COSTA RICA VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	4,573	4	1,046	+ 3,526
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,329	1	2,639	+ 690
Tuberculosis	3	2,797	50	32	+ 2,766
Stroke	4	2,184	2	1,624	+ 560
Liver Disease	5	1,080	18	370	+ 710
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,055	7	836	+ 220
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,027	39	87	+ 940
Asthma	8	1,003	45	60	+ 943
Road Traffic Accidents	9	787	9	746	+ 42
Kidney Disease	10	725	3	1,482	- 757
Low Birth Weight	11	647	28	178	+ 469
Lung Cancers	12	607	20	343	+ 263
Falls	13	562	35	116	+ 446
Diabetes Mellitus	14	496	5	953	- 458
Birth Trauma	15	453	47	48	+ 405
Suicide	16	435	15	407	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	393	49	32	+ 360
Hypertension	18	354	6	863	- 509
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	342	8	818	- 476
Cervical Cancer	20	333	29	159	+ 174
Congenital Anomalies	21	330	21	315	+ 14
Other Injuries	22	280	13	571	- 291
Drownings	23	255	37	97	+ 158
Oral Cancer	24	235	38	96	+ 139
Stomach Cancer	25	233	10	661	- 427
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	197	12	621	- 423
Breast Cancer	27	176	16	384	- 209
Maternal Conditions	28	165	55	17	+ 148
Encephalitis	29	149	63	3	+ 147
Epilepsy	30	148	34	116	+ 32
Malnutrition	31	143	48	37	+ 106
Lymphomas	32	130	19	356	- 226
Parkinson's Disease	33	129	30	138	- 10
HIV/AIDS	34	125	25	192	- 67
Violence	35	119	11	635	- 516
Leukemia	36	113	24	262	- 149
Ovary Cancer	37	99	40	80	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	38	83	44	61	+ 22
Poisonings	39	80	60	5	+ 75
Pertussis	40	77	69	0	+ 76
Pancreas Cancer	41	75	22	294	- 218
Skin Cancers	42	68	31	137	- 69
Meningitis	43	64	54	18	+ 46
Bladder Cancer	44	55	36	100	- 45
Endocrine Disorders	45	44	27	183	- 140
Liver Cancer	46	43	17	382	- 339
Appendicitis	47	37	52	22	+ 16
Inflammatory/Heart	48	37	26	191	- 154
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	32	42	74	- 41
Fires	50	31	58	10	+ 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	29	46	55	- 26
Alcohol	52	28	33	126	- 98
Tetanus	53	23	74	0	+ 23
Syphilis	54	23	65	1	+ 22
Dengue	55	20	70	0	+ 20
Hepatitis B	56	20	59	7	+ 13
Drug Use	57	16	43	63	- 47
Prostate Cancer	58	14	14	448	- 434
Measles	59	10	75	0	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	60	10	41	80	- 71
Other Neoplasms	61	8	23	266	- 257
Leishmaniasis	62	7	72	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	63	6	57	11	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	5	64	1	+ 4
War	65	4	68	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	4	62	3	+ 1
Skin Disease	67	3	32	126	- 123
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	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
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	25	- 25
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Nepal

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.