URUGUAY VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,717	1	4,265	- 2,548
Stroke	2	1,057	2	2,850	- 1,793
Kidney Disease	3	964	8	1,040	- 76
Lung Disease	4	681	4	1,706	- 1,025
Diabetes Mellitus	5	620	11	747	- 127
Hypertension	6	561	15	648	- 87
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	544	6	1,370	- 827
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	532	3	1,899	- 1,366
Road Traffic Accidents	9	485	16	512	- 26
Stomach Cancer	10	430	18	480	- 51
Violence	11	413	23	295	+ 118
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	404	7	1,245	- 841
Other Injuries	13	371	10	774	- 403
Prostate Cancer	14	292	13	707	- 416
Suicide	15	265	12	735	- 471
Breast Cancer	16	250	9	848	- 598
Liver Cancer	17	248	34	147	+ 101
Liver Disease	18	240	27	206	+ 35
Lymphomas	19	231	20	457	- 226
Lung Cancers	20	223	5	1,463	- 1,239
Congenital Anomalies	21	205	30	170	+ 35
Pancreas Cancer	22	191	14	656	- 465
Other Neoplasms	23	173	19	464	- 291
Leukemia	24	170	25	280	- 110
HIV/AIDS	25	125	28	195	- 70
Inflammatory/Heart	26	124	22	314	- 190
Endocrine Disorders	27	119	17	487	- 368
Low Birth Weight	28	116	42	73	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	29	103	29	172	- 69
Parkinson's Disease	30	90	21	320	- 231
Skin Cancers	31	89	33	149	- 60
Skin Disease	32	82	36	130	- 48
Alcohol	33	82	39	104	- 22
Epilepsy	34	76	40	86	- 10
Falls	35	76	47	55	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	36	65	26	276	- 211
Drownings	37	63	45	65	- 2
Oral Cancer	38	62	31	167	- 105
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	57	35	134	- 78
Ovary Cancer	40	52	32	160	- 108
Uterin Cancer	41	52	38	115	- 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	48	46	57	- 9
Drug Use	43	41	49	41	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	44	40	24	286	- 247
Asthma	45	39	37	127	- 88
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	36	51	35	+ 1
Birth Trauma	47	31	53	22	+ 9
Malnutrition	48	24	43	73	- 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	21	50	39	- 18
Tuberculosis	50	21	41	81	- 60
Anemia	51	16	44	71	- 54
Appendicitis	52	14	59	9	+ 5
Schizophrenia	53	13	54	18	- 4
Meningitis	54	12	58	10	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	55	11	60	9	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	9	57	12	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	57	7	56	13	- 6
Fires	58	7	48	54	- 48
Hepatitis B	59	5	63	4	+ 0
Poisonings	60	4	55	17	- 13
Osteoarthritis	61	3	52	32	- 29
Upper Respiratory	62	2	62	5	- 3
Encephalitis	63	2	64	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	3	- 3
Syphilis	65	1	66	3	- 2
Oral conditions	66	1	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	67	1	69	0	+ 0
War	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	61	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Costa Rica

Uruguay

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.