COSTA RICA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,388	1	2,639	+ 5,749
Stroke	2	5,410	2	1,624	+ 3,785
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,580	8	818	+ 2,761
Lung Cancers	4	2,950	20	343	+ 2,606
Lung Disease	5	2,797	4	1,046	+ 1,751
Hypertension	6	2,585	6	863	+ 1,722
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,836	12	621	+ 1,215
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,713	5	953	+ 760
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,411	7	836	+ 576
Breast Cancer	10	1,198	16	384	+ 814
Kidney Disease	11	1,099	3	1,482	- 383
Other Injuries	12	1,046	13	571	+ 475
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,045	22	294	+ 751
Stomach Cancer	14	886	10	661	+ 225
Other Neoplasms	15	862	23	266	+ 597
Lymphomas	16	835	19	356	+ 480
Liver Cancer	17	831	17	382	+ 449
Endocrine Disorders	18	728	27	183	+ 545
Parkinson's Disease	19	728	30	138	+ 590
Prostate Cancer	20	726	14	448	+ 278
Leukemia	21	581	24	262	+ 320
Bladder Cancer	22	580	36	100	+ 480
Liver Disease	23	480	18	370	+ 111
Inflammatory/Heart	24	478	26	191	+ 286
Falls	25	365	35	116	+ 249
Suicide	26	349	15	407	- 58
Oral Cancer	27	289	38	96	+ 193
Ovary Cancer	28	283	40	80	+ 203
Skin Cancers	29	280	31	137	+ 143
Road Traffic Accidents	30	278	9	746	- 468
Hepatitis C	31	212	64	1	+ 211
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	191	49	32	+ 159
Uterin Cancer	33	190	41	80	+ 110
Oesophagus Cancer	34	177	44	61	+ 116
Anemia	35	144	51	25	+ 120
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	140	39	87	+ 53
Congenital Anomalies	37	125	21	315	- 191
Skin Disease	38	124	32	126	- 2
Epilepsy	39	115	34	116	- 1
Cervical Cancer	40	100	29	159	- 59
Malnutrition	41	67	48	37	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	61	46	55	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	60	42	74	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	44	58	57	11	+ 48
Drug Use	45	56	43	63	- 7
HIV/AIDS	46	45	25	192	- 147
Asthma	47	43	45	60	- 18
Osteoarthritis	48	42	61	5	+ 37
Schizophrenia	49	37	53	21	+ 16
Violence	50	35	11	635	- 600
Low Birth Weight	51	31	28	178	- 147
Drownings	52	30	37	97	- 67
Tuberculosis	53	29	50	32	- 3
Hepatitis B	54	29	59	7	+ 22
Alcohol	55	24	33	126	- 102
Fires	56	23	58	10	+ 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	21	56	13	+ 8
Poisonings	58	13	60	5	+ 8
Birth Trauma	59	12	47	48	- 36
Meningitis	60	11	54	18	- 7
Appendicitis	61	4	52	22	- 17
Oral conditions	62	4	66	1	+ 3
Tetanus	63	2	74	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	62	3	- 1
Otitis Media	65	1	82	0	+ 1
War	66	1	68	1	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	55	17	- 16
Encephalitis	68	0	63	3	- 2
Syphilis	69	0	65	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	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

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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.