COSTA RICA VS SERBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SERBIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,237	1	2,639	+ 14,598
Stroke	2	12,855	2	1,624	+ 11,231
Inflammatory/Heart	3	12,090	26	191	+ 11,899
Lung Cancers	4	5,176	20	343	+ 4,832
Kidney Disease	5	3,300	3	1,482	+ 1,818
Lung Disease	6	3,050	4	1,046	+ 2,003
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,858	5	953	+ 1,905
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	2,714	12	621	+ 2,094
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,276	8	818	+ 1,458
Breast Cancer	10	1,808	16	384	+ 1,424
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,450	7	836	+ 615
Hypertension	12	1,283	6	863	+ 420
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,110	22	294	+ 816
Prostate Cancer	14	1,043	14	448	+ 595
Stomach Cancer	15	952	10	661	+ 292
Suicide	16	789	15	407	+ 382
Liver Cancer	17	727	17	382	+ 345
Bladder Cancer	18	707	36	100	+ 607
Liver Disease	19	702	18	370	+ 333
Lymphomas	20	658	19	356	+ 302
Parkinson's Disease	21	636	30	138	+ 498
Leukemia	22	562	24	262	+ 301
Oral Cancer	23	539	38	96	+ 443
Road Traffic Accidents	24	519	9	746	- 227
Cervical Cancer	25	505	29	159	+ 346
Skin Cancers	26	505	31	137	+ 369
Other Neoplasms	27	476	23	266	+ 210
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	471	42	74	+ 397
Ovary Cancer	29	439	40	80	+ 359
Other Injuries	30	322	13	571	- 249
Asthma	31	309	45	60	+ 248
Uterin Cancer	32	292	41	80	+ 212
Falls	33	286	35	116	+ 170
Alcohol	34	270	33	126	+ 144
Oesophagus Cancer	35	262	44	61	+ 202
Endocrine Disorders	36	244	27	183	+ 61
Epilepsy	37	176	34	116	+ 60
Low Birth Weight	38	148	28	178	- 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	132	39	87	+ 45
Congenital Anomalies	40	128	21	315	- 187
Anemia	41	120	51	25	+ 95
Multiple Sclerosis	42	116	57	11	+ 105
Skin Disease	43	89	32	126	- 37
Schizophrenia	44	86	53	21	+ 65
Violence	45	85	11	635	- 550
Tuberculosis	46	79	50	32	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	62	49	32	+ 30
Drownings	48	58	37	97	- 39
Drug Use	49	57	43	63	- 6
Fires	50	51	58	10	+ 40
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	41	56	13	+ 27
Birth Trauma	52	36	47	48	- 12
Hepatitis B	53	28	59	7	+ 21
Meningitis	54	28	54	18	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	27	46	55	- 28
HIV/AIDS	56	20	25	192	- 172
Poisonings	57	18	60	5	+ 13
Appendicitis	58	13	52	22	- 9
Maternal Conditions	59	9	55	17	- 8
Hepatitis C	60	9	64	1	+ 8
Malnutrition	61	8	48	37	- 29
Osteoarthritis	62	6	61	5	+ 1
Pertussis	63	5	69	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	64	2	62	3	- 1
Tetanus	65	2	74	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	66	2	63	3	- 1
Syphilis	67	1	65	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	69	1	66	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	1	83	0	+ 1
War	71	1	68	1	+ 0
Measles	72	1	75	0	+ 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	86	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	82	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Serbia

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.