COSTA RICA VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,756	1	2,639	+ 3,117
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,715	8	818	+ 3,897
Stroke	3	3,230	2	1,624	+ 1,606
Lung Cancers	4	2,465	20	343	+ 2,121
Lung Disease	5	2,108	4	1,046	+ 1,061
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,889	12	621	+ 1,268
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,528	7	836	+ 692
Kidney Disease	8	1,083	3	1,482	- 399
Hypertension	9	1,015	6	863	+ 152
Diabetes Mellitus	10	866	5	953	- 88
Breast Cancer	11	787	16	384	+ 403
Pancreas Cancer	12	752	22	294	+ 458
Prostate Cancer	13	715	14	448	+ 267
Stomach Cancer	14	646	10	661	- 15
Other Injuries	15	617	13	571	+ 46
Lymphomas	16	594	19	356	+ 238
Bladder Cancer	17	582	36	100	+ 482
Liver Cancer	18	568	17	382	+ 186
Inflammatory/Heart	19	555	26	191	+ 364
Parkinson's Disease	20	550	30	138	+ 412
Endocrine Disorders	21	542	27	183	+ 358
Other Neoplasms	22	529	23	266	+ 263
Liver Disease	23	471	18	370	+ 102
Leukemia	24	420	24	262	+ 159
Suicide	25	402	15	407	- 5
Falls	26	362	35	116	+ 245
Oral Cancer	27	288	38	96	+ 192
Ovary Cancer	28	226	40	80	+ 145
Oesophagus Cancer	29	224	44	61	+ 163
Skin Disease	30	205	32	126	+ 79
Road Traffic Accidents	31	204	9	746	- 542
Skin Cancers	32	201	31	137	+ 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	180	49	32	+ 147
Uterin Cancer	34	180	41	80	+ 99
Asthma	35	126	45	60	+ 66
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	118	39	87	+ 31
Anemia	37	102	51	25	+ 77
Congenital Anomalies	38	96	21	315	- 219
Cervical Cancer	39	95	29	159	- 64
Epilepsy	40	92	34	116	- 24
Drug Use	41	86	43	63	+ 23
Hepatitis C	42	73	64	1	+ 72
HIV/AIDS	43	60	25	192	- 132
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	53	42	74	- 21
Drownings	45	50	37	97	- 47
Alcohol	46	37	33	126	- 89
Malnutrition	47	34	48	37	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	33	46	55	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	49	32	57	11	+ 21
Tuberculosis	50	30	50	32	- 2
Violence	51	29	11	635	- 606
Low Birth Weight	52	28	28	178	- 150
Osteoarthritis	53	24	61	5	+ 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	23	56	13	+ 10
Fires	55	21	58	10	+ 10
Schizophrenia	56	20	53	21	- 1
Poisonings	57	19	60	5	+ 14
Hepatitis B	58	18	59	7	+ 11
Meningitis	59	14	54	18	- 3
Birth Trauma	60	13	47	48	- 35
Appendicitis	61	9	52	22	- 13
Upper Respiratory	62	5	62	3	+ 2
Oral conditions	63	5	66	1	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	64	2	55	17	- 15
Leishmaniasis	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	1	65	1	- 0
War	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	63	3	- 2
Chagas disease	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	77	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Spain

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.