ALBANIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,557	1	8,797	- 7,240
Stroke	2	958	2	8,790	- 7,832
Kidney Disease	3	875	11	399	+ 476
Lung Disease	4	617	5	876	- 259
Diabetes Mellitus	5	563	19	208	+ 354
Hypertension	6	509	10	425	+ 84
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	493	6	634	- 141
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	483	3	1,827	- 1,344
Road Traffic Accidents	9	440	14	337	+ 103
Stomach Cancer	10	390	7	493	- 103
Violence	11	375	27	103	+ 272
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	366	20	197	+ 169
Other Injuries	13	337	26	105	+ 231
Prostate Cancer	14	264	16	311	- 46
Suicide	15	240	24	125	+ 115
Breast Cancer	16	227	17	229	- 3
Liver Cancer	17	225	9	434	- 208
Liver Disease	18	218	12	376	- 158
Lymphomas	19	210	31	69	+ 141
Lung Cancers	20	203	4	1,026	- 824
Congenital Anomalies	21	186	28	102	+ 84
Pancreas Cancer	22	173	18	225	- 51
Other Neoplasms	23	157	47	19	+ 137
Leukemia	24	154	22	131	+ 23
HIV/AIDS	25	113	42	26	+ 88
Inflammatory/Heart	26	113	8	465	- 352
Endocrine Disorders	27	108	29	91	+ 17
Low Birth Weight	28	105	25	106	- 1
Cervical Cancer	29	94	36	48	+ 46
Parkinson's Disease	30	81	13	369	- 287
Skin Cancers	31	81	32	64	+ 17
Skin Disease	32	74	55	6	+ 68
Alcohol	33	74	48	18	+ 56
Epilepsy	34	69	37	44	+ 24
Falls	35	68	23	125	- 56
Bladder Cancer	36	59	15	330	- 271
Drownings	37	57	43	25	+ 32
Oral Cancer	38	57	30	90	- 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	51	52	9	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	40	47	39	39	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	41	47	38	42	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	43	33	57	- 13
Drug Use	43	37	44	25	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	44	36	34	52	- 16
Asthma	45	36	21	193	- 157
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	32	51	11	+ 21
Birth Trauma	47	28	41	32	- 4
Malnutrition	48	22	58	3	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	19	35	50	- 31
Tuberculosis	50	19	54	8	+ 10
Anemia	51	15	86	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	52	13	56	5	+ 7
Schizophrenia	53	12	83	0	+ 12
Meningitis	54	10	49	14	- 3
Maternal Conditions	55	10	59	2	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	8	80	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	57	6	40	39	- 32
Fires	58	6	45	20	- 14
Hepatitis B	59	4	63	0	+ 4
Poisonings	60	3	53	9	- 6
Osteoarthritis	61	3	81	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	2	50	12	- 10
Encephalitis	63	1	46	20	- 18
Hepatitis C	64	1	66	0	+ 0
Syphilis	65	1	62	1	- 0
Oral conditions	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Leprosy	67	1	78	0	+ 1
War	68	0	64	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	60	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	61	1	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	57	3	- 3
Measles	75	0	65	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	67	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Costa Rica

Albania

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.