COSTA RICA VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,363	25	192	+ 4,171
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,409	7	836	+ 1,574
Stroke	3	2,012	2	1,624	+ 388
Malaria	4	1,995	78	0	+ 1,995
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,589	39	87	+ 1,501
Tuberculosis	6	1,504	50	32	+ 1,472
Birth Trauma	7	1,281	47	48	+ 1,233
Low Birth Weight	8	1,230	28	178	+ 1,052
Liver Disease	9	1,139	18	370	+ 770
Coronary Heart Disease	10	1,122	1	2,639	- 1,517
Road Traffic Accidents	11	925	9	746	+ 179
Congenital Anomalies	12	796	21	315	+ 481
Hypertension	13	662	6	863	- 201
Diabetes Mellitus	14	606	5	953	- 347
Malnutrition	15	583	48	37	+ 546
Meningitis	16	500	54	18	+ 482
Cervical Cancer	17	455	29	159	+ 296
Kidney Disease	18	446	3	1,482	- 1,037
Other Injuries	19	438	13	571	- 133
Suicide	20	330	15	407	- 77
Lung Disease	21	322	4	1,046	- 724
Maternal Conditions	22	301	55	17	+ 284
Violence	23	292	11	635	- 343
Syphilis	24	224	65	1	+ 223
Pertussis	25	188	69	0	+ 188
Asthma	26	188	45	60	+ 127
Drownings	27	174	37	97	+ 78
Falls	28	151	35	116	+ 35
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	149	8	818	- 669
Prostate Cancer	30	142	14	448	- 306
Lymphomas	31	139	19	356	- 217
Fires	32	138	58	10	+ 128
Inflammatory/Heart	33	127	26	191	- 64
Poisonings	34	115	60	5	+ 110
Breast Cancer	35	93	16	384	- 292
Oesophagus Cancer	36	91	44	61	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	37	90	27	183	- 94
Epilepsy	38	84	34	116	- 32
Leukemia	39	66	24	262	- 195
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	62	42	74	- 11
Lung Cancers	41	57	20	343	- 286
Stomach Cancer	42	52	10	661	- 608
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	51	12	621	- 569
Tetanus	44	48	74	0	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	48	49	32	+ 16
Liver Cancer	46	45	17	382	- 337
Parkinson's Disease	47	42	30	138	- 97
Oral Cancer	48	39	38	96	- 57
Alcohol	49	35	33	126	- 91
Bladder Cancer	50	33	36	100	- 66
Schistosomiasis	51	32	76	0	+ 32
Skin Disease	52	32	32	126	- 94
Drug Use	53	31	43	63	- 32
Skin Cancers	54	27	31	137	- 109
Hepatitis B	55	26	59	7	+ 19
Appendicitis	56	21	52	22	- 0
Ovary Cancer	57	21	40	80	- 59
Leishmaniasis	58	18	72	0	+ 18
Encephalitis	59	18	63	3	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	60	17	62	3	+ 14
Measles	61	12	75	0	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	62	11	22	294	- 283
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	8	46	55	- 47
Uterin Cancer	64	8	41	80	- 73
Other Neoplasms	65	5	23	266	- 261
Hepatitis C	66	4	64	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	57	11	- 7
Ascariasis	68	2	71	0	+ 2
War	69	2	68	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	1	77	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	73	1	73	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Zambia

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.