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Costa Rica Population Pyramid
 


Costa Rica
COSTA RICA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
60.5
63.3
61.9
56
54
56
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
2000
75.5
80.2
77.8
18
22
21
2010
74.9
80.3
77.5
34
37
34
 
 
Costa Rica
COSTA RICA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
74.9
80.3
34
37
Age 5
77.7
81.9
27
32
Age 10
77.7
81.9
28
32
Age 15
77.8
82.0
27
32
Age 20
78.1
82.1
27
32
Age 25
78.4
82.2
27
32
Age 30
78.9
82.4
22
32
Age 35
79.2
82.5
22
32
Age 40
79.6
82.7
20
32
Age 45
80.1
83.0
18
32
Age 50
80.6
83.4
16
33
Age 55
81.3
83.8
16
35
Age 60
82.1
84.5
15
31
Age 65
83.2
85.3
13
32
Age 70
84.6
86.4
12
34
Age 75
86.5
87.9
10
29
Age 80
88.6
89.7
11
26
Age 85
91.3
92.0
14
28
Age 90
94.5
94.9
12
26
Age 95
98.1
98.3
14
28
Age 100
102.2
102.3
21
33
 
 
Costa Rica
COSTA RICA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
2,799
17.15
2 Stroke
1,153
7.07
3 Hypertension
868
5.32
4 Lung Disease
868
5.32
5 Diabetes Mellitus
834
5.11
6 Road Traffic Accidents
794
4.87
7 Stomach Cancer
735
4.50
8 Other Injuries
537
3.29
9 Violence
491
3.01
10 Influenza & Pneumonia
434
2.66
11 Prostate Cancer
430
2.63
12 Colon-Rectum Cancers
427
2.62
13 Liver Disease
386
2.37
14 Alzheimers/Dementia
377
2.31
15 Kidney Disease
365
2.24
16 Breast Cancer
358
2.19
17 Suicide
313
1.92
18 Lymphomas
288
1.76
19 Other Neoplasms
279
1.71
20 Congenital Anomalies
278
1.70
21 Inflammatory/Heart
266
1.63
22 Lung Cancers
249
1.53
23 Leukemia
229
1.40
24 Liver Cancer
195
1.19
25 Endocrine Disorders
173
1.06
  Deaths %
26 Pancreas Cancer
156
0.96
27 Drownings
155
0.95
28 Cervical Cancer
152
0.93
29 Low Birth Weight
146
0.89
30 HIV/AIDS
142
0.87
31 Oral Cancer
102
0.63
32 Falls
101
0.62
33 Birth Trauma
91
0.56
34 Epilepsy
88
0.54
35 Parkinson Disease
87
0.53
36 Skin Cancers
78
0.48
37 Bladder Cancer
71
0.44
38 Ovary Cancer
70
0.43
39 Skin Disease
68
0.42
40 Tuberculosis
67
0.41
41 Peptic Ulcer Disease
63
0.39
42 Oesophagus Cancer
58
0.36
43 Poisonings
55
0.34
44 Uterin Cancer
54
0.33
45 Diarrhoeal diseases
54
0.33
46 Rheumatic Heart Disease
51
0.31
47 Meningitis
39
0.24
48 Maternal Conditions
38
0.23
49 Asthma
38
0.23
50 Rheumatoid Arthritis
26
0.16
 
 
Costa Rica
COSTA RICA TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
73.99
148
2 Stroke
29.52
177
3 Lung Disease
22.31
97
4 Hypertension
22.31
118
5 Diabetes Mellitus
22.04
118
6 Stomach Cancer
19.44
14
7 Road Traffic Accidents
17.91
80
8 Breast Cancer
17.63
84
9 Other Injuries
13.27
87
10 Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.32
61
11 Prostate Cancer
11.20
30
12 Influenza & Pneumonia
10.84
160
13 Violence
10.46
72
14 Liver Disease
9.90
86
15 Alzheimers/Dementia
9.48
40
16 Kidney Disease
9.31
130
17 Lymphomas
7.46
33
18 Other Neoplasms
7.30
11
19 Suicide
6.98
100
20 Lung Cancers
6.92
129
21 Inflammatory/Heart
6.73
89
22 Congenital Anomalies
6.45
88
23 Leukemia
5.69
19
24 Liver Cancer
5.21
106
25 Endocrine Disorders
4.22
125
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Pancreas Cancer
4.17
77
27 Cervical Cancer
3.77
119
28 Low Birth Weight
3.40
143
29 Drownings
3.39
101
30 HIV/AIDS
3.18
97
31 Oral Cancer
2.66
101
32 Falls
2.57
132
33 Parkinson Disease
2.34
40
34 Birth Trauma
2.13
131
35 Epilepsy
2.08
79
36 Skin Cancers
2.01
49
37 Bladder Cancer
1.88
106
38 Ovary Cancer
1.81
126
39 Tuberculosis
1.69
140
40 Skin Disease
1.68
100
41 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.66
152
42 Oesophagus Cancer
1.59
134
43 Uterin Cancer
1.45
69
44 Diarrhoeal diseases
1.39
129
45 Poisonings
1.32
126
46 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.30
105
47 Asthma
0.95
163
48 Meningitis
0.93
128
49 Maternal Conditions
0.77
110
50 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.69
66
 
 
Costa Rica
COSTA RICA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Stomach Cancer
19.44
14
2 Breast Cancer
17.63
84
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.32
61
4 Prostate Cancer
11.20
30
5 Lymphomas
7.46
33
6 Other Neoplasms
7.30
11
7 Lung Cancers
6.92
129
8 Leukemia
5.69
19
9 Liver Cancer
5.21
106
  Rate World Rank
10 Pancreas Cancer
4.17
77
11 Cervical Cancer
3.77
119
12 Oral Cancer
2.66
101
13 Skin Cancers
2.01
49
14 Bladder Cancer
1.88
106
15 Ovary Cancer
1.81
126
16 Oesophagus Cancer
1.59
134
17 Uterin Cancer
1.45
69
 
 
Costa Rica
COSTA RICA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
7.7
69
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
26.1
7.3
98
73
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
17.9
33.3
64
49
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
250
15

 
Costa Rica
COSTA RICA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
4,253,877
120
Sex Ratio M / F
1.02
44
Population 0-14
26.7 %
108
Population 15-64
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
6.2 %
85
Birth Rate / 1000
17.43
109
Death Rate / 1000
4.34
178
Fertulity Rate
2.14
109
Infant Mortality
8.77
147
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.86
49
Net Migrattion
0.47
51
Population Growth
1.36
88
Literacy Total
94.9
74
Literacy Male
94.7
79
Literacy Female
95.1
64
Unemployment
5.6
111
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
77.5
34
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
69.0
37
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$11,600
74
 
 
 

Latest WHO data (2010), Death Rates are age-standardized, total deaths are % of population

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