COSTA RICA VS MONTENEGRO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MONTENEGRO		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	19,378	2	1,624	+ 17,754
Coronary Heart Disease	2	15,341	1	2,639	+ 12,702
Lung Cancers	3	2,982	20	343	+ 2,639
Inflammatory/Heart	4	2,733	26	191	+ 2,541
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,989	8	818	+ 1,171
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,528	5	953	+ 574
Kidney Disease	7	1,294	3	1,482	- 188
Suicide	8	1,155	15	407	+ 748
Breast Cancer	9	1,112	16	384	+ 728
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	994	12	621	+ 373
Lung Disease	11	793	4	1,046	- 254
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	711	7	836	- 124
Prostate Cancer	13	663	14	448	+ 214
Falls	14	588	35	116	+ 472
Parkinson's Disease	15	581	30	138	+ 443
Pancreas Cancer	16	559	22	294	+ 265
Liver Disease	17	498	18	370	+ 129
Hypertension	18	487	6	863	- 376
Stomach Cancer	19	443	10	661	- 217
Liver Cancer	20	442	17	382	+ 61
Road Traffic Accidents	21	421	9	746	- 325
Bladder Cancer	22	308	36	100	+ 208
Other Injuries	23	253	13	571	- 318
Lymphomas	24	236	19	356	- 120
Leukemia	25	206	24	262	- 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	180	42	74	+ 107
Cervical Cancer	27	180	29	159	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	28	166	40	80	+ 86
Violence	29	154	11	635	- 481
Oesophagus Cancer	30	148	44	61	+ 88
Drug Use	31	124	43	63	+ 61
Fires	32	121	58	10	+ 111
Uterin Cancer	33	121	41	80	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	34	117	49	32	+ 85
Skin Cancers	35	103	31	137	- 34
Drownings	36	94	37	97	- 3
Oral Cancer	37	85	38	96	- 11
Alcohol	38	82	33	126	- 45
Multiple Sclerosis	39	67	57	11	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	40	59	27	183	- 125
Birth Trauma	41	53	47	48	+ 5
Epilepsy	42	52	34	116	- 65
Low Birth Weight	43	45	28	178	- 133
Poisonings	44	33	60	5	+ 28
Congenital Anomalies	45	32	21	315	- 283
Asthma	46	32	45	60	- 29
Other Neoplasms	47	20	23	266	- 246
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	19	46	55	- 36
Meningitis	49	13	54	18	- 5
Encephalitis	50	12	63	3	+ 10
Tuberculosis	51	11	50	32	- 21
Appendicitis	52	8	52	22	- 14
Malnutrition	53	8	48	37	- 29
Skin Disease	54	7	32	126	- 119
Pertussis	55	7	69	0	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	56	5	39	87	- 82
Leishmaniasis	57	5	72	0	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	58	4	55	17	- 13
Syphilis	59	2	65	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	1	62	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	61	1	59	7	- 6
Tetanus	62	1	74	0	+ 1
War	63	1	68	1	- 0
Chlamydia	64	0	84	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	67	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	69	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	70	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	25	192	- 192
Otitis Media	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	67	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	71	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

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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.