COSTA RICA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,941	1	2,639	+ 2,302
Stroke	2	2,223	2	1,624	+ 599
War	3	2,116	68	1	+ 2,115
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,962	7	836	+ 1,127
Low Birth Weight	5	1,443	28	178	+ 1,265
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,403	9	746	+ 657
Birth Trauma	7	973	47	48	+ 925
Hypertension	8	867	6	863	+ 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	716	39	87	+ 629
Congenital Anomalies	10	703	21	315	+ 388
Lung Disease	11	524	4	1,046	- 523
Measles	12	495	75	0	+ 495
Liver Disease	13	474	18	370	+ 104
Violence	14	465	11	635	- 170
Kidney Disease	15	439	3	1,482	- 1,043
Other Injuries	16	365	13	571	- 206
Asthma	17	345	45	60	+ 285
Tuberculosis	18	311	50	32	+ 280
Diabetes Mellitus	19	294	5	953	- 659
Malaria	20	282	78	0	+ 282
Suicide	21	278	15	407	- 129
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	230	8	818	- 588
Pertussis	23	203	69	0	+ 203
Falls	24	192	35	116	+ 76
Drownings	25	187	37	97	+ 90
Breast Cancer	26	186	16	384	- 198
Malnutrition	27	173	48	37	+ 137
Meningitis	28	167	54	18	+ 149
Fires	29	162	58	10	+ 152
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	150	12	621	- 471
Stomach Cancer	31	148	10	661	- 513
Maternal Conditions	32	146	55	17	+ 129
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	137	42	74	+ 63
Leukemia	34	127	24	262	- 134
Oesophagus Cancer	35	125	44	61	+ 64
Endocrine Disorders	36	121	27	183	- 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	116	49	32	+ 84
Drug Use	38	100	43	63	+ 37
Liver Cancer	39	100	17	382	- 282
Inflammatory/Heart	40	96	26	191	- 95
Lung Cancers	41	93	20	343	- 250
Oral Cancer	42	90	38	96	- 6
Epilepsy	43	88	34	116	- 28
Poisonings	44	87	60	5	+ 82
Lymphomas	45	71	19	356	- 285
HIV/AIDS	46	65	25	192	- 127
Tetanus	47	65	74	0	+ 65
Encephalitis	48	60	63	3	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	49	59	30	138	- 79
Hepatitis B	50	49	59	7	+ 42
Pancreas Cancer	51	46	22	294	- 247
Ovary Cancer	52	31	40	80	- 49
Syphilis	53	29	65	1	+ 28
Appendicitis	54	26	52	22	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	55	26	36	100	- 73
Schistosomiasis	56	20	76	0	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	57	19	29	159	- 139
Skin Cancers	58	16	31	137	- 120
Alcohol	59	13	33	126	- 113
Dengue	60	12	70	0	+ 12
Skin Disease	61	7	32	126	- 119
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	57	11	- 4
Prostate Cancer	63	6	14	448	- 442
Other Neoplasms	64	3	23	266	- 262
Ascariasis	65	3	71	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	46	55	- 53
Diphtheria	67	2	73	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	1	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	69	1	41	80	- 79
Upper Respiratory	70	1	62	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	67	1	- 1
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Yemen

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.