COSTA RICA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	5,901	2	1,624	+ 4,277
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,661	1	2,639	+ 2,021
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,376	5	953	+ 3,422
Kidney Disease	4	2,497	3	1,482	+ 1,015
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,058	7	836	+ 1,222
Prostate Cancer	6	1,763	14	448	+ 1,315
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,709	9	746	+ 963
Lung Disease	8	1,655	4	1,046	+ 609
Hypertension	9	1,644	6	863	+ 781
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,491	8	818	+ 673
Violence	11	1,159	11	635	+ 524
Liver Disease	12	1,092	18	370	+ 722
Inflammatory/Heart	13	987	26	191	+ 796
Breast Cancer	14	798	16	384	+ 413
Stomach Cancer	15	687	10	661	+ 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	661	12	621	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	17	632	27	183	+ 449
Lung Cancers	18	586	20	343	+ 242
Low Birth Weight	19	539	28	178	+ 361
Skin Disease	20	506	32	126	+ 380
Other Injuries	21	462	13	571	- 109
Suicide	22	451	15	407	+ 44
Parkinson's Disease	23	435	30	138	+ 297
Lymphomas	24	410	19	356	+ 54
Cervical Cancer	25	372	29	159	+ 213
Falls	26	330	35	116	+ 214
Asthma	27	300	45	60	+ 240
Drownings	28	292	37	97	+ 195
Alcohol	29	290	33	126	+ 163
Congenital Anomalies	30	254	21	315	- 62
Pancreas Cancer	31	253	22	294	- 41
Epilepsy	32	223	34	116	+ 107
Malnutrition	33	206	48	37	+ 169
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	168	42	74	+ 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	143	39	87	+ 56
Leukemia	36	139	24	262	- 123
Liver Cancer	37	127	17	382	- 255
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	123	49	32	+ 91
Fires	39	104	58	10	+ 94
Oesophagus Cancer	40	98	44	61	+ 37
Ovary Cancer	41	98	40	80	+ 18
Birth Trauma	42	97	47	48	+ 49
Oral Cancer	43	96	38	96	+ 0
Tuberculosis	44	91	50	32	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	45	64	41	80	- 17
Drug Use	46	60	43	63	- 3
Maternal Conditions	47	58	55	17	+ 41
Other Neoplasms	48	57	23	266	- 209
Meningitis	49	46	54	18	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	41	46	55	- 14
Appendicitis	51	35	52	22	+ 14
Encephalitis	52	35	63	3	+ 32
Dengue	53	18	70	0	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	54	14	57	11	+ 3
Poisonings	55	8	60	5	+ 3
Tetanus	56	7	74	0	+ 7
Syphilis	57	6	65	1	+ 5
War	58	5	68	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	59	4	62	3	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	2	59	7	- 5
Schistosomiasis	61	2	76	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	62	1	84	0	+ 1
Pertussis	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	1	- 1
Otitis Media	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	31	137	- 137
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	51	25	- 25
Depression	71	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	36	100	- 100
Schizophrenia	73	0	53	21	- 21
Oral conditions	74	0	66	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	75	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	56	13	- 13
Measles	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	67	1	- 1
HIV/AIDS	84	0	25	192	- 192
Trichuriasis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Saint Lucia

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.