COSTA RICA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,476	7	836	+ 1,640
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,224	1	2,639	- 415
Stroke	3	1,247	2	1,624	- 377
Kidney Disease	4	1,168	3	1,482	- 314
Liver Disease	5	1,030	18	370	+ 660
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	939	8	818	+ 120
Stomach Cancer	7	819	10	661	+ 159
Diabetes Mellitus	8	717	5	953	- 237
Road Traffic Accidents	9	713	9	746	- 33
Lung Cancers	10	512	20	343	+ 168
Prostate Cancer	11	512	14	448	+ 63
Violence	12	487	11	635	- 149
Other Injuries	13	464	13	571	- 106
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	427	12	621	- 194
Lung Disease	15	407	4	1,046	- 640
Liver Cancer	16	400	17	382	+ 18
Tuberculosis	17	384	50	32	+ 352
Lymphomas	18	364	19	356	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	19	322	21	315	+ 7
Breast Cancer	20	318	16	384	- 66
Cervical Cancer	21	311	29	159	+ 152
Leukemia	22	299	24	262	+ 37
Pancreas Cancer	23	260	22	294	- 34
Low Birth Weight	24	238	28	178	+ 60
Falls	25	208	35	116	+ 91
Parkinson's Disease	26	205	30	138	+ 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	179	39	87	+ 92
Hypertension	28	171	6	863	- 692
Malnutrition	29	162	48	37	+ 126
Suicide	30	146	15	407	- 261
HIV/AIDS	31	137	25	192	- 55
Skin Cancers	32	127	31	137	- 10
Ovary Cancer	33	115	40	80	+ 35
Drug Use	34	103	43	63	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	98	42	74	+ 25
Drownings	36	94	37	97	- 2
Birth Trauma	37	87	47	48	+ 39
Oral Cancer	38	84	38	96	- 12
Inflammatory/Heart	39	80	26	191	- 112
Endocrine Disorders	40	77	27	183	- 107
Bladder Cancer	41	75	36	100	- 25
Oesophagus Cancer	42	64	44	61	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	43	56	55	17	+ 39
Alcohol	44	52	33	126	- 74
Uterin Cancer	45	49	41	80	- 31
Encephalitis	46	45	63	3	+ 43
Epilepsy	47	42	34	116	- 74
Pertussis	48	42	69	0	+ 42
Fires	49	39	58	10	+ 28
Asthma	50	34	45	60	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	32	49	32	- 0
Syphilis	52	29	65	1	+ 28
Appendicitis	53	28	52	22	+ 6
Skin Disease	54	25	32	126	- 101
Poisonings	55	20	60	5	+ 15
Meningitis	56	19	54	18	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	17	46	55	- 38
Other Neoplasms	58	9	23	266	- 257
Chagas disease	59	8	79	0	+ 8
Tetanus	60	8	74	0	+ 8
Malaria	61	6	78	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	57	11	- 5
Upper Respiratory	63	2	62	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	2	59	7	- 5
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	1	- 0
Dengue	66	1	70	0	+ 1
War	67	1	68	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Peru

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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.