TANZANIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	33,814	9	13,215	+ 20,599
Stroke	2	20,810	7	16,894	+ 3,916
Kidney Disease	3	18,989	19	4,547	+ 14,442
Lung Disease	4	13,406	22	3,051	+ 10,355
Diabetes Mellitus	5	12,215	15	6,247	+ 5,968
Hypertension	6	11,058	17	5,209	+ 5,849
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	10,706	2	26,028	- 15,322
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	10,483	27	2,048	+ 8,435
Road Traffic Accidents	9	9,556	5	18,054	- 8,498
Stomach Cancer	10	8,463	39	1,190	+ 7,273
Violence	11	8,139	18	4,713	+ 3,426
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	7,952	33	1,567	+ 6,385
Other Injuries	13	7,312	20	4,270	+ 3,042
Prostate Cancer	14	5,741	28	1,819	+ 3,922
Suicide	15	5,212	24	2,474	+ 2,738
Breast Cancer	16	4,922	37	1,285	+ 3,637
Liver Cancer	17	4,892	36	1,413	+ 3,479
Liver Disease	18	4,736	13	6,586	- 1,850
Lymphomas	19	4,557	41	805	+ 3,752
Lung Cancers	20	4,400	61	159	+ 4,241
Congenital Anomalies	21	4,039	11	9,791	- 5,751
Pancreas Cancer	22	3,761	62	158	+ 3,603
Other Neoplasms	23	3,402	64	58	+ 3,345
Leukemia	24	3,351	47	416	+ 2,935
HIV/AIDS	25	2,459	1	27,402	- 24,943
Inflammatory/Heart	26	2,450	38	1,227	+ 1,223
Endocrine Disorders	27	2,349	29	1,778	+ 571
Low Birth Weight	28	2,279	10	12,173	- 9,894
Cervical Cancer	29	2,036	14	6,424	- 4,387
Parkinson's Disease	30	1,769	45	513	+ 1,255
Skin Cancers	31	1,751	42	744	+ 1,007
Skin Disease	32	1,616	52	359	+ 1,257
Alcohol	33	1,616	56	270	+ 1,346
Epilepsy	34	1,488	43	707	+ 781
Falls	35	1,487	34	1,533	- 46
Bladder Cancer	36	1,278	44	667	+ 611
Drownings	37	1,239	32	1,642	- 403
Oral Cancer	38	1,230	31	1,646	- 416
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	1,118	6	17,587	- 16,469
Ovary Cancer	40	1,029	53	337	+ 692
Uterin Cancer	41	1,029	57	218	+ 811
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	942	46	462	+ 480
Drug Use	43	808	48	404	+ 404
Oesophagus Cancer	44	780	25	2,247	- 1,467
Asthma	45	775	30	1,700	- 925
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	705	63	81	+ 624
Birth Trauma	47	616	8	15,086	- 14,470
Malnutrition	48	471	16	5,574	- 5,103
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	413	50	401	+ 12
Tuberculosis	50	405	4	20,269	- 19,864
Anemia	51	318	82	0	+ 318
Appendicitis	52	276	58	218	+ 59
Schizophrenia	53	264	80	0	+ 264
Meningitis	54	228	21	3,188	- 2,960
Maternal Conditions	55	218	12	6,835	- 6,617
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	168	86	0	+ 168
Multiple Sclerosis	57	138	68	27	+ 111
Fires	58	130	35	1,424	- 1,294
Hepatitis B	59	89	60	168	- 80
Poisonings	60	69	40	1,170	- 1,101
Osteoarthritis	61	64	85	0	+ 64
Upper Respiratory	62	38	54	299	- 260
Encephalitis	63	32	59	199	- 166
Hepatitis C	64	14	66	40	- 26
Syphilis	65	13	26	2,115	- 2,102
Oral conditions	66	13	84	0	+ 13
Leprosy	67	13	76	0	+ 13
War	68	7	67	30	- 22
Pertussis	69	1	23	2,774	- 2,773
Dengue	70	1	73	2	- 1
Ascariasis	71	1	65	56	- 55
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	70	11	- 11
Tetanus	74	0	49	402	- 402
Measles	75	0	55	295	- 295
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	371	- 371
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	78	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	69	17	- 17
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	9	- 9
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Costa Rica

Tanzania

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.