COSTA RICA VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PAKISTAN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,023	1	2,639	+ 2,383
Stroke	2	2,951	2	1,624	+ 1,327
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,178	39	87	+ 2,091
Low Birth Weight	4	1,948	28	178	+ 1,770
Lung Disease	5	1,815	4	1,046	+ 768
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,742	7	836	+ 906
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,332	5	953	+ 379
Birth Trauma	8	1,243	47	48	+ 1,195
Kidney Disease	9	1,185	3	1,482	- 297
Liver Disease	10	1,144	18	370	+ 774
Tuberculosis	11	878	50	32	+ 847
Road Traffic Accidents	12	588	9	746	- 158
Other Injuries	13	564	13	571	- 7
Congenital Anomalies	14	549	21	315	+ 234
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	543	49	32	+ 511
Hypertension	16	478	6	863	- 385
Asthma	17	433	45	60	+ 372
Suicide	18	403	15	407	- 3
Meningitis	19	376	54	18	+ 358
Breast Cancer	20	376	16	384	- 8
Oral Cancer	21	358	38	96	+ 262
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	317	8	818	- 501
Violence	23	270	11	635	- 366
Maternal Conditions	24	259	55	17	+ 242
Endocrine Disorders	25	239	27	183	+ 55
Lung Cancers	26	202	20	343	- 141
Malnutrition	27	185	48	37	+ 148
Falls	28	180	35	116	+ 64
Oesophagus Cancer	29	164	44	61	+ 103
Tetanus	30	157	74	0	+ 157
Lymphomas	31	146	19	356	- 209
HIV/AIDS	32	142	25	192	- 50
Encephalitis	33	139	63	3	+ 136
Pertussis	34	133	69	0	+ 133
Parkinson's Disease	35	128	30	138	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	114	42	74	+ 40
Drownings	37	112	37	97	+ 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	110	12	621	- 511
Leukemia	39	110	24	262	- 152
Epilepsy	40	102	34	116	- 14
Liver Cancer	41	92	17	382	- 289
Fires	42	90	58	10	+ 80
Stomach Cancer	43	84	10	661	- 576
Cervical Cancer	44	84	29	159	- 75
Prostate Cancer	45	74	14	448	- 374
Ovary Cancer	46	74	40	80	- 7
Poisonings	47	70	60	5	+ 65
Bladder Cancer	48	57	36	100	- 43
Measles	49	54	75	0	+ 54
Alcohol	50	53	33	126	- 74
Appendicitis	51	52	52	22	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	52	48	26	191	- 143
Hepatitis B	53	47	59	7	+ 40
Skin Cancers	54	32	31	137	- 105
Dengue	55	30	70	0	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	29	46	55	- 26
Syphilis	57	27	65	1	+ 26
Hepatitis C	58	26	64	1	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	59	25	41	80	- 55
Pancreas Cancer	60	22	22	294	- 271
Drug Use	61	17	43	63	- 46
War	62	12	68	1	+ 12
Malaria	63	12	78	0	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	64	9	23	266	- 257
Multiple Sclerosis	65	9	57	11	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	6	62	3	+ 3
Skin Disease	67	3	32	126	- 123
Ascariasis	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	82	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	67	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	80	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Pakistan

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.