COSTA RICA VS UZBEKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UZBEKISTAN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,053	1	2,639	+ 7,414
Stroke	2	3,105	2	1,624	+ 1,481
Liver Disease	3	1,380	18	370	+ 1,010
Diabetes Mellitus	4	895	5	953	- 59
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	659	7	836	- 176
Road Traffic Accidents	6	555	9	746	- 190
Kidney Disease	7	452	3	1,482	- 1,030
Hypertension	8	402	6	863	- 461
Suicide	9	383	15	407	- 24
Low Birth Weight	10	342	28	178	+ 165
Congenital Anomalies	11	334	21	315	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	12	308	10	661	- 353
Lung Cancers	13	291	20	343	- 52
Lung Disease	14	286	4	1,046	- 760
Breast Cancer	15	263	16	384	- 122
Birth Trauma	16	254	47	48	+ 206
Tuberculosis	17	223	50	32	+ 191
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	210	8	818	- 609
Other Injuries	19	205	13	571	- 366
Liver Cancer	20	172	17	382	- 210
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	170	49	32	+ 137
Drownings	22	165	37	97	+ 69
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	147	12	621	- 474
Asthma	24	133	45	60	+ 72
Cervical Cancer	25	121	29	159	- 38
Epilepsy	26	118	34	116	+ 2
Falls	27	108	35	116	- 8
HIV/AIDS	28	103	25	192	- 89
Pancreas Cancer	29	97	22	294	- 197
Oral Cancer	30	96	38	96	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	31	91	44	61	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	89	42	74	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	86	39	87	- 1
Lymphomas	34	85	19	356	- 271
Leukemia	35	82	24	262	- 180
Parkinson's Disease	36	81	30	138	- 57
Fires	37	78	58	10	+ 68
Violence	38	70	11	635	- 565
Inflammatory/Heart	39	61	26	191	- 130
Encephalitis	40	60	63	3	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	41	49	14	448	- 399
Endocrine Disorders	42	48	27	183	- 135
Ovary Cancer	43	46	40	80	- 34
Poisonings	44	40	60	5	+ 35
Upper Respiratory	45	40	62	3	+ 37
Drug Use	46	39	43	63	- 24
Uterin Cancer	47	33	41	80	- 47
Maternal Conditions	48	31	55	17	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	49	29	36	100	- 71
Skin Cancers	50	24	31	137	- 113
Meningitis	51	19	54	18	+ 1
Alcohol	52	16	33	126	- 111
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	14	46	55	- 41
Hepatitis B	54	13	59	7	+ 6
Skin Disease	55	5	32	126	- 121
Appendicitis	56	4	52	22	- 17
Other Neoplasms	57	4	23	266	- 262
Multiple Sclerosis	58	3	57	11	- 7
Tetanus	59	3	74	0	+ 3
Malnutrition	60	2	48	37	- 35
Leishmaniasis	61	1	72	0	+ 1
War	62	1	68	1	- 0
Pertussis	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	1	- 1
Syphilis	67	0	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Uzbekistan

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.