COSTA RICA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,637	1	2,639	+ 998
Stroke	2	3,597	2	1,624	+ 1,973
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,549	7	836	+ 2,714
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,929	39	87	+ 1,842
HIV/AIDS	5	1,843	25	192	+ 1,651
Liver Disease	6	1,559	18	370	+ 1,190
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,504	5	953	+ 551
Low Birth Weight	8	1,330	28	178	+ 1,152
Tuberculosis	9	1,284	50	32	+ 1,253
Other Injuries	10	1,231	13	571	+ 661
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,211	9	746	+ 465
Hypertension	12	1,116	6	863	+ 253
Kidney Disease	13	986	3	1,482	- 496
Malnutrition	14	897	48	37	+ 860
Birth Trauma	15	879	47	48	+ 831
Lung Disease	16	636	4	1,046	- 410
Meningitis	17	618	54	18	+ 600
Congenital Anomalies	18	598	21	315	+ 283
Suicide	19	497	15	407	+ 90
Breast Cancer	20	481	16	384	+ 97
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	477	8	818	- 341
Asthma	22	359	45	60	+ 299
Malaria	23	349	78	0	+ 349
Violence	24	339	11	635	- 296
Pertussis	25	262	69	0	+ 262
Falls	26	241	35	116	+ 125
Leukemia	27	240	24	262	- 22
Inflammatory/Heart	28	239	26	191	+ 48
Cervical Cancer	29	213	29	159	+ 54
Lymphomas	30	213	19	356	- 143
Maternal Conditions	31	212	55	17	+ 195
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	199	12	621	- 422
Fires	33	173	58	10	+ 163
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	169	42	74	+ 96
Drownings	35	151	37	97	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	36	142	44	61	+ 82
Epilepsy	37	137	34	116	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	38	132	27	183	- 51
Poisonings	39	131	60	5	+ 125
Ovary Cancer	40	123	40	80	+ 43
Parkinson's Disease	41	120	30	138	- 18
Lung Cancers	42	106	20	343	- 238
Liver Cancer	43	100	17	382	- 282
Prostate Cancer	44	91	14	448	- 358
Oral Cancer	45	88	38	96	- 8
Tetanus	46	87	74	0	+ 87
Bladder Cancer	47	82	36	100	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	78	49	32	+ 46
Alcohol	49	77	33	126	- 49
Stomach Cancer	50	75	10	661	- 586
Leishmaniasis	51	74	72	0	+ 74
Syphilis	52	68	65	1	+ 67
Skin Cancers	53	64	31	137	- 72
Drug Use	54	64	43	63	+ 1
Skin Disease	55	64	32	126	- 62
Hepatitis B	56	45	59	7	+ 38
Appendicitis	57	30	52	22	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	58	30	22	294	- 264
Encephalitis	59	27	63	3	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	60	22	41	80	- 58
Upper Respiratory	61	20	62	3	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	17	46	55	- 38
War	63	14	68	1	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	64	13	76	0	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	65	13	23	266	- 253
Measles	66	11	75	0	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	67	8	57	11	- 3
Hepatitis C	68	8	64	1	+ 7
Diphtheria	69	4	73	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	70	2	84	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	71	2	71	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	72	2	82	0	+ 2
Dengue	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	67	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Djibouti

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.