COSTA RICA VS KAZAKHSTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KAZAKHSTAN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,076	1	2,639	+ 5,437
Stroke	2	5,602	2	1,624	+ 3,977
Lung Disease	3	1,921	4	1,046	+ 874
Liver Disease	4	1,423	18	370	+ 1,053
Lung Cancers	5	1,010	20	343	+ 667
Inflammatory/Heart	6	1,004	26	191	+ 813
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	902	7	836	+ 66
Suicide	8	847	15	407	+ 440
Stomach Cancer	9	688	10	661	+ 27
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	625	8	818	- 193
Road Traffic Accidents	11	611	9	746	- 135
Diabetes Mellitus	12	583	5	953	- 370
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	553	12	621	- 68
Hypertension	14	477	6	863	- 386
Breast Cancer	15	441	16	384	+ 57
Kidney Disease	16	426	3	1,482	- 1,056
Other Injuries	17	382	13	571	- 189
Alcohol	18	340	33	126	+ 214
Oesophagus Cancer	19	337	44	61	+ 277
Asthma	20	296	45	60	+ 236
Pancreas Cancer	21	292	22	294	- 2
Liver Cancer	22	265	17	382	- 117
Violence	23	247	11	635	- 389
Congenital Anomalies	24	246	21	315	- 69
Cervical Cancer	25	209	29	159	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	26	188	30	138	+ 50
Falls	27	182	35	116	+ 66
Low Birth Weight	28	182	28	178	+ 4
Drug Use	29	180	43	63	+ 117
Drownings	30	177	37	97	+ 80
Oral Cancer	31	176	38	96	+ 80
Ovary Cancer	32	165	40	80	+ 84
Leukemia	33	159	24	262	- 103
Prostate Cancer	34	138	14	448	- 310
Birth Trauma	35	114	47	48	+ 66
Lymphomas	36	113	19	356	- 242
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	98	42	74	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	38	95	41	80	+ 15
Poisonings	39	93	60	5	+ 88
Fires	40	92	58	10	+ 82
Bladder Cancer	41	90	36	100	- 10
HIV/AIDS	42	88	25	192	- 104
Endocrine Disorders	43	79	27	183	- 105
Epilepsy	44	77	34	116	- 39
Tuberculosis	45	76	50	32	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	76	49	32	+ 44
Skin Cancers	47	74	31	137	- 62
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	67	39	87	- 20
Encephalitis	49	37	63	3	+ 34
Meningitis	50	23	54	18	+ 5
Malnutrition	51	22	48	37	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	52	12	57	11	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	53	10	23	266	- 256
Skin Disease	54	8	32	126	- 118
Maternal Conditions	55	8	55	17	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	7	46	55	- 49
Appendicitis	57	5	52	22	- 17
Upper Respiratory	58	4	62	3	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	4	59	7	- 3
War	60	2	68	1	+ 1
Tetanus	61	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	62	1	84	0	+ 1
Syphilis	63	0	65	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	25	- 25
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

Kazakhstan

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.