COSTA RICA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,215	1	2,639	+ 7,576
Diabetes Mellitus	2	6,488	5	953	+ 5,535
Stroke	3	6,297	2	1,624	+ 4,673
Kidney Disease	4	2,973	3	1,482	+ 1,491
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,737	7	836	+ 1,902
Lung Disease	6	2,179	4	1,046	+ 1,133
Suicide	7	1,698	15	407	+ 1,291
Hypertension	8	1,434	6	863	+ 570
Liver Disease	9	1,253	18	370	+ 884
Lung Cancers	10	1,212	20	343	+ 869
Drownings	11	911	37	97	+ 814
Breast Cancer	12	898	16	384	+ 514
Asthma	13	841	45	60	+ 781
Low Birth Weight	14	791	28	178	+ 613
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	725	49	32	+ 693
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	710	39	87	+ 623
Other Injuries	17	704	13	571	+ 133
Congenital Anomalies	18	702	21	315	+ 387
Tuberculosis	19	662	50	32	+ 630
Stomach Cancer	20	621	10	661	- 40
Birth Trauma	21	572	47	48	+ 524
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	446	12	621	- 175
Cervical Cancer	23	440	29	159	+ 281
Liver Cancer	24	431	17	382	+ 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	350	42	74	+ 276
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	345	8	818	- 474
Falls	27	325	35	116	+ 209
Inflammatory/Heart	28	319	26	191	+ 127
Prostate Cancer	29	291	14	448	- 157
Endocrine Disorders	30	280	27	183	+ 97
Violence	31	278	11	635	- 357
Leukemia	32	265	24	262	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	33	247	30	138	+ 109
Maternal Conditions	34	194	55	17	+ 177
Pancreas Cancer	35	192	22	294	- 102
Lymphomas	36	190	19	356	- 166
Pertussis	37	186	69	0	+ 186
Oral Cancer	38	178	38	96	+ 82
Meningitis	39	169	54	18	+ 151
Syphilis	40	160	65	1	+ 159
Uterin Cancer	41	151	41	80	+ 71
Skin Disease	42	145	32	126	+ 19
Epilepsy	43	144	34	116	+ 28
Malnutrition	44	140	48	37	+ 104
Ovary Cancer	45	122	40	80	+ 42
Alcohol	46	120	33	126	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	47	115	44	61	+ 54
Fires	48	106	58	10	+ 96
Bladder Cancer	49	83	36	100	- 17
Poisonings	50	54	60	5	+ 48
Skin Cancers	51	48	31	137	- 89
Drug Use	52	33	43	63	- 30
Encephalitis	53	31	63	3	+ 29
Appendicitis	54	23	52	22	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	55	20	23	266	- 246
Measles	56	18	75	0	+ 18
Hepatitis B	57	16	59	7	+ 9
Road Traffic Accidents	58	10	9	746	- 736
Tetanus	59	9	74	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	8	46	55	- 47
Dengue	61	7	70	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	57	11	- 3
Hepatitis C	63	2	64	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	64	2	73	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	65	2	71	0	+ 2
War	66	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	3	- 3
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
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	25	192	- 192
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	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
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Micronesia

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.