COSTA RICA VS BELARUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELARUS		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,475	1	2,639	+ 26,836
Stroke	2	9,085	2	1,624	+ 7,461
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,956	8	818	+ 1,138
Lung Cancers	4	1,635	20	343	+ 1,291
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,600	12	621	+ 979
Alcohol	6	1,530	33	126	+ 1,404
Lung Disease	7	1,224	4	1,046	+ 177
Liver Disease	8	1,152	18	370	+ 782
Suicide	9	1,111	15	407	+ 704
Stomach Cancer	10	937	10	661	+ 276
Inflammatory/Heart	11	754	26	191	+ 563
Breast Cancer	12	682	16	384	+ 298
Pancreas Cancer	13	649	22	294	+ 355
Other Injuries	14	609	13	571	+ 38
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	602	7	836	- 233
Falls	16	527	35	116	+ 411
Prostate Cancer	17	519	14	448	+ 70
Oral Cancer	18	499	38	96	+ 403
Road Traffic Accidents	19	400	9	746	- 346
Lymphomas	20	372	19	356	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	21	344	30	138	+ 206
Fires	22	344	58	10	+ 334
Leukemia	23	307	24	262	+ 45
Drownings	24	301	37	97	+ 204
Oesophagus Cancer	25	273	44	61	+ 212
Kidney Disease	26	266	3	1,482	- 1,216
Ovary Cancer	27	238	40	80	+ 157
Uterin Cancer	28	216	41	80	+ 136
Drug Use	29	215	43	63	+ 152
Diabetes Mellitus	30	207	5	953	- 747
Hypertension	31	204	6	863	- 660
Liver Cancer	32	201	17	382	- 181
Poisonings	33	173	60	5	+ 167
Cervical Cancer	34	168	29	159	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	35	164	36	100	+ 64
Skin Cancers	36	151	31	137	+ 14
Tuberculosis	37	149	50	32	+ 117
Violence	38	141	11	635	- 494
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	133	49	32	+ 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	130	42	74	+ 57
Congenital Anomalies	41	112	21	315	- 203
HIV/AIDS	42	93	25	192	- 99
Endocrine Disorders	43	78	27	183	- 105
Asthma	44	67	45	60	+ 7
Epilepsy	45	64	34	116	- 52
Encephalitis	46	52	63	3	+ 49
Low Birth Weight	47	36	28	178	- 142
Other Neoplasms	48	29	23	266	- 237
Multiple Sclerosis	49	23	57	11	+ 13
Meningitis	50	20	54	18	+ 2
Skin Disease	51	17	32	126	- 109
Birth Trauma	52	14	47	48	- 34
Malnutrition	53	12	48	37	- 25
Appendicitis	54	11	52	22	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	8	46	55	- 47
Hepatitis B	56	8	59	7	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	57	7	39	87	- 80
Upper Respiratory	58	3	62	3	- 0
War	59	2	68	1	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	60	1	55	17	- 16
Chlamydia	61	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	62	0	64	1	- 1
Syphilis	63	0	65	1	- 1
Tetanus	64	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	65	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	67	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	84	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Belarus

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.