COSTA RICA VS MONGOLIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MONGOLIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,346	1	2,639	+ 5,707
Stroke	2	7,062	2	1,624	+ 5,437
Liver Cancer	3	2,943	17	382	+ 2,561
Liver Disease	4	2,764	18	370	+ 2,394
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,089	9	746	+ 343
Stomach Cancer	6	991	10	661	+ 330
Alcohol	7	935	33	126	+ 808
Suicide	8	926	15	407	+ 519
Other Injuries	9	709	13	571	+ 139
Lung Cancers	10	660	20	343	+ 316
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	657	7	836	- 178
Kidney Disease	12	655	3	1,482	- 827
Oesophagus Cancer	13	587	44	61	+ 526
Tuberculosis	14	525	50	32	+ 494
Lung Disease	15	525	4	1,046	- 522
Inflammatory/Heart	16	421	26	191	+ 230
Congenital Anomalies	17	421	21	315	+ 106
Falls	18	391	35	116	+ 275
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	390	8	818	- 428
Low Birth Weight	20	327	28	178	+ 149
Hypertension	21	319	6	863	- 545
Violence	22	316	11	635	- 320
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	309	42	74	+ 235
Birth Trauma	24	257	47	48	+ 209
Cervical Cancer	25	249	29	159	+ 90
Drownings	26	243	37	97	+ 146
Diabetes Mellitus	27	233	5	953	- 721
Rheumatic Heart Disease	28	206	49	32	+ 174
Asthma	29	180	45	60	+ 120
Pancreas Cancer	30	152	22	294	- 142
Fires	31	151	58	10	+ 141
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	150	12	621	- 471
Poisonings	33	143	60	5	+ 138
Epilepsy	34	129	34	116	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	35	111	27	183	- 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	106	39	87	+ 19
Oral Cancer	37	98	38	96	+ 2
Breast Cancer	38	98	16	384	- 286
Parkinson's Disease	39	88	30	138	- 50
Maternal Conditions	40	78	55	17	+ 61
Ovary Cancer	41	73	40	80	- 8
Lymphomas	42	69	19	356	- 287
Encephalitis	43	65	63	3	+ 62
Syphilis	44	55	65	1	+ 54
Drug Use	45	52	43	63	- 11
Leukemia	46	48	24	262	- 214
Appendicitis	47	41	52	22	+ 19
Meningitis	48	34	54	18	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	49	34	25	192	- 158
Bladder Cancer	50	30	36	100	- 69
Skin Disease	51	29	32	126	- 97
Prostate Cancer	52	29	14	448	- 419
Pertussis	53	24	69	0	+ 24
Skin Cancers	54	20	31	137	- 117
Hepatitis B	55	17	59	7	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	14	46	55	- 42
Uterin Cancer	57	12	41	80	- 69
Other Neoplasms	58	5	23	266	- 260
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	57	11	- 6
Tetanus	60	3	74	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	61	2	62	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	62	1	64	1	- 0
War	63	1	68	1	- 0
Malnutrition	64	1	48	37	- 36
Chlamydia	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	13	- 13
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

Mongolia

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.