COSTA RICA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,662	7	836	+ 1,826
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,970	39	87	+ 1,883
Stroke	3	1,748	2	1,624	+ 124
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,623	1	2,639	- 1,017
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,402	9	746	+ 656
Birth Trauma	6	1,382	47	48	+ 1,334
Low Birth Weight	7	1,245	28	178	+ 1,067
Liver Disease	8	1,211	18	370	+ 842
Tuberculosis	9	953	50	32	+ 921
Diabetes Mellitus	10	722	5	953	- 231
Congenital Anomalies	11	695	21	315	+ 379
Hypertension	12	598	6	863	- 265
Kidney Disease	13	538	3	1,482	- 945
Meningitis	14	534	54	18	+ 516
Lung Disease	15	527	4	1,046	- 519
Other Injuries	16	521	13	571	- 49
HIV/AIDS	17	510	25	192	+ 318
Maternal Conditions	18	395	55	17	+ 378
Malnutrition	19	384	48	37	+ 347
Breast Cancer	20	377	16	384	- 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	367	8	818	- 451
Violence	22	359	11	635	- 277
Pertussis	23	306	69	0	+ 306
Measles	24	281	75	0	+ 281
Suicide	25	268	15	407	- 139
Malaria	26	250	78	0	+ 250
Cervical Cancer	27	223	29	159	+ 64
Falls	28	200	35	116	+ 84
Asthma	29	199	45	60	+ 139
Leukemia	30	188	24	262	- 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	167	12	621	- 454
Poisonings	32	163	60	5	+ 158
Lymphomas	33	159	19	356	- 196
Fires	34	145	58	10	+ 134
Drownings	35	139	37	97	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	36	108	40	80	+ 27
Tetanus	37	98	74	0	+ 98
Lung Cancers	38	98	20	343	- 246
Inflammatory/Heart	39	96	26	191	- 95
Oesophagus Cancer	40	82	44	61	+ 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	78	42	74	+ 5
Liver Cancer	42	77	17	382	- 305
Syphilis	43	75	65	1	+ 74
Epilepsy	44	72	34	116	- 44
Endocrine Disorders	45	72	27	183	- 111
Parkinson's Disease	46	70	30	138	- 68
Stomach Cancer	47	67	10	661	- 593
Oral Cancer	48	66	38	96	- 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	59	49	32	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	50	55	14	448	- 393
Bladder Cancer	51	48	36	100	- 52
Skin Cancers	52	45	31	137	- 92
Skin Disease	53	40	32	126	- 86
Schistosomiasis	54	37	76	0	+ 37
Alcohol	55	33	33	126	- 93
Hepatitis B	56	33	59	7	+ 26
Upper Respiratory	57	31	62	3	+ 28
Appendicitis	58	30	52	22	+ 9
Leishmaniasis	59	26	72	0	+ 26
Drug Use	60	23	43	63	- 40
Pancreas Cancer	61	22	22	294	- 272
Uterin Cancer	62	19	41	80	- 62
Encephalitis	63	17	63	3	+ 15
War	64	12	68	1	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	10	46	55	- 45
Other Neoplasms	66	7	23	266	- 259
Diphtheria	67	6	73	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	68	6	71	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	69	5	64	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	70	3	57	11	- 8
Otitis Media	71	2	82	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	72	1	84	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	1	70	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	67	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	80	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Anemia	83	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Ethiopia

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.