VENEZUELA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,664	1	26,905	- 11,242
Stroke	2	9,640	3	12,133	- 2,493
Kidney Disease	3	8,796	8	5,932	+ 2,865
Lung Disease	4	6,210	10	5,150	+ 1,061
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,658	4	11,176	- 5,518
Hypertension	6	5,122	9	5,195	- 73
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,959	7	7,188	- 2,229
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	4,856	35	572	+ 4,284
Road Traffic Accidents	9	4,427	5	11,127	- 6,701
Stomach Cancer	10	3,920	17	2,175	+ 1,745
Violence	11	3,770	2	18,132	- 14,362
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	3,683	19	2,037	+ 1,646
Other Injuries	13	3,387	21	1,693	+ 1,694
Prostate Cancer	14	2,660	13	2,848	- 189
Suicide	15	2,414	34	585	+ 1,829
Breast Cancer	16	2,280	15	2,563	- 283
Liver Cancer	17	2,266	26	1,029	+ 1,237
Liver Disease	18	2,194	16	2,340	- 146
Lymphomas	19	2,111	23	1,248	+ 863
Lung Cancers	20	2,038	11	3,900	- 1,862
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,871	14	2,846	- 975
Pancreas Cancer	22	1,742	25	1,082	+ 660
Other Neoplasms	23	1,576	18	2,167	- 591
Leukemia	24	1,552	27	1,007	+ 545
HIV/AIDS	25	1,139	6	7,490	- 6,351
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,135	33	599	+ 536
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,088	30	760	+ 328
Low Birth Weight	28	1,056	12	3,088	- 2,032
Cervical Cancer	29	943	20	1,986	- 1,043
Parkinson's Disease	30	819	48	252	+ 568
Skin Cancers	31	811	37	553	+ 258
Skin Disease	32	749	66	18	+ 731
Alcohol	33	749	62	34	+ 714
Epilepsy	34	689	41	411	+ 279
Falls	35	689	28	865	- 176
Bladder Cancer	36	592	45	365	+ 227
Drownings	37	574	43	388	+ 186
Oral Cancer	38	570	38	544	+ 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	518	22	1,359	- 841
Ovary Cancer	40	477	36	563	- 86
Uterin Cancer	41	477	47	309	+ 167
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	436	40	418	+ 19
Drug Use	43	374	50	225	+ 149
Oesophagus Cancer	44	361	44	370	- 9
Asthma	45	359	46	311	+ 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	327	52	180	+ 147
Birth Trauma	47	285	24	1,087	- 802
Malnutrition	48	218	32	629	- 411
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	191	57	80	+ 111
Tuberculosis	50	188	31	748	- 560
Anemia	51	147	55	126	+ 22
Appendicitis	52	128	56	98	+ 31
Schizophrenia	53	122	69	6	+ 117
Meningitis	54	106	49	251	- 145
Maternal Conditions	55	101	39	422	- 321
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	78	53	151	- 73
Multiple Sclerosis	57	64	60	51	+ 13
Fires	58	60	54	144	- 84
Hepatitis B	59	41	63	30	+ 11
Poisonings	60	32	58	68	- 36
Osteoarthritis	61	29	72	3	+ 27
Upper Respiratory	62	18	74	1	+ 16
Encephalitis	63	15	61	37	- 22
Hepatitis C	64	6	65	21	- 15
Syphilis	65	6	67	15	- 9
Oral conditions	66	6	86	0	+ 6
Leprosy	67	6	71	4	+ 2
War	68	3	51	185	- 182
Pertussis	69	1	64	26	- 25
Dengue	70	0	59	65	- 65
Ascariasis	71	0	70	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	72	0	73	3	- 3
Diphtheria	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	68	8	- 8
Measles	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	42	402	- 402
Chagas disease	79	0	29	826	- 826
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	75	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Costa Rica

Venezuela

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.