COSTA RICA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	10,705	25	192	+ 10,513
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,259	7	836	+ 3,424
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,127	5	953	+ 3,173
Stroke	4	3,703	2	1,624	+ 2,079
Coronary Heart Disease	5	3,493	1	2,639	+ 854
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,393	39	87	+ 2,305
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,778	9	746	+ 1,032
Kidney Disease	8	1,764	3	1,482	+ 281
Suicide	9	1,562	15	407	+ 1,155
Hypertension	10	1,351	6	863	+ 488
Liver Disease	11	1,266	18	370	+ 896
Lung Disease	12	1,224	4	1,046	+ 177
Tuberculosis	13	1,184	50	32	+ 1,152
Low Birth Weight	14	1,078	28	178	+ 900
Cervical Cancer	15	994	29	159	+ 835
Violence	16	982	11	635	+ 347
Other Injuries	17	880	13	571	+ 309
Birth Trauma	18	770	47	48	+ 722
Congenital Anomalies	19	742	21	315	+ 427
Asthma	20	692	45	60	+ 631
Maternal Conditions	21	536	55	17	+ 519
Malnutrition	22	490	48	37	+ 453
Meningitis	23	451	54	18	+ 433
Inflammatory/Heart	24	434	26	191	+ 242
Drownings	25	402	37	97	+ 306
Fires	26	387	58	10	+ 377
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	354	8	818	- 464
Endocrine Disorders	28	343	27	183	+ 160
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	235	42	74	+ 162
Epilepsy	30	211	34	116	+ 95
Prostate Cancer	31	208	14	448	- 240
Falls	32	191	35	116	+ 75
Pertussis	33	179	69	0	+ 179
Poisonings	34	173	60	5	+ 168
Breast Cancer	35	171	16	384	- 214
Lymphomas	36	144	19	356	- 212
Liver Cancer	37	136	17	382	- 246
Drug Use	38	124	43	63	+ 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	121	49	32	+ 89
Skin Disease	40	117	32	126	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	41	110	30	138	- 28
Skin Cancers	42	92	31	137	- 45
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	86	12	621	- 534
Oesophagus Cancer	44	85	44	61	+ 25
Syphilis	45	81	65	1	+ 80
Lung Cancers	46	77	20	343	- 267
Leukemia	47	75	24	262	- 186
Alcohol	48	74	33	126	- 52
Schistosomiasis	49	59	76	0	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	50	53	41	80	- 27
Oral Cancer	51	47	38	96	- 49
Ovary Cancer	52	46	40	80	- 34
Stomach Cancer	53	32	10	661	- 629
Appendicitis	54	31	52	22	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	55	28	36	100	- 72
Pancreas Cancer	56	28	22	294	- 266
Hepatitis B	57	27	59	7	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	23	46	55	- 32
Encephalitis	59	22	63	3	+ 20
Upper Respiratory	60	19	62	3	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	61	18	23	266	- 247
Tetanus	62	17	74	0	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	57	11	- 4
Measles	64	3	75	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Malaria	67	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	73	0	+ 1
War	71	1	68	1	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	84	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Swaziland

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.