COSTA RICA VS GEORGIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GEORGIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,206	1	2,639	+ 14,567
Stroke	2	12,860	2	1,624	+ 11,235
Hypertension	3	4,714	6	863	+ 3,851
Liver Disease	4	2,010	18	370	+ 1,641
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,962	8	818	+ 1,144
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,742	5	953	+ 788
Lung Disease	7	1,245	4	1,046	+ 198
Lung Cancers	8	1,237	20	343	+ 894
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	952	7	836	+ 116
Kidney Disease	10	887	3	1,482	- 595
Breast Cancer	11	658	16	384	+ 274
Stomach Cancer	12	573	10	661	- 88
Road Traffic Accidents	13	533	9	746	- 213
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	477	12	621	- 144
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	458	49	32	+ 426
Falls	16	451	35	116	+ 335
Liver Cancer	17	413	17	382	+ 31
Suicide	18	394	15	407	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	19	381	30	138	+ 243
Other Injuries	20	372	13	571	- 198
Inflammatory/Heart	21	372	26	191	+ 181
Prostate Cancer	22	312	14	448	- 136
Pancreas Cancer	23	244	22	294	- 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	24	243	42	74	+ 170
Lymphomas	25	224	19	356	- 132
Bladder Cancer	26	221	36	100	+ 121
Cervical Cancer	27	201	29	159	+ 42
Congenital Anomalies	28	187	21	315	- 128
Ovary Cancer	29	187	40	80	+ 106
Leukemia	30	184	24	262	- 77
Oral Cancer	31	179	38	96	+ 83
Tuberculosis	32	164	50	32	+ 132
Skin Cancers	33	160	31	137	+ 23
Fires	34	150	58	10	+ 140
Asthma	35	146	45	60	+ 86
Uterin Cancer	36	123	41	80	+ 43
Low Birth Weight	37	123	28	178	- 55
Endocrine Disorders	38	117	27	183	- 67
Drownings	39	102	37	97	+ 5
Violence	40	97	11	635	- 538
Drug Use	41	96	43	63	+ 33
HIV/AIDS	42	96	25	192	- 96
Oesophagus Cancer	43	81	44	61	+ 20
Epilepsy	44	55	34	116	- 62
Alcohol	45	53	33	126	- 73
Birth Trauma	46	42	47	48	- 6
Meningitis	47	26	54	18	+ 9
Encephalitis	48	26	63	3	+ 23
Poisonings	49	25	60	5	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	20	39	87	- 67
Skin Disease	51	18	32	126	- 108
Other Neoplasms	52	16	23	266	- 250
Maternal Conditions	53	14	55	17	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	54	13	57	11	+ 2
Appendicitis	55	11	52	22	- 10
Leishmaniasis	56	8	72	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	8	46	55	- 47
Hepatitis B	58	8	59	7	+ 1
Malnutrition	59	5	48	37	- 32
Upper Respiratory	60	1	62	3	- 2
War	61	0	68	1	- 0
Tetanus	62	0	74	0	+ 0
Syphilis	63	0	65	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Georgia

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.