COSTA RICA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,556	1	2,639	+ 3,916
Stroke	2	4,381	2	1,624	+ 2,757
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,919	8	818	+ 2,100
Lung Disease	4	2,623	4	1,046	+ 1,576
Lung Cancers	5	2,249	20	343	+ 1,905
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,107	7	836	+ 1,271
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,914	12	621	+ 1,293
Kidney Disease	8	1,599	3	1,482	+ 116
Breast Cancer	9	1,304	16	384	+ 919
Other Injuries	10	1,190	13	571	+ 619
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,149	5	953	+ 195
Suicide	12	1,130	15	407	+ 724
Prostate Cancer	13	1,087	14	448	+ 639
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,008	22	294	+ 714
Hypertension	15	997	6	863	+ 133
Road Traffic Accidents	16	786	9	746	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	17	749	27	183	+ 566
Stomach Cancer	18	738	10	661	+ 78
Other Neoplasms	19	713	23	266	+ 447
Lymphomas	20	703	19	356	+ 347
Parkinson's Disease	21	492	30	138	+ 354
Inflammatory/Heart	22	483	26	191	+ 292
Violence	23	454	11	635	- 182
Oesophagus Cancer	24	440	44	61	+ 379
Leukemia	25	431	24	262	+ 169
Bladder Cancer	26	424	36	100	+ 325
Liver Disease	27	316	18	370	- 53
HIV/AIDS	28	300	25	192	+ 108
Cervical Cancer	29	264	29	159	+ 105
Congenital Anomalies	30	261	21	315	- 54
Oral Cancer	31	257	38	96	+ 161
Ovary Cancer	32	246	40	80	+ 166
Skin Cancers	33	229	31	137	+ 92
Liver Cancer	34	226	17	382	- 155
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	206	39	87	+ 119
Skin Disease	36	200	32	126	+ 74
Asthma	37	195	45	60	+ 135
Uterin Cancer	38	177	41	80	+ 97
Alcohol	39	161	33	126	+ 35
Epilepsy	40	132	34	116	+ 16
Tuberculosis	41	124	50	32	+ 92
Low Birth Weight	42	113	28	178	- 65
Malnutrition	43	112	48	37	+ 75
Anemia	44	108	51	25	+ 84
Drownings	45	100	37	97	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	87	42	74	+ 14
Falls	47	85	35	116	- 32
Fires	48	84	58	10	+ 74
Drug Use	49	62	43	63	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	60	49	32	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	53	46	55	- 2
Osteoarthritis	52	50	61	5	+ 45
Birth Trauma	53	34	47	48	- 14
Schizophrenia	54	28	53	21	+ 7
Poisonings	55	25	60	5	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	56	20	57	11	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	19	56	13	+ 6
Meningitis	58	16	54	18	- 2
Appendicitis	59	14	52	22	- 8
Maternal Conditions	60	14	55	17	- 3
Chagas disease	61	8	79	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	62	8	62	3	+ 5
Hepatitis B	63	6	59	7	- 1
Encephalitis	64	6	63	3	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	5	64	1	+ 4
Syphilis	66	4	65	1	+ 3
Otitis Media	67	2	82	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	2	66	1	+ 1
Leprosy	69	1	67	1	- 0
War	70	1	68	1	- 0
Tetanus	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	83	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

Uruguay

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.