CROATIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,080	1	12,307	- 10,227
Stroke	2	1,280	2	6,275	- 4,995
Kidney Disease	3	1,168	7	1,392	- 224
Lung Disease	4	825	5	2,111	- 1,286
Diabetes Mellitus	5	751	6	1,963	- 1,211
Hypertension	6	680	8	1,102	- 422
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	659	10	1,021	- 363
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	645	9	1,066	- 421
Road Traffic Accidents	9	588	27	328	+ 260
Stomach Cancer	10	521	15	786	- 266
Violence	11	501	48	45	+ 456
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	489	4	2,189	- 1,700
Other Injuries	13	450	23	428	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	14	353	14	852	- 499
Suicide	15	321	17	676	- 355
Breast Cancer	16	303	11	1,019	- 716
Liver Cancer	17	301	19	501	- 200
Liver Disease	18	291	13	924	- 633
Lymphomas	19	280	18	556	- 276
Lung Cancers	20	271	3	2,842	- 2,571
Congenital Anomalies	21	248	37	94	+ 154
Pancreas Cancer	22	231	16	754	- 523
Other Neoplasms	23	209	29	283	- 74
Leukemia	24	206	22	435	- 229
HIV/AIDS	25	151	59	8	+ 144
Inflammatory/Heart	26	151	21	457	- 306
Endocrine Disorders	27	144	42	72	+ 72
Low Birth Weight	28	140	56	10	+ 130
Cervical Cancer	29	125	34	156	- 30
Parkinson's Disease	30	109	24	423	- 314
Skin Cancers	31	108	26	332	- 224
Skin Disease	32	99	58	8	+ 92
Alcohol	33	99	30	219	- 119
Epilepsy	34	92	36	94	- 3
Falls	35	91	12	974	- 883
Bladder Cancer	36	79	20	499	- 421
Drownings	37	76	38	86	- 10
Oral Cancer	38	76	25	338	- 262
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	69	39	82	- 13
Ovary Cancer	40	63	28	308	- 245
Uterin Cancer	41	63	32	199	- 136
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	58	31	207	- 149
Drug Use	43	50	43	70	- 21
Oesophagus Cancer	44	48	33	189	- 141
Asthma	45	48	41	74	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	43	46	47	- 4
Birth Trauma	47	38	55	11	+ 27
Malnutrition	48	29	70	0	+ 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	25	35	137	- 111
Tuberculosis	50	25	44	61	- 37
Anemia	51	20	53	16	+ 4
Appendicitis	52	17	57	9	+ 8
Schizophrenia	53	16	40	79	- 63
Meningitis	54	14	52	16	- 2
Maternal Conditions	55	13	61	2	+ 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	10	49	43	- 32
Multiple Sclerosis	57	8	45	55	- 46
Fires	58	8	50	34	- 26
Hepatitis B	59	5	51	17	- 12
Poisonings	60	4	54	16	- 12
Osteoarthritis	61	4	84	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	2	63	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	2	65	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	47	45	- 44
Syphilis	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	66	1	64	2	- 1
Leprosy	67	1	79	0	+ 1
War	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	60	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	62	2	- 2
Chlamydia	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

Costa Rica

Croatia

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.