COSTA RICA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,272	25	192	+ 6,080
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,427	7	836	+ 2,592
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,852	1	2,639	+ 213
Stroke	4	2,674	2	1,624	+ 1,050
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,630	5	953	+ 1,676
Tuberculosis	6	1,914	50	32	+ 1,882
Violence	7	1,829	11	635	+ 1,194
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,380	39	87	+ 1,293
Kidney Disease	9	1,333	3	1,482	- 149
Suicide	10	1,200	15	407	+ 793
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,134	9	746	+ 388
Hypertension	12	1,114	6	863	+ 251
Lung Disease	13	1,036	4	1,046	- 10
Liver Disease	14	785	18	370	+ 416
Lung Cancers	15	671	20	343	+ 328
Low Birth Weight	16	544	28	178	+ 367
Other Injuries	17	524	13	571	- 47
Asthma	18	520	45	60	+ 459
Endocrine Disorders	19	513	27	183	+ 330
Cervical Cancer	20	484	29	159	+ 325
Inflammatory/Heart	21	471	26	191	+ 280
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	407	8	818	- 411
Breast Cancer	23	395	16	384	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	24	381	14	448	- 67
Congenital Anomalies	25	379	21	315	+ 64
Meningitis	26	319	54	18	+ 301
Fires	27	315	58	10	+ 305
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	312	12	621	- 308
Oesophagus Cancer	29	304	44	61	+ 243
Birth Trauma	30	262	47	48	+ 214
Lymphomas	31	245	19	356	- 110
Drownings	32	209	37	97	+ 113
Liver Cancer	33	208	17	382	- 174
Malnutrition	34	207	48	37	+ 171
Pancreas Cancer	35	175	22	294	- 119
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	165	42	74	+ 91
Epilepsy	37	163	34	116	+ 47
Maternal Conditions	38	148	55	17	+ 131
Stomach Cancer	39	134	10	661	- 527
Leukemia	40	127	24	262	- 134
Oral Cancer	41	122	38	96	+ 26
Falls	42	122	35	116	+ 6
Pertussis	43	100	69	0	+ 99
Syphilis	44	98	65	1	+ 97
Skin Disease	45	96	32	126	- 30
Parkinson's Disease	46	94	30	138	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	88	49	32	+ 56
Skin Cancers	48	86	31	137	- 50
Alcohol	49	86	33	126	- 40
Poisonings	50	85	60	5	+ 80
Ovary Cancer	51	83	40	80	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	52	72	36	100	- 27
Drug Use	53	67	43	63	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	54	45	41	80	- 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	33	46	55	- 22
Appendicitis	56	24	52	22	+ 2
Measles	57	24	75	0	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	58	23	23	266	- 242
Encephalitis	59	20	63	3	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	60	19	62	3	+ 16
Hepatitis B	61	12	59	7	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	10	57	11	- 1
Malaria	63	7	78	0	+ 7
War	64	6	68	1	+ 5
Tetanus	65	3	74	0	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	66	3	76	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	67	2	82	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	68	2	84	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	64	1	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	67	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	66	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	56	13	- 13
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

South Africa

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.