COSTA RICA VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOROCCO		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,892	1	2,639	+ 8,253
Stroke	2	4,487	2	1,624	+ 2,863
Hypertension	3	1,512	6	863	+ 649
Kidney Disease	4	1,439	3	1,482	- 43
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,039	5	953	+ 86
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,019	7	836	+ 184
Lung Cancers	7	927	20	343	+ 584
Lung Disease	8	887	4	1,046	- 160
Road Traffic Accidents	9	871	9	746	+ 125
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	700	8	818	- 119
Liver Disease	11	685	18	370	+ 316
Breast Cancer	12	508	16	384	+ 123
Asthma	13	471	45	60	+ 410
Low Birth Weight	14	465	28	178	+ 288
Tuberculosis	15	404	50	32	+ 373
Suicide	16	369	15	407	- 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	17	360	12	621	- 261
Cervical Cancer	18	353	29	159	+ 194
Falls	19	346	35	116	+ 230
Lymphomas	20	320	19	356	- 35
Other Injuries	21	320	13	571	- 251
Congenital Anomalies	22	299	21	315	- 16
Birth Trauma	23	291	47	48	+ 243
Prostate Cancer	24	270	14	448	- 179
Stomach Cancer	25	238	10	661	- 422
Parkinson's Disease	26	213	30	138	+ 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	168	39	87	+ 81
Endocrine Disorders	28	159	27	183	- 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	151	42	74	+ 78
Bladder Cancer	30	150	36	100	+ 51
Leukemia	31	146	24	262	- 116
Inflammatory/Heart	32	144	26	191	- 47
Fires	33	127	58	10	+ 117
Ovary Cancer	34	113	40	80	+ 32
Oral Cancer	35	110	38	96	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	36	105	22	294	- 188
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	101	49	32	+ 69
Maternal Conditions	38	99	55	17	+ 82
Violence	39	89	11	635	- 546
Meningitis	40	76	54	18	+ 59
Skin Cancers	41	67	31	137	- 69
Oesophagus Cancer	42	62	44	61	+ 1
Drownings	43	60	37	97	- 37
Liver Cancer	44	60	17	382	- 322
Epilepsy	45	47	34	116	- 69
Pertussis	46	46	69	0	+ 46
Drug Use	47	45	43	63	- 18
Hepatitis B	48	45	59	7	+ 38
HIV/AIDS	49	41	25	192	- 151
Poisonings	50	37	60	5	+ 32
Malnutrition	51	28	48	37	- 9
Encephalitis	52	25	63	3	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	53	22	41	80	- 59
Skin Disease	54	21	32	126	- 105
Syphilis	55	20	65	1	+ 19
Appendicitis	56	18	52	22	- 3
Alcohol	57	15	33	126	- 111
Multiple Sclerosis	58	15	57	11	+ 4
Tetanus	59	11	74	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	60	10	23	266	- 256
Schistosomiasis	61	9	76	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	46	55	- 50
War	63	3	68	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	64	2	72	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	62	3	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	1	- 1
Malaria	73	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
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
Anemia	84	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Morocco

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.