TRINIDAD/TOB. VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	706	1	1,476	- 769
Stroke	2	435	3	822	- 388
Kidney Disease	3	397	5	439	- 43
Lung Disease	4	280	16	129	+ 151
Diabetes Mellitus	5	255	2	1,275	- 1,020
Hypertension	6	231	11	201	+ 30
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	224	10	205	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	219	9	215	+ 4
Road Traffic Accidents	9	200	15	130	+ 69
Stomach Cancer	10	177	26	69	+ 108
Violence	11	170	4	549	- 379
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	166	13	196	- 30
Other Injuries	13	153	30	61	+ 92
Prostate Cancer	14	120	6	330	- 210
Suicide	15	109	17	121	- 12
Breast Cancer	16	103	7	258	- 155
Liver Cancer	17	102	28	66	+ 36
Liver Disease	18	99	14	136	- 37
Lymphomas	19	95	20	111	- 16
Lung Cancers	20	92	8	217	- 125
Congenital Anomalies	21	84	22	93	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	22	79	19	114	- 35
Other Neoplasms	23	71	51	10	+ 61
Leukemia	24	70	29	62	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	25	51	12	196	- 145
Inflammatory/Heart	26	51	25	72	- 21
Endocrine Disorders	27	49	18	119	- 70
Low Birth Weight	28	48	23	83	- 35
Cervical Cancer	29	43	21	97	- 54
Parkinson's Disease	30	37	32	51	- 14
Skin Cancers	31	37	57	4	+ 32
Skin Disease	32	34	36	39	- 5
Alcohol	33	34	42	23	+ 11
Epilepsy	34	31	37	32	- 1
Falls	35	31	33	43	- 12
Bladder Cancer	36	27	34	41	- 14
Drownings	37	26	39	31	- 5
Oral Cancer	38	26	38	31	- 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	23	45	18	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	40	21	24	80	- 59
Uterin Cancer	41	21	27	68	- 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	20	31	52	- 32
Drug Use	43	17	44	19	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	44	16	41	24	- 8
Asthma	45	16	35	40	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	15	53	8	+ 7
Birth Trauma	47	13	40	25	- 12
Malnutrition	48	10	47	17	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	9	49	11	- 3
Tuberculosis	50	8	43	22	- 13
Anemia	51	7	85	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	52	6	56	4	+ 1
Schizophrenia	53	6	86	0	+ 6
Meningitis	54	5	52	9	- 5
Maternal Conditions	55	5	50	10	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	4	82	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	58	2	+ 1
Fires	58	3	48	16	- 14
Hepatitis B	59	2	60	0	+ 1
Poisonings	60	1	59	1	- 0
Osteoarthritis	61	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	64	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	1	54	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	64	0	62	0	+ 0
Syphilis	65	0	61	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	67	0	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	46	17	- 17
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	55	5	- 5
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	63	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Costa Rica

Trinidad/Tob.

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.