COSTA RICA VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,272	1	2,639	+ 10,632
Hypertension	2	11,910	6	863	+ 11,047
Stroke	3	4,922	2	1,624	+ 3,298
Lung Cancers	4	2,899	20	343	+ 2,555
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	2,324	12	621	+ 1,703
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,538	7	836	+ 703
Liver Disease	7	1,449	18	370	+ 1,079
Prostate Cancer	8	1,317	14	448	+ 868
Stomach Cancer	9	1,278	10	661	+ 618
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,184	22	294	+ 890
Breast Cancer	11	1,147	16	384	+ 762
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,012	8	818	+ 194
Lung Disease	13	1,009	4	1,046	- 37
Inflammatory/Heart	14	957	26	191	+ 766
Lymphomas	15	939	19	356	+ 583
Suicide	16	871	15	407	+ 464
Kidney Disease	17	778	3	1,482	- 704
Alcohol	18	655	33	126	+ 528
Diabetes Mellitus	19	644	5	953	- 309
Other Injuries	20	623	13	571	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	21	555	36	100	+ 455
Leukemia	22	554	24	262	+ 292
Other Neoplasms	23	544	23	266	+ 278
Falls	24	523	35	116	+ 407
Oral Cancer	25	487	38	96	+ 391
Liver Cancer	26	473	17	382	+ 91
Oesophagus Cancer	27	434	44	61	+ 374
Ovary Cancer	28	385	40	80	+ 304
Parkinson's Disease	29	362	30	138	+ 223
Skin Cancers	30	348	31	137	+ 211
Drug Use	31	331	43	63	+ 268
Cervical Cancer	32	298	29	159	+ 139
Endocrine Disorders	33	291	27	183	+ 107
Uterin Cancer	34	265	41	80	+ 185
Road Traffic Accidents	35	261	9	746	- 485
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	243	42	74	+ 169
Epilepsy	37	196	34	116	+ 80
Fires	38	180	58	10	+ 170
HIV/AIDS	39	178	25	192	- 14
Drownings	40	132	37	97	+ 35
Skin Disease	41	126	32	126	- 0
Violence	42	126	11	635	- 510
Congenital Anomalies	43	110	21	315	- 205
Asthma	44	106	45	60	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	95	49	32	+ 63
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	76	46	55	+ 21
Tuberculosis	47	73	50	32	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	48	72	57	11	+ 61
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	54	56	13	+ 40
Osteoarthritis	50	45	61	5	+ 40
Anemia	51	40	51	25	+ 16
Poisonings	52	37	60	5	+ 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	36	39	87	- 51
Meningitis	54	33	54	18	+ 15
Low Birth Weight	55	30	28	178	- 148
Schizophrenia	56	27	53	21	+ 6
Birth Trauma	57	22	47	48	- 26
Hepatitis C	58	18	64	1	+ 17
Appendicitis	59	9	52	22	- 13
Oral conditions	60	9	66	1	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	61	5	55	17	- 12
Syphilis	62	4	65	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	63	1	63	3	- 2
War	64	1	68	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	59	7	- 7
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	3	- 3
Otitis Media	67	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	69	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	84	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	48	37	- 37
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	73	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Estonia

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.