COSTA RICA VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,681	1	2,639	+ 2,042
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,468	5	953	+ 2,515
Kidney Disease	3	1,797	3	1,482	+ 315
Stroke	4	1,603	2	1,624	- 22
Violence	5	1,307	11	635	+ 672
Liver Disease	6	1,202	18	370	+ 832
Lung Disease	7	1,173	4	1,046	+ 127
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	999	7	836	+ 164
Hypertension	9	717	6	863	- 146
Road Traffic Accidents	10	657	9	746	- 89
Other Injuries	11	490	13	571	- 80
Endocrine Disorders	12	456	27	183	+ 272
Congenital Anomalies	13	421	21	315	+ 106
Malnutrition	14	304	48	37	+ 267
Prostate Cancer	15	302	14	448	- 146
Breast Cancer	16	297	16	384	- 87
Lung Cancers	17	296	20	343	- 47
Low Birth Weight	18	288	28	178	+ 111
Stomach Cancer	19	279	10	661	- 381
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	277	12	621	- 344
Liver Cancer	21	275	17	382	- 107
Suicide	22	273	15	407	- 134
Other Neoplasms	23	250	23	266	- 16
Lymphomas	24	200	19	356	- 156
Leukemia	25	195	24	262	- 67
Cervical Cancer	26	193	29	159	+ 34
Pancreas Cancer	27	182	22	294	- 112
HIV/AIDS	28	166	25	192	- 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	140	39	87	+ 53
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	139	8	818	- 679
Skin Disease	31	122	32	126	- 4
Alcohol	32	119	33	126	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	110	42	74	+ 37
Ovary Cancer	34	107	40	80	+ 26
Falls	35	106	35	116	- 10
Birth Trauma	36	103	47	48	+ 55
Anemia	37	88	51	25	+ 63
Tuberculosis	38	78	50	32	+ 47
Epilepsy	39	77	34	116	- 39
Skin Cancers	40	77	31	137	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	41	75	26	191	- 116
Drownings	42	72	37	97	- 24
Parkinson's Disease	43	63	30	138	- 75
Drug Use	44	59	43	63	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	57	46	55	+ 2
Oral Cancer	46	55	38	96	- 41
Asthma	47	54	45	60	- 6
Bladder Cancer	48	51	36	100	- 48
Oesophagus Cancer	49	50	44	61	- 10
Uterin Cancer	50	36	41	80	- 44
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	36	56	13	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	35	49	32	+ 2
Appendicitis	53	31	52	22	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	54	30	55	17	+ 13
Hepatitis C	55	25	64	1	+ 24
Fires	56	24	58	10	+ 14
Poisonings	57	21	60	5	+ 16
Meningitis	58	14	54	18	- 3
Osteoarthritis	59	12	61	5	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	12	57	11	+ 1
Hepatitis B	61	8	59	7	+ 2
Encephalitis	62	6	63	3	+ 3
Schizophrenia	63	5	53	21	- 16
Upper Respiratory	64	5	62	3	+ 2
Oral conditions	65	5	66	1	+ 4
War	66	5	68	1	+ 4
Dengue	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Pertussis	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	73	0	65	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	77	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Mexico

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.