COSTA RICA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,230	1	2,639	+ 5,590
Liver Disease	2	2,846	18	370	+ 2,476
Stroke	3	2,075	2	1,624	+ 451
Liver Cancer	4	1,160	17	382	+ 778
Hypertension	5	998	6	863	+ 135
Kidney Disease	6	998	3	1,482	- 484
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	980	7	836	+ 144
Diabetes Mellitus	8	906	5	953	- 48
Lung Disease	9	634	4	1,046	- 412
Congenital Anomalies	10	576	21	315	+ 260
Low Birth Weight	11	539	28	178	+ 361
Road Traffic Accidents	12	480	9	746	- 266
Breast Cancer	13	435	16	384	+ 50
Lymphomas	14	357	19	356	+ 1
Asthma	15	336	45	60	+ 276
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	330	8	818	- 488
Birth Trauma	17	289	47	48	+ 241
Lung Cancers	18	269	20	343	- 75
Bladder Cancer	19	243	36	100	+ 143
Violence	20	197	11	635	- 438
Other Injuries	21	181	13	571	- 390
Leukemia	22	178	24	262	- 83
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	175	39	87	+ 88
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	146	12	621	- 475
Suicide	25	143	15	407	- 264
Pancreas Cancer	26	138	22	294	- 156
Inflammatory/Heart	27	118	26	191	- 73
Parkinson's Disease	28	113	30	138	- 25
Endocrine Disorders	29	112	27	183	- 71
Falls	30	96	35	116	- 21
Ovary Cancer	31	92	40	80	+ 12
Stomach Cancer	32	87	10	661	- 573
Fires	33	74	58	10	+ 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	63	42	74	- 10
Prostate Cancer	35	61	14	448	- 387
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	59	49	32	+ 27
Drownings	37	53	37	97	- 44
Encephalitis	38	49	63	3	+ 47
Skin Cancers	39	48	31	137	- 89
Hepatitis B	40	47	59	7	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	41	45	44	61	- 16
Pertussis	42	43	69	0	+ 43
Meningitis	43	39	54	18	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	44	38	55	17	+ 21
Oral Cancer	45	38	38	96	- 58
Malnutrition	46	36	48	37	- 1
War	47	34	68	1	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	48	30	29	159	- 129
Tetanus	49	26	74	0	+ 26
Epilepsy	50	21	34	116	- 95
Tuberculosis	51	20	50	32	- 11
Uterin Cancer	52	20	41	80	- 60
HIV/AIDS	53	19	25	192	- 173
Schistosomiasis	54	10	76	0	+ 10
Skin Disease	55	10	32	126	- 116
Multiple Sclerosis	56	10	57	11	- 1
Poisonings	57	9	60	5	+ 4
Syphilis	58	8	65	1	+ 7
Appendicitis	59	7	52	22	- 15
Alcohol	60	7	33	126	- 119
Other Neoplasms	61	6	23	266	- 260
Drug Use	62	5	43	63	- 58
Hepatitis C	63	5	64	1	+ 4
Measles	64	2	75	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	46	55	- 54
Leishmaniasis	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	3	- 3
Dengue	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Egypt

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.