COSTA RICA VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,274	1	2,639	+ 4,635
Stroke	2	3,126	2	1,624	+ 1,501
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,581	7	836	+ 745
Liver Disease	4	1,045	18	370	+ 675
Hypertension	5	872	6	863	+ 9
Diabetes Mellitus	6	819	5	953	- 134
Low Birth Weight	7	792	28	178	+ 614
Road Traffic Accidents	8	740	9	746	- 6
Birth Trauma	9	644	47	48	+ 596
Lung Disease	10	596	4	1,046	- 450
Congenital Anomalies	11	549	21	315	+ 234
Stomach Cancer	12	382	10	661	- 279
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	372	39	87	+ 285
Tuberculosis	14	371	50	32	+ 340
Drownings	15	294	37	97	+ 197
Oesophagus Cancer	16	275	44	61	+ 214
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	262	8	818	- 556
Epilepsy	18	216	34	116	+ 100
Kidney Disease	19	207	3	1,482	- 1,275
Suicide	20	202	15	407	- 205
Falls	21	187	35	116	+ 71
Meningitis	22	172	54	18	+ 154
Fires	23	161	58	10	+ 151
Lung Cancers	24	155	20	343	- 189
HIV/AIDS	25	148	25	192	- 44
Pertussis	26	147	69	0	+ 147
Other Injuries	27	146	13	571	- 425
Asthma	28	140	45	60	+ 79
Parkinson's Disease	29	129	30	138	- 9
Liver Cancer	30	120	17	382	- 262
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	112	49	32	+ 80
Lymphomas	32	112	19	356	- 243
Breast Cancer	33	109	16	384	- 275
Endocrine Disorders	34	103	27	183	- 80
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	102	12	621	- 518
Violence	36	86	11	635	- 549
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	82	42	74	+ 8
Alcohol	38	64	33	126	- 62
Cervical Cancer	39	58	29	159	- 101
Uterin Cancer	40	56	41	80	- 24
Oral Cancer	41	54	38	96	- 42
Leukemia	42	54	24	262	- 208
Pancreas Cancer	43	49	22	294	- 244
Inflammatory/Heart	44	40	26	191	- 152
Maternal Conditions	45	32	55	17	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	46	30	40	80	- 50
Upper Respiratory	47	28	62	3	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	48	26	36	100	- 74
Hepatitis B	49	20	59	7	+ 13
Poisonings	50	20	60	5	+ 14
Skin Cancers	51	18	31	137	- 118
Prostate Cancer	52	17	14	448	- 432
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	14	46	55	- 41
Encephalitis	54	14	63	3	+ 11
Drug Use	55	11	43	63	- 52
Syphilis	56	10	65	1	+ 9
Tetanus	57	10	74	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	58	9	52	22	- 13
Skin Disease	59	5	32	126	- 121
Hepatitis C	60	4	64	1	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	61	4	23	266	- 262
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	57	11	- 7
Leishmaniasis	63	2	72	0	+ 2
Malnutrition	64	1	48	37	- 35
Chlamydia	65	1	84	0	+ 1
War	66	1	68	1	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	69	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	1	- 1
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Tajikistan

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.