TAJIKISTAN VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		TAJIKISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,210	1	14,359	- 9,149
Stroke	2	3,206	2	6,170	- 2,964
Kidney Disease	3	2,926	19	408	+ 2,517
Lung Disease	4	2,066	10	1,177	+ 888
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,882	6	1,617	+ 265
Hypertension	6	1,704	5	1,721	- 17
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,649	3	3,121	- 1,471
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,615	17	518	+ 1,098
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,472	8	1,461	+ 12
Stomach Cancer	10	1,304	12	754	+ 550
Violence	11	1,254	36	170	+ 1,084
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,225	35	202	+ 1,023
Other Injuries	13	1,127	27	288	+ 839
Prostate Cancer	14	885	52	33	+ 852
Suicide	15	803	20	399	+ 404
Breast Cancer	16	758	33	215	+ 543
Liver Cancer	17	754	30	236	+ 518
Liver Disease	18	730	4	2,062	- 1,333
Lymphomas	19	702	32	222	+ 480
Lung Cancers	20	678	24	305	+ 372
Congenital Anomalies	21	622	11	1,084	- 462
Pancreas Cancer	22	579	43	97	+ 482
Other Neoplasms	23	524	61	7	+ 517
Leukemia	24	516	42	106	+ 411
HIV/AIDS	25	379	25	292	+ 87
Inflammatory/Heart	26	377	44	78	+ 299
Endocrine Disorders	27	362	34	204	+ 158
Low Birth Weight	28	351	7	1,562	- 1,211
Cervical Cancer	29	314	39	114	+ 200
Parkinson's Disease	30	272	29	254	+ 18
Skin Cancers	31	270	51	36	+ 233
Skin Disease	32	249	59	9	+ 240
Alcohol	33	249	38	127	+ 122
Epilepsy	34	229	18	426	- 197
Falls	35	229	21	370	- 141
Bladder Cancer	36	197	48	51	+ 146
Drownings	37	191	15	580	- 389
Oral Cancer	38	190	41	107	+ 82
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	172	13	734	- 562
Ovary Cancer	40	159	46	59	+ 99
Uterin Cancer	41	159	40	111	+ 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	145	37	161	- 16
Drug Use	43	125	55	21	+ 103
Oesophagus Cancer	44	120	16	543	- 423
Asthma	45	119	28	276	- 156
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	109	53	28	+ 81
Birth Trauma	47	95	9	1,271	- 1,176
Malnutrition	48	73	64	3	+ 70
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	64	31	222	- 158
Tuberculosis	50	62	14	733	- 670
Anemia	51	49	82	0	+ 49
Appendicitis	52	43	58	18	+ 25
Schizophrenia	53	41	80	0	+ 41
Meningitis	54	35	22	340	- 305
Maternal Conditions	55	34	45	63	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	26	85	0	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	57	21	62	7	+ 14
Fires	58	20	23	318	- 298
Hepatitis B	59	14	49	40	- 27
Poisonings	60	11	50	39	- 28
Osteoarthritis	61	10	84	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	62	6	47	55	- 49
Encephalitis	63	5	54	27	- 22
Hepatitis C	64	2	60	8	- 6
Syphilis	65	2	56	20	- 18
Oral conditions	66	2	86	0	+ 2
Leprosy	67	2	72	0	+ 2
War	68	1	66	1	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	26	290	- 290
Dengue	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	63	4	- 4
Diphtheria	73	0	67	1	- 1
Tetanus	74	0	57	20	- 20
Measles	75	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TAJIKISTAN

Costa Rica

Tajikistan

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.