COSTA RICA VS KIRIBATI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KIRIBATI		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,995	1	2,639	+ 5,356
Stroke	2	7,476	2	1,624	+ 5,852
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,932	5	953	+ 5,979
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,549	7	836	+ 1,714
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,458	39	87	+ 2,371
Asthma	6	2,141	45	60	+ 2,080
Tuberculosis	7	1,951	50	32	+ 1,920
Kidney Disease	8	1,908	3	1,482	+ 426
Suicide	9	1,503	15	407	+ 1,096
Lung Disease	10	1,454	4	1,046	+ 407
Cervical Cancer	11	1,372	29	159	+ 1,213
Liver Disease	12	1,354	18	370	+ 984
Low Birth Weight	13	1,237	28	178	+ 1,059
Birth Trauma	14	1,044	47	48	+ 996
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,041	21	315	+ 725
Rheumatic Heart Disease	16	832	49	32	+ 800
Malnutrition	17	676	48	37	+ 639
Breast Cancer	18	674	16	384	+ 290
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	644	42	74	+ 571
Lung Cancers	20	632	20	343	+ 288
Hypertension	21	615	6	863	- 248
Meningitis	22	611	54	18	+ 593
Stomach Cancer	23	524	10	661	- 137
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	493	8	818	- 325
Other Injuries	25	471	13	571	- 99
Oral Cancer	26	470	38	96	+ 374
Liver Cancer	27	420	17	382	+ 38
Drownings	28	415	37	97	+ 319
Inflammatory/Heart	29	341	26	191	+ 149
Endocrine Disorders	30	326	27	183	+ 143
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	318	12	621	- 302
Pertussis	32	288	69	0	+ 288
Parkinson's Disease	33	271	30	138	+ 132
Violence	34	256	11	635	- 379
Maternal Conditions	35	256	55	17	+ 239
Oesophagus Cancer	36	249	44	61	+ 188
Syphilis	37	201	65	1	+ 199
Epilepsy	38	199	34	116	+ 83
Leukemia	39	186	24	262	- 75
Skin Disease	40	179	32	126	+ 53
Lymphomas	41	141	19	356	- 214
Falls	42	141	35	116	+ 25
Poisonings	43	140	60	5	+ 135
Prostate Cancer	44	122	14	448	- 326
Road Traffic Accidents	45	102	9	746	- 644
Uterin Cancer	46	94	41	80	+ 13
Fires	47	92	58	10	+ 82
Hepatitis B	48	88	59	7	+ 81
Pancreas Cancer	49	86	22	294	- 208
Ovary Cancer	50	51	40	80	- 29
Bladder Cancer	51	44	36	100	- 56
Appendicitis	52	37	52	22	+ 15
Encephalitis	53	32	63	3	+ 30
Alcohol	54	29	33	126	- 97
Tetanus	55	20	74	0	+ 20
Skin Cancers	56	19	31	137	- 117
Drug Use	57	18	43	63	- 45
Other Neoplasms	58	14	23	266	- 252
Dengue	59	12	70	0	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	60	12	62	3	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	57	11	- 3
Hepatitis C	62	7	64	1	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	46	55	- 50
Ascariasis	64	3	71	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	65	2	73	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	66	2	84	0	+ 2
War	67	1	68	1	+ 0
Measles	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	25	192	- 192
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Kiribati

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.