COSTA RICA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,866	1	2,639	+ 2,226
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,094	8	818	+ 3,275
Stroke	3	2,800	2	1,624	+ 1,175
Lung Cancers	4	2,746	20	343	+ 2,403
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,683	12	621	+ 1,062
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,523	7	836	+ 687
Lung Disease	7	1,404	4	1,046	+ 358
Breast Cancer	8	1,196	16	384	+ 812
Other Injuries	9	1,164	13	571	+ 594
Pancreas Cancer	10	952	22	294	+ 658
Kidney Disease	11	884	3	1,482	- 598
Diabetes Mellitus	12	840	5	953	- 113
Prostate Cancer	13	837	14	448	+ 389
Lymphomas	14	775	19	356	+ 420
Liver Cancer	15	737	17	382	+ 355
Suicide	16	690	15	407	+ 283
Other Neoplasms	17	675	23	266	+ 410
Falls	18	638	35	116	+ 522
Endocrine Disorders	19	623	27	183	+ 439
Parkinson's Disease	20	583	30	138	+ 445
Leukemia	21	574	24	262	+ 313
Liver Disease	22	568	18	370	+ 199
Hypertension	23	547	6	863	- 316
Bladder Cancer	24	506	36	100	+ 406
Inflammatory/Heart	25	467	26	191	+ 276
Stomach Cancer	26	426	10	661	- 235
Oral Cancer	27	360	38	96	+ 264
Oesophagus Cancer	28	360	44	61	+ 299
Malnutrition	29	324	48	37	+ 288
Ovary Cancer	30	305	40	80	+ 225
Road Traffic Accidents	31	257	9	746	- 489
Skin Cancers	32	251	31	137	+ 114
Alcohol	33	246	33	126	+ 119
Uterin Cancer	34	210	41	80	+ 129
Congenital Anomalies	35	155	21	315	- 160
Drug Use	36	145	43	63	+ 82
Epilepsy	37	144	34	116	+ 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	139	39	87	+ 52
Skin Disease	39	123	32	126	- 3
Cervical Cancer	40	121	29	159	- 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	107	49	32	+ 74
Asthma	42	80	45	60	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	76	42	74	+ 2
Anemia	44	75	51	25	+ 50
Drownings	45	67	37	97	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	46	58	57	11	+ 47
Low Birth Weight	47	50	28	178	- 128
Schizophrenia	48	50	53	21	+ 29
Violence	49	41	11	635	- 594
Tuberculosis	50	34	50	32	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	33	46	55	- 22
Hepatitis C	52	32	64	1	+ 31
Fires	53	31	58	10	+ 21
HIV/AIDS	54	28	25	192	- 164
Birth Trauma	55	24	47	48	- 24
Osteoarthritis	56	19	61	5	+ 14
Poisonings	57	18	60	5	+ 12
Meningitis	58	13	54	18	- 5
Hepatitis B	59	10	59	7	+ 3
Oral conditions	60	9	66	1	+ 8
Appendicitis	61	7	52	22	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	6	56	13	- 7
Upper Respiratory	63	4	62	3	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	4	55	17	- 13
Otitis Media	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	63	3	- 2
War	67	1	68	1	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	65	1	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	84	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	79	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

France

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.