COSTA RICA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,288	1	2,639	- 351
Stroke	2	1,371	2	1,624	- 254
Road Traffic Accidents	3	809	9	746	+ 63
Diabetes Mellitus	4	793	5	953	- 160
Hypertension	5	722	6	863	- 141
Kidney Disease	6	704	3	1,482	- 778
Lung Cancers	7	499	20	343	+ 155
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	442	7	836	- 394
Congenital Anomalies	9	440	21	315	+ 125
Low Birth Weight	10	404	28	178	+ 226
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	333	8	818	- 485
Breast Cancer	12	323	16	384	- 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	290	12	621	- 330
Liver Disease	14	233	18	370	- 137
Lung Disease	15	209	4	1,046	- 837
Leukemia	16	174	24	262	- 87
Stomach Cancer	17	172	10	661	- 488
Lymphomas	18	152	19	356	- 203
Other Injuries	19	138	13	571	- 432
Birth Trauma	20	128	47	48	+ 80
Violence	21	127	11	635	- 509
Pancreas Cancer	22	116	22	294	- 178
Bladder Cancer	23	100	36	100	+ 0
Falls	24	90	35	116	- 26
Liver Cancer	25	88	17	382	- 294
Endocrine Disorders	26	85	27	183	- 98
Parkinson's Disease	27	80	30	138	- 58
Suicide	28	78	15	407	- 329
Fires	29	72	58	10	+ 62
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	72	39	87	- 16
Oral Cancer	31	67	38	96	- 29
Ovary Cancer	32	66	40	80	- 15
Prostate Cancer	33	62	14	448	- 386
Drug Use	34	54	43	63	- 9
Asthma	35	54	45	60	- 7
Drownings	36	50	37	97	- 46
Meningitis	37	37	54	18	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	38	35	26	191	- 156
Uterin Cancer	39	35	41	80	- 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	31	42	74	- 42
Cervical Cancer	41	30	29	159	- 129
Oesophagus Cancer	42	30	44	61	- 31
Pertussis	43	26	69	0	+ 26
Maternal Conditions	44	25	55	17	+ 8
Syphilis	45	24	65	1	+ 23
Epilepsy	46	23	34	116	- 93
Poisonings	47	22	60	5	+ 17
Skin Disease	48	20	32	126	- 106
Skin Cancers	49	18	31	137	- 119
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	11	49	32	- 22
Malnutrition	51	7	48	37	- 30
Encephalitis	52	6	63	3	+ 4
Tuberculosis	53	6	50	32	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	54	6	57	11	- 5
Alcohol	55	5	33	126	- 121
Tetanus	56	5	74	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	57	4	23	266	- 261
Appendicitis	58	4	52	22	- 18
War	59	3	68	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	2	59	7	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	46	55	- 53
Schistosomiasis	62	1	76	0	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	63	1	25	192	- 191
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	1	- 0
Measles	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	62	3	- 3
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	67	1	- 1
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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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.