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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica
COSTA RICA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
60.5
63.3
61.9
56
54
56
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
75.5
80.2
77.8
18
22
21
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
74.9
80.3
77.5
34
37
34
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Costa Rica
COSTA RICA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
74.9
80.3
34
37
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
78.7
82.9
27
32
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
78.7
82.9
28
32
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
78.8
83.0
27
32
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
79.1
83.1
27
32
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
79.4
83.2
27
32
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
79.9
83.4
22
32
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
80.2
83.5
22
32
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
80.6
83.7
20
32
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
81.1
84.0
18
32
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
81.6
84.4
16
33
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
82.3
84.8
16
35
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
83.1
85.5
15
31
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
84.2
86.3
13
32
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
85.6
87.4
12
34
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
87.5
88.9
10
29
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
89.6
90.7
11
26
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
92.3
93.0
14
28
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
95.5
95.9
12
26
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
99.1
99.3
14
28
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.2
103.3
21
33
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica
COSTA RICA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
73.99
148
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
29.52
177
  
36.89
160
3 Lung Disease
22.31
97
  
21.47
98
4 Hypertension
22.31
118
  
3.67
183
5 Diabetes Mellitus
22.04
118
  
5.04
185
6 Stomach Cancer
19.44
14
  
4.81
130
7 Road Traffic Accidents
17.91
80
  
4.77
180
8 Breast Cancer
17.63
84
  
23.62
20
9 Other Injuries
13.27
87
  
5.54
170
10 Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.32
61
  
15.49
33
11 Prostate Cancer
11.20
30
  
8.21
58
12 Influenza & Pneumonia
10.84
160
  
23.69
125
13 Violence
10.46
72
  
1.14
160
14 Liver Disease
9.90
86
  
9.48
96
15 Alzheimers/Dementia
9.48
40
  
17.08
14
16 Kidney Disease
9.31
130
  
3.23
185
17 Lymphomas
7.46
33
  
7.35
36
18 Other Neoplasms
7.30
11
  
2.95
92
19 Suicide
6.98
100
  
6.90
101
20 Lung Cancers
6.92
129
  
30.98
18
21 Inflammatory/Heart
6.73
89
  
2.97
152
22 Congenital Anomalies
6.45
88
  
3.68
164
23 Leukemia
5.69
19
  
4.39
63
24 Liver Cancer
5.21
106
  
3.07
164
25 Endocrine Disorders
4.22
125
  
3.13
147
26 Pancreas Cancer
4.17
77
  
6.81
39
27 Cervical Cancer
3.77
119
  
1.38
161
28 Low Birth Weight
3.40
143
  
3.39
144
29 Drownings
3.39
101
  
0.35
187
30 HIV/AIDS
3.18
97
  
0.40
137
31 Oral Cancer
2.66
101
  
2.39
113
32 Falls
2.57
132
  
3.51
109
33 Parkinson Disease
2.34
40
  
3.48
8
34 Birth Trauma
2.13
131
  
0.64
166
35 Epilepsy
2.08
79
  
1.57
104
36 Skin Cancers
2.01
49
  
2.74
32
37 Bladder Cancer
1.88
106
  
4.27
28
38 Ovary Cancer
1.81
126
  
3.96
20
39 Tuberculosis
1.69
140
  
0.41
170
40 Skin Disease
1.68
100
  
1.50
104
41 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.66
152
  
2.54
123
42 Oesophagus Cancer
1.59
134
  
7.62
30
43 Uterin Cancer
1.45
69
  
1.53
64
44 Diarrhoeal diseases
1.39
129
  
1.95
119
45 Poisonings
1.32
126
  
2.81
89
46 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.30
105
  
0.90
140
47 Asthma
0.95
163
  
1.09
153
48 Meningitis
0.93
128
  
0.41
149
49 Maternal Conditions
0.77
110
  
0.15
151
50 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.69
66
  
0.67
68
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Costa Rica
COSTA RICA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
2,799
17.15
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
1,153
7.07
  
55,919
11.98
3 Hypertension
868
5.32
  
5,191
1.11
4 Lung Disease
868
5.32
  
29,069
6.23
5 Diabetes Mellitus
834
5.11
  
6,682
1.43
6 Road Traffic Accidents
794
4.87
  
3,073
0.66
7 Stomach Cancer
735
4.50
  
6,006
1.29
8 Other Injuries
537
3.29
  
6,029
1.29
9 Violence
491
3.01
  
703
0.15
10 Influenza & Pneumonia
434
2.66
  
37,348
8.00
11 Prostate Cancer
430
2.63
  
11,508
2.46
12 Colon-Rectum Cancers
427
2.62
  
18,951
4.06
13 Liver Disease
386
2.37
  
7,767
1.66
14 Alzheimers/Dementia
377
2.31
  
29,116
6.24
15 Kidney Disease
365
2.24
  
4,804
1.03
16 Breast Cancer
358
2.19
  
14,343
3.07
17 Suicide
313
1.92
  
4,660
1.00
18 Lymphomas
288
1.76
  
8,744
1.87
19 Other Neoplasms
279
1.71
  
3,829
0.82
20 Congenital Anomalies
278
1.70
  
1,950
0.42
21 Inflammatory/Heart
266
1.63
  
3,014
0.65
22 Lung Cancers
249
1.53
  
35,845
7.68
23 Leukemia
229
1.40
  
5,077
1.09
24 Liver Cancer
195
1.19
  
3,470
0.74
25 Endocrine Disorders
173
1.06
  
3,056
0.65
26 Pancreas Cancer
156
0.96
  
7,954
1.70
27 Drownings
155
0.95
  
233
0.05
28 Cervical Cancer
152
0.93
  
1,322
0.28
29 Low Birth Weight
146
0.89
  
1,386
0.30
30 HIV/AIDS
142
0.87
  
266
0.06
31 Oral Cancer
102
0.63
  
2,428
0.52
32 Falls
101
0.62
  
4,450
0.95
33 Birth Trauma
91
0.56
  
262
0.06
34 Epilepsy
88
0.54
  
1,201
0.26
35 Parkinson Disease
87
0.53
  
5,348
1.15
36 Skin Cancers
78
0.48
  
2,947
0.63
37 Bladder Cancer
71
0.44
  
5,842
1.25
38 Ovary Cancer
70
0.43
  
4,366
0.94
39 Skin Disease
68
0.42
  
2,188
0.47
40 Tuberculosis
67
0.41
  
443
0.09
41 Peptic Ulcer Disease
63
0.39
  
3,294
0.71
42 Oesophagus Cancer
58
0.36
  
8,762
1.88
43 Poisonings
55
0.34
  
1,805
0.39
44 Uterin Cancer
54
0.33
  
1,852
0.40
45 Diarrhoeal diseases
54
0.33
  
3,081
0.66
46 Rheumatic Heart Disease
51
0.31
  
1,204
0.26
47 Meningitis
39
0.24
  
278
0.06
48 Maternal Conditions
38
0.23
  
81
0.02
49 Asthma
38
0.23
  
1,260
0.27
50 Rheumatoid Arthritis
26
0.16
  
905
0.19
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica
COSTA RICA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stomach Cancer
19.44
14
  
4.81
130
2 Breast Cancer
17.63
84
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.32
61
  
15.49
33
4 Prostate Cancer
11.20
30
  
8.21
58
5 Lymphomas
7.46
33
  
7.35
36
6 Other Neoplasms
7.30
11
  
2.95
92
7 Lung Cancers
6.92
129
  
30.98
18
8 Leukemia
5.69
19
  
4.39
63
9 Liver Cancer
5.21
106
  
3.07
164
10 Pancreas Cancer
4.17
77
  
6.81
39
11 Cervical Cancer
3.77
119
  
1.38
161
12 Oral Cancer
2.66
101
  
2.39
113
13 Skin Cancers
2.01
49
  
2.74
32
14 Bladder Cancer
1.88
106
  
4.27
28
15 Ovary Cancer
1.81
126
  
3.96
20
16 Oesophagus Cancer
1.59
134
  
7.62
30
17 Uterin Cancer
1.45
69
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Costa Rica
COSTA RICA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
4,253,877
120
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.02
44
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
26.7 %
108
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
67.1 %
64
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
6.2 %
85
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
17.43
109
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
4.34
178
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
2.14
109
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
8.77
147
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.86
49
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
0.47
51
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
1.36
88
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
94.9
74
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
94.7
79
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
95.1
64
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
5.6
111
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
77.5
34
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
69.0
37
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$11,600
74
  
$36,600
23
 

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