COSTA RICA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,521	1	2,639	+ 4,881
Stroke	2	4,775	2	1,624	+ 3,151
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,101	5	953	+ 1,147
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,059	7	836	+ 1,223
Lung Disease	5	1,795	4	1,046	+ 749
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,323	39	87	+ 1,236
Kidney Disease	7	1,166	3	1,482	- 316
Suicide	8	895	15	407	+ 488
Liver Disease	9	852	18	370	+ 482
Congenital Anomalies	10	790	21	315	+ 475
Hypertension	11	779	6	863	- 84
Road Traffic Accidents	12	738	9	746	- 8
Asthma	13	738	45	60	+ 677
Low Birth Weight	14	717	28	178	+ 539
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	579	49	32	+ 547
Drownings	16	576	37	97	+ 479
Other Injuries	17	495	13	571	- 76
Liver Cancer	18	455	17	382	+ 73
Birth Trauma	19	325	47	48	+ 277
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	305	42	74	+ 232
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	291	8	818	- 527
Tuberculosis	22	269	50	32	+ 238
Lung Cancers	23	249	20	343	- 95
Maternal Conditions	24	234	55	17	+ 217
Falls	25	218	35	116	+ 102
Breast Cancer	26	214	16	384	- 170
Cervical Cancer	27	213	29	159	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	28	192	30	138	+ 54
Inflammatory/Heart	29	184	26	191	- 7
Pertussis	30	168	69	0	+ 168
Malnutrition	31	166	48	37	+ 129
Leukemia	32	148	24	262	- 113
Endocrine Disorders	33	145	27	183	- 38
Prostate Cancer	34	144	14	448	- 304
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	141	12	621	- 480
Meningitis	36	134	54	18	+ 116
Syphilis	37	127	65	1	+ 126
Violence	38	112	11	635	- 523
Skin Disease	39	112	32	126	- 14
Stomach Cancer	40	101	10	661	- 559
Epilepsy	41	88	34	116	- 29
Fires	42	69	58	10	+ 59
Alcohol	43	66	33	126	- 60
Ovary Cancer	44	65	40	80	- 15
Lymphomas	45	53	19	356	- 303
Tetanus	46	47	74	0	+ 47
Poisonings	47	36	60	5	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	48	32	41	80	- 48
Bladder Cancer	49	31	36	100	- 69
Appendicitis	50	22	52	22	+ 1
Hepatitis B	51	21	59	7	+ 14
Encephalitis	52	17	63	3	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	53	15	22	294	- 279
Oral Cancer	54	14	38	96	- 82
Other Neoplasms	55	12	23	266	- 253
Drug Use	56	7	43	63	- 56
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	57	11	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	4	46	55	- 51
Dengue	59	3	70	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	60	3	73	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	61	3	64	1	+ 2
Measles	62	2	75	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	1	71	0	+ 1
War	64	1	68	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	62	3	- 2
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	67	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	69	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	25	192	- 192
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	79	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	80	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	44	61	- 61
Anemia	83	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	53	21	- 21
Skin Cancers	86	0	31	137	- 137
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Vanuatu

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.