COSTA RICA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,625	1	2,639	+ 2,985
Stroke	2	2,420	2	1,624	+ 795
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,775	9	746	+ 1,029
Kidney Disease	4	1,304	3	1,482	- 178
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	884	7	836	+ 48
Falls	6	769	35	116	+ 653
Liver Disease	7	711	18	370	+ 341
Other Injuries	8	577	13	571	+ 6
Diabetes Mellitus	9	560	5	953	- 393
Lung Disease	10	410	4	1,046	- 637
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	352	8	818	- 466
Congenital Anomalies	12	332	21	315	+ 17
Suicide	13	295	15	407	- 112
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	235	12	621	- 386
Endocrine Disorders	15	209	27	183	+ 25
Inflammatory/Heart	16	193	26	191	+ 2
Asthma	17	168	45	60	+ 108
Low Birth Weight	18	142	28	178	- 35
Leukemia	19	133	24	262	- 128
Breast Cancer	20	131	16	384	- 253
Liver Cancer	21	122	17	382	- 260
Hypertension	22	120	6	863	- 743
Fires	23	119	58	10	+ 109
Drownings	24	118	37	97	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	25	112	30	138	- 26
Lung Cancers	26	112	20	343	- 232
Tuberculosis	27	108	50	32	+ 77
Lymphomas	28	103	19	356	- 253
Epilepsy	29	100	34	116	- 16
Violence	30	93	11	635	- 542
Pancreas Cancer	31	76	22	294	- 218
Skin Disease	32	74	32	126	- 52
Drug Use	33	71	43	63	+ 8
Oral Cancer	34	67	38	96	- 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	66	39	87	- 21
Stomach Cancer	36	56	10	661	- 605
Birth Trauma	37	49	47	48	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	38	47	41	80	- 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	40	49	32	+ 8
Poisonings	40	40	60	5	+ 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	40	42	74	- 34
Ovary Cancer	42	36	40	80	- 45
Encephalitis	43	34	63	3	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	44	33	44	61	- 28
Meningitis	45	33	54	18	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	46	31	36	100	- 69
HIV/AIDS	47	28	25	192	- 164
Maternal Conditions	48	25	55	17	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	49	23	29	159	- 136
Prostate Cancer	50	21	14	448	- 427
Alcohol	51	18	33	126	- 108
Malnutrition	52	11	48	37	- 25
Hepatitis B	53	8	59	7	+ 1
Pertussis	54	8	69	0	+ 8
Skin Cancers	55	8	31	137	- 129
Multiple Sclerosis	56	7	57	11	- 4
Other Neoplasms	57	6	23	266	- 260
Appendicitis	58	5	52	22	- 17
Syphilis	59	5	65	1	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	60	4	76	0	+ 4
Tetanus	61	2	74	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	46	55	- 54
Dengue	63	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	1	+ 0
War	65	0	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	62	3	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	67	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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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.