COSTA RICA VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,615	1	2,639	+ 12,976
Stroke	2	7,962	2	1,624	+ 6,338
Lung Cancers	3	3,606	20	343	+ 3,262
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	2,777	12	621	+ 2,157
Lung Disease	5	2,678	4	1,046	+ 1,632
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,490	5	953	+ 1,537
Kidney Disease	7	1,766	3	1,482	+ 284
Hypertension	8	1,398	6	863	+ 535
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,353	8	818	+ 535
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	1,296	7	836	+ 460
Breast Cancer	11	1,292	16	384	+ 908
Falls	12	1,236	35	116	+ 1,120
Liver Disease	13	1,173	18	370	+ 803
Prostate Cancer	14	1,081	14	448	+ 633
Stomach Cancer	15	998	10	661	+ 337
Pancreas Cancer	16	957	22	294	+ 663
Suicide	17	858	15	407	+ 451
Lymphomas	18	706	19	356	+ 350
Liver Cancer	19	636	17	382	+ 254
Bladder Cancer	20	633	36	100	+ 534
Inflammatory/Heart	21	579	26	191	+ 388
Leukemia	22	552	24	262	+ 291
Other Injuries	23	543	13	571	- 28
Parkinson's Disease	24	537	30	138	+ 399
Oral Cancer	25	429	38	96	+ 333
Skin Cancers	26	421	31	137	+ 284
Road Traffic Accidents	27	416	9	746	- 329
Ovary Cancer	28	391	40	80	+ 311
Other Neoplasms	29	359	23	266	+ 94
Alcohol	30	278	33	126	+ 152
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	262	42	74	+ 189
Uterin Cancer	32	253	41	80	+ 173
Oesophagus Cancer	33	240	44	61	+ 179
Cervical Cancer	34	197	29	159	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	173	49	32	+ 141
Epilepsy	36	120	34	116	+ 4
Congenital Anomalies	37	120	21	315	- 196
Drownings	38	109	37	97	+ 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	104	39	87	+ 17
Schizophrenia	40	100	53	21	+ 80
Asthma	41	93	45	60	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	42	92	27	183	- 91
Drug Use	43	89	43	63	+ 26
Tuberculosis	44	78	50	32	+ 46
Multiple Sclerosis	45	70	57	11	+ 59
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	60	46	55	+ 5
Hepatitis C	47	57	64	1	+ 56
Violence	48	57	11	635	- 579
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	54	56	13	+ 41
Fires	50	43	58	10	+ 33
Hepatitis B	51	22	59	7	+ 15
Meningitis	52	21	54	18	+ 3
Anemia	53	20	51	25	- 5
Poisonings	54	20	60	5	+ 15
Birth Trauma	55	14	47	48	- 34
Low Birth Weight	56	13	28	178	- 165
Appendicitis	57	11	52	22	- 11
Skin Disease	58	10	32	126	- 116
HIV/AIDS	59	10	25	192	- 182
Otitis Media	60	4	82	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	61	3	55	17	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	62	3	83	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	2	62	3	- 1
Oral conditions	64	2	66	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	1	63	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	66	1	72	0	+ 1
War	67	1	68	1	- 0
Tetanus	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Malnutrition	70	0	48	37	- 37
Syphilis	71	0	65	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	80	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	61	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Croatia

Costa Rica

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.