COSTA RICA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,820	1	2,639	+ 180
Kidney Disease	2	1,778	3	1,482	+ 296
Stroke	3	1,561	2	1,624	- 63
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,462	7	836	+ 626
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,243	5	953	+ 289
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,004	9	746	+ 258
Liver Disease	7	958	18	370	+ 588
Lung Disease	8	741	4	1,046	- 305
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	738	8	818	- 81
Hypertension	10	721	6	863	- 142
Stomach Cancer	11	601	10	661	- 60
Prostate Cancer	12	392	14	448	- 56
Congenital Anomalies	13	384	21	315	+ 69
Suicide	14	381	15	407	- 25
Violence	15	348	11	635	- 287
Low Birth Weight	16	337	28	178	+ 159
Other Injuries	17	334	13	571	- 237
Falls	18	320	35	116	+ 204
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	319	12	621	- 302
Lung Cancers	20	309	20	343	- 34
Liver Cancer	21	274	17	382	- 108
Lymphomas	22	254	19	356	- 102
Leukemia	23	254	24	262	- 8
Cervical Cancer	24	241	29	159	+ 83
Breast Cancer	25	237	16	384	- 147
Parkinson's Disease	26	189	30	138	+ 51
HIV/AIDS	27	175	25	192	- 17
Malnutrition	28	166	48	37	+ 130
Tuberculosis	29	165	50	32	+ 133
Pancreas Cancer	30	162	22	294	- 132
Endocrine Disorders	31	146	27	183	- 38
Drownings	32	135	37	97	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	120	42	74	+ 46
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	118	39	87	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	35	93	40	80	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	36	89	26	191	- 103
Skin Cancers	37	88	31	137	- 48
Birth Trauma	38	87	47	48	+ 39
Alcohol	39	81	33	126	- 46
Epilepsy	40	78	34	116	- 38
Drug Use	41	61	43	63	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	42	52	44	61	- 9
Fires	43	50	58	10	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	44	48	36	100	- 51
Oral Cancer	45	48	38	96	- 48
Maternal Conditions	46	47	55	17	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	47	49	32	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	48	37	41	80	- 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	36	46	55	- 20
Appendicitis	50	32	52	22	+ 10
Skin Disease	51	30	32	126	- 97
Meningitis	52	26	54	18	+ 8
Asthma	53	25	45	60	- 36
Syphilis	54	24	65	1	+ 23
Encephalitis	55	24	63	3	+ 21
Pertussis	56	23	69	0	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	57	18	23	266	- 247
Poisonings	58	17	60	5	+ 11
Chagas disease	59	6	79	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	57	11	- 6
Dengue	61	3	70	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	3	74	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	2	62	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	59	7	- 6
Ascariasis	65	1	71	0	+ 0
War	66	0	68	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Oral conditions	84	0	66	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	56	13	- 13
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Ecuador

Costa Rica

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.