Stroke	2	7,362	2	8,088	- 727
Kidney Disease	3	6,718	6	2,329	+ 4,389
Lung Disease	4	4,743	13	1,601	+ 3,141
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,321	15	1,534	+ 2,787
Hypertension	6	3,912	23	707	+ 3,204
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,787	4	2,958	+ 829
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	3,709	14	1,551	+ 2,158
Road Traffic Accidents	9	3,381	5	2,550	+ 830
Stomach Cancer	10	2,994	22	725	+ 2,269
Violence	11	2,879	25	444	+ 2,435
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,813	16	1,224	+ 1,589
Other Injuries	13	2,587	24	521	+ 2,065
Prostate Cancer	14	2,031	28	404	+ 1,627
Suicide	15	1,844	33	333	+ 1,511
Breast Cancer	16	1,741	10	1,953	- 212
Liver Cancer	17	1,731	31	366	+ 1,364
Liver Disease	18	1,675	11	1,720	- 44
Lymphomas	19	1,612	18	827	+ 785
Lung Cancers	20	1,557	9	2,048	- 491
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,429	8	2,077	- 649
Pancreas Cancer	22	1,331	27	411	+ 920
Other Neoplasms	23	1,204	57	21	+ 1,182
Leukemia	24	1,185	19	796	+ 389
HIV/AIDS	25	870	58	15	+ 855
Inflammatory/Heart	26	867	32	337	+ 529
Endocrine Disorders	27	831	26	418	+ 413
Low Birth Weight	28	806	12	1,652	- 846
Cervical Cancer	29	720	42	188	+ 532
Parkinson's Disease	30	626	30	367	+ 259
Skin Cancers	31	620	38	276	+ 343
Skin Disease	32	572	61	8	+ 564
Alcohol	33	572	53	51	+ 521
Epilepsy	34	526	48	92	+ 434
Falls	35	526	29	383	+ 143
Bladder Cancer	36	452	20	757	- 305
Drownings	37	438	40	215	+ 223
Oral Cancer	38	435	36	289	+ 146
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	395	7	2,156	- 1,760
Ovary Cancer	40	364	34	328	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	41	364	44	146	+ 218
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	333	49	79	+ 254
Drug Use	43	286	39	249	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	44	276	47	97	+ 178
Asthma	45	274	17	1,052	- 778
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	250	62	7	+ 243
Birth Trauma	47	218	21	744	- 527
Malnutrition	48	167	51	73	+ 94
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	146	41	197	- 51
Tuberculosis	50	143	56	23	+ 120
Anemia	51	112	83	0	+ 112
Appendicitis	52	98	54	36	+ 61
Schizophrenia	53	94	81	0	+ 94
Meningitis	54	81	35	295	- 214
Maternal Conditions	55	77	45	105	- 28
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	60	85	0	+ 60
Multiple Sclerosis	57	49	59	14	+ 34
Fires	58	46	43	179	- 133
Hepatitis B	59	31	63	5	+ 26
Poisonings	60	24	46	98	- 74
Osteoarthritis	61	22	84	0	+ 22
Upper Respiratory	62	14	66	3	+ 10
Encephalitis	63	11	50	77	- 66
Hepatitis C	64	5	68	1	+ 4
Syphilis	65	5	55	31	- 26
Oral conditions	66	4	86	0	+ 4
Leprosy	67	4	75	0	+ 4
War	68	3	3	7,760	- 7,758
Pertussis	69	0	37	289	- 288
Dengue	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	65	5	- 5
Diphtheria	73	0	64	5	- 5
Tetanus	74	0	52	57	- 57
Measles	75	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	60	11	- 11
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Costa Rica

Syria

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.