TUNISIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,039	1	20,658	- 14,619
Stroke	2	3,717	2	8,509	- 4,793
Kidney Disease	3	3,392	4	2,574	+ 817
Lung Disease	4	2,394	10	1,754	+ 641
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,182	9	1,773	+ 409
Hypertension	6	1,975	3	2,824	- 849
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,912	7	1,912	- 0
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,872	5	2,507	- 635
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,707	6	1,928	- 222
Stomach Cancer	10	1,511	19	583	+ 929
Violence	11	1,454	24	410	+ 1,044
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,420	13	971	+ 449
Other Injuries	13	1,306	27	372	+ 934
Prostate Cancer	14	1,025	23	417	+ 608
Suicide	15	931	26	383	+ 548
Breast Cancer	16	879	15	781	+ 98
Liver Cancer	17	874	29	360	+ 514
Liver Disease	18	846	11	1,313	- 467
Lymphomas	19	814	18	616	+ 197
Lung Cancers	20	786	8	1,849	- 1,063
Congenital Anomalies	21	721	12	980	- 259
Pancreas Cancer	22	672	28	361	+ 311
Other Neoplasms	23	608	59	24	+ 584
Leukemia	24	599	25	385	+ 213
HIV/AIDS	25	439	32	261	+ 178
Inflammatory/Heart	26	438	30	298	+ 140
Endocrine Disorders	27	420	31	285	+ 134
Low Birth Weight	28	407	14	924	- 517
Cervical Cancer	29	364	38	201	+ 162
Parkinson's Disease	30	316	20	469	- 153
Skin Cancers	31	313	36	214	+ 99
Skin Disease	32	289	51	41	+ 248
Alcohol	33	289	55	31	+ 258
Epilepsy	34	266	45	101	+ 165
Falls	35	266	21	445	- 179
Bladder Cancer	36	228	17	654	- 426
Drownings	37	221	43	122	+ 100
Oral Cancer	38	220	35	232	- 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	200	40	184	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	40	184	39	192	- 8
Uterin Cancer	41	184	50	46	+ 138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	168	33	237	- 69
Drug Use	43	144	34	235	- 91
Oesophagus Cancer	44	139	44	109	+ 30
Asthma	45	138	16	665	- 527
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	126	62	9	+ 117
Birth Trauma	47	110	22	436	- 326
Malnutrition	48	84	60	24	+ 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	74	42	123	- 50
Tuberculosis	50	72	41	136	- 64
Anemia	51	57	85	0	+ 57
Appendicitis	52	49	58	25	+ 25
Schizophrenia	53	47	84	0	+ 47
Meningitis	54	41	46	86	- 45
Maternal Conditions	55	39	47	83	- 44
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	30	80	0	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	57	25	54	33	- 9
Fires	58	23	37	202	- 179
Hepatitis B	59	16	49	70	- 54
Poisonings	60	12	48	81	- 69
Osteoarthritis	61	11	81	0	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	62	7	66	1	+ 6
Encephalitis	63	6	53	38	- 32
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	1	+ 1
Syphilis	65	2	61	18	- 15
Oral conditions	66	2	82	0	+ 2
Leprosy	67	2	71	0	+ 2
War	68	1	57	25	- 24
Pertussis	69	0	52	40	- 40
Dengue	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	67	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	64	3	- 3
Diphtheria	73	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	56	26	- 26
Measles	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	63	8	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	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	68	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Costa Rica

Tunisia

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.