COSTA RICA VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,680	1	2,639	+ 3,041
Lung Disease	2	3,287	4	1,046	+ 2,241
Stroke	3	2,605	2	1,624	+ 980
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,505	39	87	+ 2,418
Tuberculosis	5	1,629	50	32	+ 1,597
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,466	7	836	+ 631
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,015	5	953	+ 61
Liver Disease	8	1,004	18	370	+ 634
Low Birth Weight	9	892	28	178	+ 714
Falls	10	844	35	116	+ 728
Kidney Disease	11	833	3	1,482	- 649
Road Traffic Accidents	12	794	9	746	+ 49
Asthma	13	733	45	60	+ 672
Suicide	14	648	15	407	+ 241
Other Injuries	15	559	13	571	- 12
Oral Cancer	16	501	38	96	+ 405
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	473	8	818	- 345
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	471	49	32	+ 439
Hypertension	19	404	6	863	- 459
Birth Trauma	20	384	47	48	+ 336
Lung Cancers	21	330	20	343	- 14
Breast Cancer	22	309	16	384	- 75
Congenital Anomalies	23	309	21	315	- 6
Stomach Cancer	24	303	10	661	- 358
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	289	12	621	- 332
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	255	42	74	+ 181
Violence	27	193	11	635	- 442
Drownings	28	182	37	97	+ 86
Encephalitis	29	180	63	3	+ 177
Cervical Cancer	30	169	29	159	+ 10
HIV/AIDS	31	166	25	192	- 26
Parkinson's Disease	32	162	30	138	+ 24
Lymphomas	33	150	19	356	- 206
Oesophagus Cancer	34	145	44	61	+ 84
Leukemia	35	125	24	262	- 137
Meningitis	36	125	54	18	+ 107
Pancreas Cancer	37	123	22	294	- 171
Prostate Cancer	38	116	14	448	- 332
Liver Cancer	39	113	17	382	- 268
Epilepsy	40	113	34	116	- 3
Maternal Conditions	41	97	55	17	+ 80
Fires	42	87	58	10	+ 77
Alcohol	43	86	33	126	- 40
Ovary Cancer	44	82	40	80	+ 2
Skin Disease	45	67	32	126	- 59
Dengue	46	66	70	0	+ 66
Endocrine Disorders	47	57	27	183	- 126
Bladder Cancer	48	53	36	100	- 47
Inflammatory/Heart	49	47	26	191	- 144
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	45	46	55	- 10
Measles	51	45	75	0	+ 45
Drug Use	52	44	43	63	- 19
Appendicitis	53	42	52	22	+ 20
Pertussis	54	38	69	0	+ 38
Malnutrition	55	32	48	37	- 5
Hepatitis B	56	31	59	7	+ 24
Malaria	57	29	78	0	+ 29
Tetanus	58	27	74	0	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	59	26	41	80	- 55
Skin Cancers	60	19	31	137	- 118
Poisonings	61	13	60	5	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	62	11	23	266	- 254
Multiple Sclerosis	63	9	57	11	- 2
Syphilis	64	8	65	1	+ 6
Hepatitis C	65	5	64	1	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	66	4	72	0	+ 4
War	67	3	68	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	2	62	3	- 1
Chlamydia	69	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	25	- 25
Depression	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Oral conditions	84	0	66	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	56	13	- 13
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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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.