COSTA RICA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,720	7	836	+ 1,884
Stroke	2	2,128	2	1,624	+ 504
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,902	39	87	+ 1,815
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,788	1	2,639	- 852
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,101	9	746	+ 355
Liver Disease	6	1,008	18	370	+ 639
Diabetes Mellitus	7	784	5	953	- 170
Hypertension	8	768	6	863	- 95
Lung Disease	9	549	4	1,046	- 497
Malnutrition	10	548	48	37	+ 511
Birth Trauma	11	512	47	48	+ 464
Kidney Disease	12	479	3	1,482	- 1,003
Maternal Conditions	13	451	55	17	+ 434
Tuberculosis	14	451	50	32	+ 419
Other Injuries	15	448	13	571	- 122
Low Birth Weight	16	441	28	178	+ 263
Malaria	17	363	78	0	+ 363
Congenital Anomalies	18	359	21	315	+ 43
Meningitis	19	336	54	18	+ 318
Violence	20	319	11	635	- 316
Suicide	21	317	15	407	- 90
Asthma	22	271	45	60	+ 210
Breast Cancer	23	259	16	384	- 126
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	257	8	818	- 561
HIV/AIDS	25	255	25	192	+ 63
Falls	26	140	35	116	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	122	42	74	+ 49
Lymphomas	28	122	19	356	- 234
Leukemia	29	120	24	262	- 142
Cervical Cancer	30	110	29	159	- 49
Fires	31	109	58	10	+ 99
Inflammatory/Heart	32	102	26	191	- 89
Drownings	33	98	37	97	+ 1
Poisonings	34	95	60	5	+ 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	94	12	621	- 527
Pertussis	36	74	69	0	+ 74
Parkinson's Disease	37	70	30	138	- 68
Epilepsy	38	68	34	116	- 49
Oesophagus Cancer	39	67	44	61	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	40	66	40	80	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	64	49	32	+ 31
Schistosomiasis	42	60	76	0	+ 60
Endocrine Disorders	43	59	27	183	- 124
Oral Cancer	44	59	38	96	- 37
Liver Cancer	45	57	17	382	- 324
Lung Cancers	46	51	20	343	- 292
Prostate Cancer	47	45	14	448	- 403
Stomach Cancer	48	40	10	661	- 620
Alcohol	49	38	33	126	- 88
Skin Disease	50	37	32	126	- 89
Bladder Cancer	51	35	36	100	- 65
Tetanus	52	31	74	0	+ 31
Drug Use	53	30	43	63	- 33
Syphilis	54	29	65	1	+ 28
Appendicitis	55	26	52	22	+ 4
Skin Cancers	56	25	31	137	- 112
Hepatitis B	57	23	59	7	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	58	16	22	294	- 277
Leishmaniasis	59	16	72	0	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	60	15	62	3	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	61	15	41	80	- 66
Encephalitis	62	13	63	3	+ 10
Measles	63	10	75	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	46	55	- 45
Hepatitis C	65	5	64	1	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	66	5	23	266	- 261
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	57	11	- 8
Ascariasis	68	2	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
War	71	0	68	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
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

Eritrea

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.