COSTA RICA VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,139	25	192	+ 1,947
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,032	7	836	+ 1,196
Malaria	3	1,698	78	0	+ 1,698
Tuberculosis	4	1,582	50	32	+ 1,550
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,409	9	746	+ 663
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,373	39	87	+ 1,285
Stroke	7	1,319	2	1,624	- 306
Birth Trauma	8	1,177	47	48	+ 1,129
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,031	1	2,639	- 1,608
Low Birth Weight	10	950	28	178	+ 772
Congenital Anomalies	11	764	21	315	+ 449
Maternal Conditions	12	533	55	17	+ 516
Liver Disease	13	514	18	370	+ 144
Cervical Cancer	14	501	29	159	+ 342
Diabetes Mellitus	15	488	5	953	- 466
Malnutrition	16	435	48	37	+ 398
Hypertension	17	407	6	863	- 457
Violence	18	368	11	635	- 267
Kidney Disease	19	355	3	1,482	- 1,127
Other Injuries	20	333	13	571	- 237
Meningitis	21	249	54	18	+ 231
Lung Disease	22	238	4	1,046	- 808
Pertussis	23	217	69	0	+ 216
Suicide	24	193	15	407	- 214
Oesophagus Cancer	25	175	44	61	+ 115
Syphilis	26	165	65	1	+ 164
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	160	8	818	- 658
Prostate Cancer	28	142	14	448	- 306
Endocrine Disorders	29	139	27	183	- 45
Asthma	30	133	45	60	+ 72
Oral Cancer	31	128	38	96	+ 32
Drownings	32	128	37	97	+ 31
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	122	12	621	- 498
Falls	34	120	35	116	+ 4
Fires	35	111	58	10	+ 101
Liver Cancer	36	110	17	382	- 272
Breast Cancer	37	100	16	384	- 284
Inflammatory/Heart	38	96	26	191	- 95
Stomach Cancer	39	93	10	661	- 568
Poisonings	40	91	60	5	+ 86
Lymphomas	41	63	19	356	- 293
Skin Cancers	42	58	31	137	- 79
Epilepsy	43	55	34	116	- 61
Bladder Cancer	44	52	36	100	- 48
Parkinson's Disease	45	40	30	138	- 98
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	36	42	74	- 37
Leukemia	47	32	24	262	- 229
Drug Use	48	32	43	63	- 32
Tetanus	49	31	74	0	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	31	49	32	- 1
Schistosomiasis	51	29	76	0	+ 29
Skin Disease	52	28	32	126	- 98
Ovary Cancer	53	26	40	80	- 54
Upper Respiratory	54	23	62	3	+ 20
Measles	55	23	75	0	+ 23
Alcohol	56	21	33	126	- 105
Uterin Cancer	57	17	41	80	- 63
Appendicitis	58	17	52	22	- 5
Encephalitis	59	15	63	3	+ 13
Hepatitis B	60	13	59	7	+ 6
Lung Cancers	61	12	20	343	- 331
Pancreas Cancer	62	12	22	294	- 281
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	6	46	55	- 49
Other Neoplasms	64	4	23	266	- 261
Ascariasis	65	4	71	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	3	64	1	+ 2
War	67	2	68	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	57	11	- 9
Otitis Media	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	67	1	- 1
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
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	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

Tanzania

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.