COSTA RICA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,608	1	2,639	+ 1,969
Kidney Disease	2	2,786	3	1,482	+ 1,304
Stroke	3	1,754	2	1,624	+ 130
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,630	5	953	+ 677
Lung Disease	5	1,238	4	1,046	+ 191
Liver Disease	6	949	18	370	+ 579
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	908	7	836	+ 73
Road Traffic Accidents	8	874	9	746	+ 128
Hypertension	9	870	6	863	+ 7
Violence	10	488	11	635	- 148
Congenital Anomalies	11	450	21	315	+ 135
Liver Cancer	12	401	17	382	+ 19
Low Birth Weight	13	386	28	178	+ 208
Stomach Cancer	14	377	10	661	- 284
Prostate Cancer	15	304	14	448	- 144
Cervical Cancer	16	295	29	159	+ 136
Other Injuries	17	282	13	571	- 289
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	249	12	621	- 372
Suicide	19	224	15	407	- 182
Breast Cancer	20	223	16	384	- 161
Alcohol	21	220	33	126	+ 94
Falls	22	218	35	116	+ 102
Lung Cancers	23	216	20	343	- 127
Leukemia	24	179	24	262	- 83
Birth Trauma	25	156	47	48	+ 108
Other Neoplasms	26	152	23	266	- 114
Pancreas Cancer	27	140	22	294	- 153
Endocrine Disorders	28	129	27	183	- 54
Lymphomas	29	129	19	356	- 227
Malnutrition	30	129	48	37	+ 92
Skin Disease	31	128	32	126	+ 1
Drownings	32	124	37	97	+ 27
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	118	8	818	- 701
Inflammatory/Heart	34	110	26	191	- 81
HIV/AIDS	35	110	25	192	- 82
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	97	39	87	+ 9
Tuberculosis	37	90	50	32	+ 59
Asthma	38	83	45	60	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	39	69	55	17	+ 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	67	42	74	- 6
Epilepsy	41	58	34	116	- 58
Parkinson's Disease	42	53	30	138	- 85
Oral Cancer	43	51	38	96	- 45
Ovary Cancer	44	48	40	80	- 32
Skin Cancers	45	46	31	137	- 90
Drug Use	46	40	43	63	- 23
Oesophagus Cancer	47	33	44	61	- 28
Uterin Cancer	48	31	41	80	- 50
Appendicitis	49	25	52	22	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	24	46	55	- 31
Meningitis	51	23	54	18	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	52	22	36	100	- 78
Anemia	53	22	51	25	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	16	49	32	- 16
Poisonings	55	14	60	5	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	13	56	13	+ 0
Fires	57	13	58	10	+ 3
Encephalitis	58	8	63	3	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	59	8	61	5	+ 3
Syphilis	60	7	65	1	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	57	11	- 5
Hepatitis B	62	4	59	7	- 3
Oral conditions	63	4	66	1	+ 3
Dengue	64	3	70	0	+ 3
Chagas disease	65	3	79	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	66	3	53	21	- 18
Pertussis	67	2	69	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	1	71	0	+ 1
War	70	1	68	1	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	67	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	72	0	62	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	75	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Nicaragua

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.