SERBIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	COSTA RICA		SERBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,334	1	21,776	- 18,442
Stroke	2	2,052	2	16,241	- 14,189
Kidney Disease	3	1,872	5	4,169	- 2,296
Lung Disease	4	1,322	6	3,853	- 2,531
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,204	7	3,611	- 2,406
Hypertension	6	1,090	12	1,621	- 530
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,056	11	1,832	- 777
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,034	9	2,876	- 1,842
Road Traffic Accidents	9	942	24	655	+ 287
Stomach Cancer	10	834	15	1,203	- 368
Violence	11	803	45	108	+ 695
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	784	8	3,429	- 2,645
Other Injuries	13	721	30	406	+ 315
Prostate Cancer	14	566	14	1,317	- 751
Suicide	15	514	16	996	- 483
Breast Cancer	16	485	10	2,284	- 1,799
Liver Cancer	17	482	17	918	- 436
Liver Disease	18	467	19	887	- 420
Lymphomas	19	449	20	831	- 382
Lung Cancers	20	434	4	6,539	- 6,105
Congenital Anomalies	21	398	40	162	+ 237
Pancreas Cancer	22	371	13	1,402	- 1,031
Other Neoplasms	23	335	27	601	- 266
Leukemia	24	330	22	710	- 380
HIV/AIDS	25	242	56	25	+ 218
Inflammatory/Heart	26	242	3	15,274	- 15,032
Endocrine Disorders	27	232	36	309	- 77
Low Birth Weight	28	225	38	187	+ 37
Cervical Cancer	29	201	25	638	- 438
Parkinson's Disease	30	174	21	804	- 629
Skin Cancers	31	173	26	638	- 466
Skin Disease	32	159	43	113	+ 46
Alcohol	33	159	34	341	- 182
Epilepsy	34	147	37	223	- 76
Falls	35	147	33	362	- 215
Bladder Cancer	36	126	18	893	- 767
Drownings	37	122	48	73	+ 49
Oral Cancer	38	121	23	680	- 559
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	110	39	167	- 57
Ovary Cancer	40	101	29	555	- 454
Uterin Cancer	41	101	32	369	- 267
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	93	28	594	- 502
Drug Use	43	80	49	72	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	44	77	35	332	- 255
Asthma	45	76	31	390	- 314
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	70	55	34	+ 35
Birth Trauma	47	61	52	45	+ 15
Malnutrition	48	46	61	10	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	41	47	78	- 37
Tuberculosis	50	40	46	100	- 60
Anemia	51	31	41	152	- 120
Appendicitis	52	27	58	16	+ 11
Schizophrenia	53	26	44	109	- 83
Meningitis	54	22	54	35	- 13
Maternal Conditions	55	21	59	12	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	17	51	51	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	57	14	42	146	- 133
Fires	58	13	50	64	- 51
Hepatitis B	59	9	53	36	- 27
Poisonings	60	7	57	23	- 16
Osteoarthritis	61	6	62	7	- 1
Upper Respiratory	62	4	64	3	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	3	66	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	60	12	- 10
Syphilis	65	1	67	2	- 0
Oral conditions	66	1	69	1	+ 0
Leprosy	67	1	81	0	+ 1
War	68	1	71	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	63	6	- 6
Dengue	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	65	2	- 2
Measles	75	0	72	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	68	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	70	1	- 1
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SERBIA

Costa Rica

Serbia

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.