COSTA RICA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,780	1	2,639	+ 1,141
Stroke	2	1,938	2	1,624	+ 314
Lung Disease	3	1,234	4	1,046	+ 187
Kidney Disease	4	1,089	3	1,482	- 393
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	639	8	818	- 179
Diabetes Mellitus	6	634	5	953	- 319
Lung Cancers	7	492	20	343	+ 149
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	447	7	836	- 388
Breast Cancer	9	379	16	384	- 5
Liver Cancer	10	363	17	382	- 19
Liver Disease	11	330	18	370	- 39
Endocrine Disorders	12	293	27	183	+ 109
Cervical Cancer	13	291	29	159	+ 132
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	284	12	621	- 337
Congenital Anomalies	15	261	21	315	- 54
Falls	16	255	35	116	+ 139
Hypertension	17	222	6	863	- 641
Other Injuries	18	212	13	571	- 358
Oral Cancer	19	209	38	96	+ 113
Low Birth Weight	20	199	28	178	+ 21
Suicide	21	197	15	407	- 210
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	194	39	87	+ 107
Drownings	23	187	37	97	+ 91
Leukemia	24	173	24	262	- 88
Parkinson's Disease	25	157	30	138	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	26	156	14	448	- 293
Tuberculosis	27	153	50	32	+ 121
Violence	28	135	11	635	- 500
Asthma	29	133	45	60	+ 73
Ovary Cancer	30	126	40	80	+ 45
Road Traffic Accidents	31	117	9	746	- 629
Skin Disease	32	115	32	126	- 12
Dengue	33	102	70	0	+ 102
Lymphomas	34	100	19	356	- 256
Maternal Conditions	35	74	55	17	+ 57
Inflammatory/Heart	36	72	26	191	- 119
Bladder Cancer	37	71	36	100	- 29
Epilepsy	38	66	34	116	- 50
Birth Trauma	39	65	47	48	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	40	60	22	294	- 234
Fires	41	53	58	10	+ 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	49	42	74	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	46	49	32	+ 14
Encephalitis	44	37	63	3	+ 34
Malnutrition	45	37	48	37	- 0
Other Neoplasms	46	28	23	266	- 238
Uterin Cancer	47	27	41	80	- 54
Drug Use	48	25	43	63	- 38
Stomach Cancer	49	17	10	661	- 644
Meningitis	50	15	54	18	- 3
Alcohol	51	9	33	126	- 117
Pertussis	52	5	69	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	5	46	55	- 50
Tetanus	54	4	74	0	+ 4
Poisonings	55	3	60	5	- 2
Hepatitis B	56	3	59	7	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	57	11	- 8
Syphilis	58	2	65	1	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	59	2	44	61	- 59
Measles	60	2	75	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	2	52	22	- 20
War	62	1	68	1	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	1	31	137	- 136
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	1	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	3	- 3
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	67	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	25	192	- 192
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Maldives

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.