COSTA RICA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,595	1	2,639	+ 2,956
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,577	7	836	+ 2,741
Stroke	3	3,289	2	1,624	+ 1,665
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,094	9	746	+ 348
Lung Disease	5	1,010	4	1,046	- 36
Kidney Disease	6	1,010	3	1,482	- 472
Liver Disease	7	781	18	370	+ 411
Lung Cancers	8	658	20	343	+ 315
Diabetes Mellitus	9	626	5	953	- 328
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	609	8	818	- 209
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	584	12	621	- 37
Breast Cancer	12	468	16	384	+ 84
HIV/AIDS	13	408	25	192	+ 216
Other Injuries	14	339	13	571	- 232
Skin Disease	15	315	32	126	+ 189
Liver Cancer	16	302	17	382	- 80
Oral Cancer	17	284	38	96	+ 188
Falls	18	283	35	116	+ 167
Suicide	19	278	15	407	- 129
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	270	39	87	+ 183
Stomach Cancer	21	220	10	661	- 441
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	217	42	74	+ 143
Leukemia	23	215	24	262	- 46
Congenital Anomalies	24	214	21	315	- 102
Lymphomas	25	201	19	356	- 154
Tuberculosis	26	187	50	32	+ 155
Inflammatory/Heart	27	185	26	191	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	28	168	30	138	+ 30
Low Birth Weight	29	155	28	178	- 22
Asthma	30	154	45	60	+ 94
Cervical Cancer	31	154	29	159	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	32	151	22	294	- 142
Prostate Cancer	33	138	14	448	- 311
Violence	34	132	11	635	- 503
Ovary Cancer	35	126	40	80	+ 46
Drownings	36	125	37	97	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	37	123	27	183	- 60
Hypertension	38	99	6	863	- 764
Bladder Cancer	39	71	36	100	- 29
Encephalitis	40	69	63	3	+ 66
Oesophagus Cancer	41	66	44	61	+ 5
Birth Trauma	42	55	47	48	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	43	54	41	80	- 27
Fires	44	51	58	10	+ 41
Drug Use	45	49	43	63	- 14
Meningitis	46	46	54	18	+ 28
Dengue	47	43	70	0	+ 43
Other Neoplasms	48	40	23	266	- 225
Malnutrition	49	38	48	37	+ 1
Skin Cancers	50	38	31	137	- 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	37	49	32	+ 5
Epilepsy	52	34	34	116	- 82
Poisonings	53	32	60	5	+ 27
Hepatitis B	54	31	59	7	+ 24
Alcohol	55	28	33	126	- 99
Maternal Conditions	56	25	55	17	+ 8
Pertussis	57	12	69	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	58	11	52	22	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	57	11	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	46	55	- 51
Tetanus	61	3	74	0	+ 3
Syphilis	62	3	65	1	+ 2
War	63	2	68	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	62	3	- 2
Otitis Media	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	25	- 25
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Malaysia

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.