PANAMA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,241	1	2,624	- 383
Stroke	2	1,379	2	2,006	- 627
Kidney Disease	3	1,258	3	1,106	+ 152
Lung Disease	4	888	5	815	+ 73
Diabetes Mellitus	5	809	4	1,070	- 261
Hypertension	6	733	10	510	+ 223
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	709	7	697	+ 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	695	17	296	+ 398
Road Traffic Accidents	9	633	9	591	+ 42
Stomach Cancer	10	561	11	397	+ 164
Violence	11	539	6	730	- 190
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	527	14	352	+ 175
Other Injuries	13	484	35	100	+ 385
Prostate Cancer	14	380	12	390	- 9
Suicide	15	345	32	121	+ 224
Breast Cancer	16	326	19	279	+ 48
Liver Cancer	17	324	27	182	+ 143
Liver Disease	18	314	15	325	- 12
Lymphomas	19	302	24	205	+ 97
Lung Cancers	20	292	16	303	- 11
Congenital Anomalies	21	268	13	378	- 110
Pancreas Cancer	22	249	29	135	+ 114
Other Neoplasms	23	225	21	256	- 31
Leukemia	24	222	25	189	+ 33
HIV/AIDS	25	163	8	653	- 490
Inflammatory/Heart	26	162	20	270	- 108
Endocrine Disorders	27	156	18	279	- 123
Low Birth Weight	28	151	22	238	- 87
Cervical Cancer	29	135	26	185	- 50
Parkinson's Disease	30	117	33	115	+ 3
Skin Cancers	31	116	44	56	+ 60
Skin Disease	32	107	30	127	- 20
Alcohol	33	107	49	30	+ 77
Epilepsy	34	99	39	66	+ 32
Falls	35	99	37	92	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	36	85	46	33	+ 52
Drownings	37	82	34	103	- 21
Oral Cancer	38	82	38	78	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	74	28	163	- 89
Ovary Cancer	40	68	41	64	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	41	68	40	66	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	62	50	30	+ 32
Drug Use	43	54	47	33	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	44	52	45	52	+ 0
Asthma	45	51	43	56	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	47	55	14	+ 33
Birth Trauma	47	41	36	94	- 53
Malnutrition	48	31	31	122	- 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	27	53	25	+ 3
Tuberculosis	50	27	23	223	- 196
Anemia	51	21	42	63	- 42
Appendicitis	52	18	56	11	+ 7
Schizophrenia	53	18	58	10	+ 8
Meningitis	54	15	52	27	- 12
Maternal Conditions	55	14	48	32	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	11	51	28	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	57	9	62	3	+ 6
Fires	58	9	57	11	- 3
Hepatitis B	59	6	59	7	- 1
Poisonings	60	5	61	4	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	61	4	60	4	- 0
Upper Respiratory	62	3	54	14	- 11
Encephalitis	63	2	63	3	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	1	66	1	+ 0
Syphilis	65	1	65	1	- 1
Oral conditions	66	1	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	67	1	83	0	+ 1
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	64	2	- 2
Ascariasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Costa Rica

Panama

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.