COSTA RICA VS QATAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	QATAR		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,232	1	2,639	- 407
Diabetes Mellitus	2	947	5	953	- 7
Stroke	3	526	2	1,624	- 1,098
Road Traffic Accidents	4	425	9	746	- 321
Liver Disease	5	418	18	370	+ 48
Kidney Disease	6	370	3	1,482	- 1,113
Suicide	7	341	15	407	- 66
Falls	8	265	35	116	+ 149
Other Injuries	9	237	13	571	- 334
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	222	7	836	- 613
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	171	12	621	- 449
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	154	8	818	- 664
Lung Cancers	13	150	20	343	- 193
Congenital Anomalies	14	144	21	315	- 171
Lung Disease	15	141	4	1,046	- 905
Leukemia	16	118	24	262	- 144
Breast Cancer	17	109	16	384	- 275
Lymphomas	18	100	19	356	- 256
Drownings	19	93	37	97	- 4
Low Birth Weight	20	92	28	178	- 85
Liver Cancer	21	92	17	382	- 290
Fires	22	88	58	10	+ 77
Stomach Cancer	23	87	10	661	- 574
Endocrine Disorders	24	81	27	183	- 103
Inflammatory/Heart	25	67	26	191	- 125
Parkinson's Disease	26	58	30	138	- 80
Bladder Cancer	27	56	36	100	- 44
Hypertension	28	54	6	863	- 809
Oral Cancer	29	52	38	96	- 44
Pancreas Cancer	30	51	22	294	- 242
Prostate Cancer	31	36	14	448	- 412
Ovary Cancer	32	35	40	80	- 45
Skin Disease	33	33	32	126	- 93
Violence	34	29	11	635	- 606
Epilepsy	35	28	34	116	- 88
Cervical Cancer	36	26	29	159	- 133
Oesophagus Cancer	37	26	44	61	- 35
Birth Trauma	38	26	47	48	- 22
Drug Use	39	25	43	63	- 38
Asthma	40	21	45	60	- 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	41	21	39	87	- 67
Poisonings	42	18	60	5	+ 13
Skin Cancers	43	17	31	137	- 120
Tuberculosis	44	17	50	32	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	16	49	32	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	15	42	74	- 59
Meningitis	47	15	54	18	- 3
Alcohol	48	14	33	126	- 112
Uterin Cancer	49	13	41	80	- 67
Encephalitis	50	11	63	3	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	51	6	23	266	- 260
Maternal Conditions	52	5	55	17	- 12
Syphilis	53	5	65	1	+ 4
Pertussis	54	5	69	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	55	4	57	11	- 7
Hepatitis B	56	4	59	7	- 3
Appendicitis	57	2	52	22	- 19
Malnutrition	58	2	48	37	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	46	55	- 54
Tetanus	60	1	74	0	+ 1
War	61	1	68	1	+ 0
Dengue	62	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	3	- 3
Diphtheria	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	67	1	- 1
HIV/AIDS	71	0	25	192	- 192
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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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.