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Bhutan
COUNTRY #1
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BHUTAN VS COSTA RICA

Compare Bhutan and Costa Rica health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Costa Rica
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Bhutan Population Pyramid
904,614
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Costa Rica Population Pyramid
5,772,686
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
36.9
37.7
37.3
158
159
158
  
60.5
63.3
61.9
56
54
56
1970
40.2
41.7
40.9
159
160
159
  
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
1980
45.6
47.8
46.7
155
156
157
  
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
1990
51.6
54.7
53.1
153
152
154
  
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
2000
60.0
60.3
60.2
128
138
132
  
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
2010
67.7
68.2
67.9
100
128
120
  
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
2019
72.0
74.4
73.1
79
108
99
  
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.0
74.4
79
108
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age
72.0
74.4
79
108
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age 5
74.3
76.3
67
105
79.0
84.1
28
21
Age 10
74.4
76.4
64
105
79.1
84.2
28
21
Age 15
74.7
76.7
63
104
79.2
84.2
28
20
Age 20
75.0
76.8
63
104
79.5
84.3
28
20
Age 25
75.2
77.0
64
104
80.0
84.4
25
18
Age 30
75.5
77.1
64
104
80.4
84.6
23
16
Age 35
75.8
77.4
64
104
80.8
84.7
20
15
Age 40
76.1
77.6
64
103
81.2
84.9
20
15
Age 45
76.5
78.0
68
103
81.7
85.2
15
13
Age 50
77.1
78.5
70
103
82.2
85.5
14
11
Age 55
77.9
79.1
73
103
82.8
85.9
12
11
Age 60
78.9
80.0
75
104
83.6
86.4
10
11
Age 65
80.3
81.1
75
104
84.7
87.2
5
8
Age 70
82.0
82.5
78
108
85.9
88.0
5
8
Age 75
84.2
84.4
81
118
87.3
89.1
4
7
Age 80
86.8
86.9
82
130
89.1
90.5
6
7
Age 85
90.0
90.1
80
119
91.3
92.3
11
6
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
117.54
84
40.74
171
2. Lung Disease
87.76
4
15.14
143
3. Stroke
60.70
117
24.44
158
4. Diabetes Mellitus
27.56
94
14.87
125
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.08
92
13.17
146
6. Liver Disease
26.66
70
6.24
156
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
26.23
55
1.36
121
8. Kidney Disease
24.53
78
23.41
90
9. Stomach Cancer
20.62
2
10.69
34
10. Tuberculosis
18.33
53
0.53
139
11. Falls
17.91
4
1.90
175
12. Road Traffic Accidents
17.35
85
14.00
103
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.73
112
11.59
153
14. Asthma
12.98
49
1.02
134
15. Hypertension
12.74
117
12.84
115
16. Rheumatic Heart Disease
10.92
9
0.53
154
17. Cervical Cancer
10.80
80
5.34
121
18. HIV/AIDS
8.08
64
3.47
85
19. Lung Cancers
7.68
118
5.56
134
20. Oesophagus Cancer
7.67
20
0.96
157
21. Low Birth Weight
7.39
59
3.45
117
22. Oral Cancer
7.12
15
1.60
153
23. Other Injuries
6.45
108
8.81
79
24. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.37
39
1.16
146
25. Liver Cancer
5.90
80
6.19
70
26. Congenital Anomalies
5.36
102
6.46
68
27. Ovary Cancer
5.31
57
2.60
160
28. Parkinson's Disease
5.20
43
2.10
159
29. Suicide
5.07
142
7.62
107
30. Birth Trauma
4.78
68
0.93
125
31. Encephalitis
4.26
2
0.06
134
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
168
10.02
75
33. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
97
4.73
71
34. Breast Cancer
2.89
183
11.97
140
35. Drownings
2.83
76
1.86
119
36. Leukemia
2.69
136
4.57
39
37. Meningitis
2.45
56
0.34
133
38. Violence
2.26
126
12.02
40
39. Epilepsy
2.00
69
1.97
71
40. Endocrine Disorders
1.66
158
3.05
107
41. Skin Cancers
1.61
109
2.09
79
42. Syphilis
1.37
26
0.02
134
43. Inflammatory/Heart
1.24
179
3.09
134
44. Skin Disease
1.19
106
1.88
76
45. Prostate Cancer
1.13
181
15.36
98
46. Fires
1.13
106
0.20
176
47. Bladder Cancer
1.12
149
1.52
126
48. Maternal Conditions
1.04
83
0.32
123
49. Drug Use
0.97
117
1.10
105
50. Alcohol
0.92
123
2.21
55
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
702
17.06
2,639
13.10
2. Lung Disease
524
12.73
1,046
5.19
3. Stroke
360
8.75
1,624
8.06
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
177
4.30
836
4.15
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
169
4.11
87
0.43
6. Liver Disease
166
4.03
370
1.84
7. Diabetes Mellitus
164
3.99
953
4.73
8. Kidney Disease
149
3.62
1,482
7.35
9. Tuberculosis
138
3.35
32
0.16
10. Road Traffic Accidents
123
2.99
746
3.70
11. Stomach Cancer
118
2.87
661
3.28
12. Falls
111
2.70
116
0.58
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
105
2.55
818
4.06
14. Low Birth Weight
79
1.92
178
0.88
15. Asthma
78
1.90
60
0.30
16. Hypertension
77
1.87
863
4.28
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
68
1.65
32
0.16
18. HIV/AIDS
58
1.41
192
0.95
19. Birth Trauma
51
1.24
48
0.24
20. Congenital Anomalies
50
1.22
315
1.56
21. Oesophagus Cancer
44
1.07
61
0.30
22. Lung Cancers
44
1.07
343
1.70
23. Oral Cancer
43
1.04
96
0.48
24. Other Injuries
43
1.04
571
2.83
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
39
0.95
74
0.37
26. Liver Cancer
35
0.85
382
1.90
27. Suicide
35
0.85
407
2.02
28. Parkinson's Disease
31
0.75
138
0.68
29. Cervical Cancer
30
0.73
159
0.79
30. Encephalitis
28
0.68
3
0.01
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
24
0.58
621
3.08
32. Pancreas Cancer
20
0.49
294
1.46
33. Drownings
20
0.49
97
0.48
34. Leukemia
19
0.46
262
1.30
35. Violence
18
0.44
635
3.15
36. Meningitis
17
0.41
18
0.09
37. Ovary Cancer
14
0.34
80
0.40
38. Epilepsy
14
0.34
116
0.58
39. Syphilis
11
0.27
1
0.00
40. Endocrine Disorders
11
0.27
183
0.91
41. Maternal Conditions
9
0.22
17
0.08
42. Skin Cancers
9
0.22
137
0.68
43. Breast Cancer
8
0.19
384
1.91
44. Inflammatory/Heart
8
0.19
191
0.95
45. Fires
8
0.19
10
0.05
46. Drug Use
7
0.17
63
0.31
47. Skin Disease
7
0.17
126
0.63
48. Bladder Cancer
6
0.15
100
0.50
49. Alcohol
6
0.15
126
0.63
50. Lymphomas
5
0.12
356
1.77
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
20.62
2
10.69
34
2. Cervical Cancer
10.80
80
5.34
121
3. Lung Cancers
7.68
118
5.56
134
4. Oesophagus Cancer
7.67
20
0.96
157
5. Oral Cancer
7.12
15
1.60
153
6. Liver Cancer
5.90
80
6.19
70
7. Ovary Cancer
5.31
57
2.60
160
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
168
10.02
75
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
97
4.73
71
10. Breast Cancer
2.89
183
11.97
140
11. Leukemia
2.69
136
4.57
39
12. Skin Cancers
1.61
109
2.09
79
13. Prostate Cancer
1.13
181
15.36
98
14. Bladder Cancer
1.12
149
1.52
126
15. Lymphomas
0.81
180
5.89
48
16. Uterin Cancer
0.00
182
2.50
80
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.