COSTA RICA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,500	25	192	+ 5,308
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,750	7	836	+ 1,915
Tuberculosis	3	2,660	50	32	+ 2,628
Stroke	4	2,503	2	1,624	+ 879
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,292	1	2,639	- 347
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,631	9	746	+ 885
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,360	5	953	+ 407
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,211	39	87	+ 1,124
Low Birth Weight	9	969	28	178	+ 791
Lung Disease	10	866	4	1,046	- 180
Violence	11	845	11	635	+ 209
Hypertension	12	804	6	863	- 59
Birth Trauma	13	647	47	48	+ 599
Liver Disease	14	630	18	370	+ 261
Kidney Disease	15	604	3	1,482	- 878
Congenital Anomalies	16	532	21	315	+ 217
Suicide	17	456	15	407	+ 49
Malnutrition	18	420	48	37	+ 383
Other Injuries	19	388	13	571	- 182
Asthma	20	377	45	60	+ 316
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	330	8	818	- 488
Inflammatory/Heart	22	304	26	191	+ 113
Cervical Cancer	23	249	29	159	+ 90
Breast Cancer	24	227	16	384	- 157
Maternal Conditions	25	207	55	17	+ 190
Drownings	26	206	37	97	+ 109
Meningitis	27	204	54	18	+ 186
Fires	28	204	58	10	+ 194
Skin Cancers	29	202	31	137	+ 66
Oral Cancer	30	187	38	96	+ 91
Prostate Cancer	31	177	14	448	- 271
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	142	42	74	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	33	137	27	183	- 46
Falls	34	117	35	116	+ 1
Lung Cancers	35	110	20	343	- 233
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	102	12	621	- 518
Pertussis	37	102	69	0	+ 102
Epilepsy	38	92	34	116	- 24
Poisonings	39	87	60	5	+ 82
Lymphomas	40	86	19	356	- 270
Liver Cancer	41	84	17	382	- 297
Parkinson's Disease	42	81	30	138	- 57
Syphilis	43	65	65	1	+ 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	62	49	32	+ 30
Stomach Cancer	45	61	10	661	- 599
Drug Use	46	60	43	63	- 4
Skin Disease	47	58	32	126	- 68
Alcohol	48	53	33	126	- 73
Leukemia	49	44	24	262	- 217
Ovary Cancer	50	44	40	80	- 37
Malaria	51	40	78	0	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	52	39	44	61	- 22
Pancreas Cancer	53	33	22	294	- 261
Bladder Cancer	54	29	36	100	- 70
Schistosomiasis	55	26	76	0	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	56	21	41	80	- 59
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	18	46	55	- 37
Appendicitis	58	16	52	22	- 5
Encephalitis	59	15	63	3	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	60	14	23	266	- 251
Upper Respiratory	61	12	62	3	+ 9
Tetanus	62	11	74	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	63	8	59	7	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	57	11	- 6
Measles	65	4	75	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	1	- 0
War	67	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	66	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	56	13	- 13
Anemia	83	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Namibia

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.