ISRAEL VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		ISRAEL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,713	1	5,122	- 410
Stroke	2	2,900	4	2,431	+ 469
Kidney Disease	3	2,647	3	2,437	+ 210
Lung Disease	4	1,869	7	1,546	+ 322
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,702	6	1,913	- 211
Hypertension	6	1,541	21	400	+ 1,141
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,492	8	1,519	- 27
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,461	2	2,996	- 1,534
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,332	26	333	+ 999
Stomach Cancer	10	1,180	16	565	+ 614
Violence	11	1,134	41	104	+ 1,030
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,108	9	1,510	- 402
Other Injuries	13	1,019	14	828	+ 191
Prostate Cancer	14	800	17	521	+ 279
Suicide	15	726	19	453	+ 273
Breast Cancer	16	686	10	1,237	- 551
Liver Cancer	17	682	25	345	+ 337
Liver Disease	18	660	28	292	+ 368
Lymphomas	19	635	13	925	- 290
Lung Cancers	20	613	5	2,026	- 1,412
Congenital Anomalies	21	563	29	291	+ 272
Pancreas Cancer	22	524	11	1,023	- 498
Other Neoplasms	23	474	20	420	+ 54
Leukemia	24	467	15	612	- 145
HIV/AIDS	25	343	52	25	+ 317
Inflammatory/Heart	26	341	30	214	+ 127
Endocrine Disorders	27	327	12	1,002	- 675
Low Birth Weight	28	318	42	94	+ 224
Cervical Cancer	29	284	38	133	+ 151
Parkinson's Disease	30	246	22	398	- 151
Skin Cancers	31	244	23	379	- 135
Skin Disease	32	225	24	368	- 143
Alcohol	33	225	49	39	+ 187
Epilepsy	34	207	40	109	+ 99
Falls	35	207	39	123	+ 84
Bladder Cancer	36	178	18	496	- 318
Drownings	37	173	45	39	+ 134
Oral Cancer	38	171	33	150	+ 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	156	32	166	- 10
Ovary Cancer	40	143	27	323	- 179
Uterin Cancer	41	143	31	202	- 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	131	51	33	+ 98
Drug Use	43	113	43	67	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	44	109	37	138	- 29
Asthma	45	108	36	142	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	98	54	23	+ 75
Birth Trauma	47	86	50	35	+ 51
Malnutrition	48	66	48	39	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	58	35	144	- 87
Tuberculosis	50	56	57	16	+ 40
Anemia	51	44	34	149	- 105
Appendicitis	52	39	64	4	+ 35
Schizophrenia	53	37	44	66	- 30
Meningitis	54	32	55	20	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	55	30	61	6	+ 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	23	56	17	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	57	19	47	39	- 20
Fires	58	18	53	24	- 6
Hepatitis B	59	12	58	16	- 3
Poisonings	60	10	63	4	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	61	9	59	8	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	5	62	5	- 0
Encephalitis	63	4	66	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	2	46	39	- 37
Syphilis	65	2	71	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	66	2	65	4	- 2
Leprosy	67	2	68	0	+ 1
War	68	1	60	7	- 6
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ISRAEL

Costa Rica

Israel

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.