COSTA RICA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,559	1	2,639	+ 2,919
Stroke	2	2,188	2	1,624	+ 564
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,061	9	746	+ 315
Hypertension	4	978	6	863	+ 115
Diabetes Mellitus	5	829	5	953	- 125
Kidney Disease	6	704	3	1,482	- 779
Lung Disease	7	680	4	1,046	- 367
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	670	7	836	- 166
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	658	8	818	- 160
Stomach Cancer	10	585	10	661	- 75
Lung Cancers	11	404	20	343	+ 61
Liver Disease	12	395	18	370	+ 26
Low Birth Weight	13	290	28	178	+ 112
Congenital Anomalies	14	289	21	315	- 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	273	12	621	- 348
Suicide	16	258	15	407	- 149
Other Injuries	17	241	13	571	- 330
Leukemia	18	236	24	262	- 25
Breast Cancer	19	223	16	384	- 162
Liver Cancer	20	221	17	382	- 161
Prostate Cancer	21	213	14	448	- 235
Asthma	22	200	45	60	+ 140
Lymphomas	23	172	19	356	- 184
Falls	24	168	35	116	+ 52
Birth Trauma	25	163	47	48	+ 115
Parkinson's Disease	26	152	30	138	+ 14
Violence	27	151	11	635	- 484
HIV/AIDS	28	150	25	192	- 42
Pancreas Cancer	29	144	22	294	- 150
Oesophagus Cancer	30	141	44	61	+ 80
Drug Use	31	134	43	63	+ 71
Endocrine Disorders	32	125	27	183	- 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	109	39	87	+ 22
Fires	34	109	58	10	+ 98
Inflammatory/Heart	35	96	26	191	- 95
Bladder Cancer	36	84	36	100	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	74	42	74	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	59	49	32	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	39	56	40	80	- 25
Drownings	40	55	37	97	- 41
Tuberculosis	41	53	50	32	+ 21
War	42	50	68	1	+ 50
Poisonings	43	49	60	5	+ 43
Epilepsy	44	43	34	116	- 73
Oral Cancer	45	39	38	96	- 57
Meningitis	46	38	54	18	+ 20
Skin Cancers	47	31	31	137	- 106
Cervical Cancer	48	30	29	159	- 129
Hepatitis B	49	25	59	7	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	50	24	57	11	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	51	21	41	80	- 59
Maternal Conditions	52	17	55	17	- 0
Alcohol	53	15	33	126	- 111
Encephalitis	54	15	63	3	+ 12
Skin Disease	55	14	32	126	- 112
Malnutrition	56	9	48	37	- 27
Appendicitis	57	9	52	22	- 12
Other Neoplasms	58	7	23	266	- 259
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	46	55	- 50
Pertussis	60	4	69	0	+ 4
Syphilis	61	3	65	1	+ 2
Tetanus	62	2	74	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	64	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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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.