COSTA RICA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	11,269	25	192	+ 11,078
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,598	7	836	+ 6,762
Stroke	3	6,659	2	1,624	+ 5,034
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	5,565	39	87	+ 5,478
Coronary Heart Disease	5	4,966	1	2,639	+ 2,327
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,727	5	953	+ 3,773
Suicide	7	3,639	15	407	+ 3,232
Tuberculosis	8	2,856	50	32	+ 2,825
Lung Disease	9	2,605	4	1,046	+ 1,558
Kidney Disease	10	2,398	3	1,482	+ 916
Hypertension	11	2,340	6	863	+ 1,477
Low Birth Weight	12	2,262	28	178	+ 2,084
Violence	13	2,184	11	635	+ 1,549
Liver Disease	14	1,872	18	370	+ 1,503
Birth Trauma	15	1,695	47	48	+ 1,647
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,604	9	746	+ 858
Asthma	17	1,602	45	60	+ 1,542
Other Injuries	18	1,259	13	571	+ 689
Congenital Anomalies	19	920	21	315	+ 605
Cervical Cancer	20	880	29	159	+ 721
Malnutrition	21	844	48	37	+ 807
Meningitis	22	751	54	18	+ 733
Inflammatory/Heart	23	721	26	191	+ 530
Maternal Conditions	24	691	55	17	+ 674
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	659	42	74	+ 585
Fires	26	635	58	10	+ 625
Endocrine Disorders	27	555	27	183	+ 372
Drownings	28	473	37	97	+ 376
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	459	8	818	- 359
Epilepsy	30	339	34	116	+ 223
Falls	31	302	35	116	+ 186
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	297	49	32	+ 265
Poisonings	33	263	60	5	+ 257
Breast Cancer	34	230	16	384	- 155
Prostate Cancer	35	191	14	448	- 257
Lymphomas	36	184	19	356	- 172
Oesophagus Cancer	37	174	44	61	+ 113
Alcohol	38	167	33	126	+ 41
Liver Cancer	39	167	17	382	- 215
Skin Disease	40	165	32	126	+ 39
Parkinson's Disease	41	129	30	138	- 9
Oral Cancer	42	122	38	96	+ 26
Lung Cancers	43	121	20	343	- 223
Pertussis	44	121	69	0	+ 120
Syphilis	45	119	65	1	+ 118
Skin Cancers	46	109	31	137	- 27
Tetanus	47	107	74	0	+ 107
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	94	12	621	- 527
Leukemia	49	92	24	262	- 170
Drug Use	50	75	43	63	+ 12
Hepatitis B	51	63	59	7	+ 56
Appendicitis	52	59	52	22	+ 37
Ovary Cancer	53	58	40	80	- 23
Uterin Cancer	54	55	41	80	- 25
Upper Respiratory	55	43	62	3	+ 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	43	46	55	- 12
Encephalitis	57	32	63	3	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	58	29	22	294	- 265
Measles	59	28	75	0	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	60	25	10	661	- 635
Bladder Cancer	61	23	36	100	- 77
Other Neoplasms	62	22	23	266	- 244
Multiple Sclerosis	63	14	57	11	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	6	64	1	+ 5
Chlamydia	65	4	84	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	3	82	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	2	71	0	+ 2
War	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Dengue	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	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
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

Lesotho

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.