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Costa Rica
COUNTRY #1
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COSTA RICA VS BOLIVIA

Compare Costa Rica and Bolivia 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.

Bolivia
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
Costa Rica Population Pyramid
5,772,686
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Bolivia Population Pyramid
15,839,561
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
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Bolivia BOLIVIA
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Bolivia BOLIVIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
60.5
63.3
61.9
56
54
56
  
40.8
45.0
42.8
138
129
130
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
  
43.9
48.3
46.1
142
137
140
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
  
50.4
54.4
52.4
136
135
135
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
  
57.2
60.7
58.9
132
130
133
2000
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
  
60.8
64.6
62.6
124
125
126
2010
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
  
66.4
71.1
68.7
111
117
114
2019
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
  
71.1
73.1
72.1
88
116
109
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Bolivia BOLIVIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.3
83.4
32
27
71.1
73.1
88
116
Age
78.3
83.4
32
27
71.1
73.1
88
116
Age 5
79.0
84.1
28
21
73.3
74.9
82
117
Age 10
79.1
84.2
28
21
73.4
75.0
78
119
Age 15
79.2
84.2
28
20
73.5
75.2
79
119
Age 20
79.5
84.3
28
20
73.8
75.3
78
120
Age 25
80.0
84.4
25
18
74.1
75.5
79
120
Age 30
80.4
84.6
23
16
74.4
75.7
78
120
Age 35
80.8
84.7
20
15
74.7
76.0
82
120
Age 40
81.2
84.9
20
15
75.1
76.3
82
120
Age 45
81.7
85.2
15
13
75.5
76.7
83
120
Age 50
82.2
85.5
14
11
76.1
77.3
83
121
Age 55
82.8
85.9
12
11
76.9
78.1
84
121
Age 60
83.6
86.4
10
11
78.0
79.1
86
126
Age 65
84.7
87.2
5
8
79.6
80.3
89
132
Age 70
85.9
88.0
5
8
81.5
82.0
94
138
Age 75
87.3
89.1
4
7
83.8
84.1
95
142
Age 80
89.1
90.5
6
7
86.5
86.7
103
150
Age 85
91.3
92.3
11
6
89.7
89.8
113
150
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Bolivia BOLIVIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.74
171
100.61
108
2. Stroke
24.44
158
67.18
107
3. Kidney Disease
23.41
90
55.82
7
4. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
11.46
127
5. Lung Disease
15.14
143
32.44
43
6. Diabetes Mellitus
14.87
125
48.27
40
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.00
103
23.15
58
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.17
146
69.51
52
9. Hypertension
12.84
115
17.15
97
10. Violence
12.02
40
9.68
54
11. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
8.96
168
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.59
153
19.86
51
13. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
7.85
65
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
4.16
163
15. Other Injuries
8.81
79
11.76
47
16. Suicide
7.62
107
6.82
119
17. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
68
6.91
53
18. Liver Disease
6.24
156
40.11
26
19. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
7.02
56
20. Lymphomas
5.89
48
2.26
170
21. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
8.69
110
22. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
21.09
36
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
3.21
105
24. Leukemia
4.57
39
3.43
100
25. Other Neoplasms
4.26
19
0.41
97
26. HIV/AIDS
3.47
85
1.72
109
27. Low Birth Weight
3.45
117
6.79
66
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.09
134
3.45
123
29. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
107
3.50
91
30. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
2.16
170
31. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
3.06
52
32. Alcohol
2.21
55
4.05
26
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.10
159
7.53
9
34. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
1.76
102
35. Epilepsy
1.97
71
1.87
76
36. Falls
1.90
175
9.92
21
37. Skin Disease
1.88
76
0.88
114
38. Drownings
1.86
119
3.64
57
39. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
0.89
178
40. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
0.47
180
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.36
121
7.44
71
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
146
6.21
45
43. Drug Use
1.10
105
2.34
36
44. Asthma
1.02
134
2.32
108
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
1.35
135
46. Birth Trauma
0.93
125
5.19
63
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.85
13
1.00
7
48. Malnutrition
0.57
112
8.72
34
49. Tuberculosis
0.53
139
10.73
65
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.53
154
2.78
46
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Bolivia BOLIVIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,639
13.10
11,051
14.68
2. Stroke
1,624
8.06
7,206
9.57
3. Kidney Disease
1,482
7.35
5,879
7.81
4. Lung Disease
1,046
5.19
3,735
4.96
5. Diabetes Mellitus
953
4.73
4,927
6.54
6. Hypertension
863
4.28
1,927
2.56
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
836
4.15
8,069
10.72
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
818
4.06
2,479
3.29
9. Road Traffic Accidents
746
3.70
2,430
3.23
10. Stomach Cancer
661
3.28
785
1.04
11. Violence
635
3.15
1,097
1.46
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
621
3.08
407
0.54
13. Other Injuries
571
2.83
1,279
1.70
14. Prostate Cancer
448
2.22
550
0.73
15. Suicide
407
2.02
715
0.95
16. Breast Cancer
384
1.91
482
0.64
17. Liver Cancer
382
1.90
720
0.96
18. Liver Disease
370
1.84
3,987
5.29
19. Lymphomas
356
1.77
219
0.29
20. Lung Cancers
343
1.70
901
1.20
21. Congenital Anomalies
315
1.56
1,080
1.43
22. Pancreas Cancer
294
1.46
332
0.44
23. Other Neoplasms
266
1.32
43
0.06
24. Leukemia
262
1.30
380
0.50
25. HIV/AIDS
192
0.95
174
0.23
26. Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.95
374
0.50
27. Endocrine Disorders
183
0.91
384
0.51
28. Low Birth Weight
178
0.88
1,265
1.68
29. Cervical Cancer
159
0.79
1,071
1.42
30. Parkinson's Disease
138
0.68
852
1.13
31. Skin Cancers
137
0.68
190
0.25
32. Alcohol
126
0.63
384
0.51
33. Skin Disease
126
0.63
101
0.13
34. Epilepsy
116
0.58
199
0.26
35. Falls
116
0.58
1,066
1.42
36. Bladder Cancer
100
0.50
43
0.06
37. Drownings
97
0.48
406
0.54
38. Oral Cancer
96
0.48
91
0.12
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
87
0.43
883
1.17
40. Uterin Cancer
80
0.40
151
0.20
41. Ovary Cancer
80
0.40
102
0.14
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
74
0.37
678
0.90
43. Drug Use
63
0.31
244
0.32
44. Oesophagus Cancer
61
0.30
133
0.18
45. Asthma
60
0.30
258
0.34
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
55
0.27
111
0.15
47. Birth Trauma
48
0.24
984
1.31
48. Malnutrition
37
0.18
1,031
1.37
49. Tuberculosis
32
0.16
1,187
1.58
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
32
0.16
292
0.39
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Bolivia BOLIVIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
11.46
127
2. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
8.96
168
3. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
7.85
65
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
4.16
163
5. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
7.02
56
6. Lymphomas
5.89
48
2.26
170
7. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
8.69
110
8. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
21.09
36
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
3.21
105
10. Leukemia
4.57
39
3.43
100
11. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
2.16
170
12. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
3.06
52
13. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
1.76
102
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
0.89
178
15. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
0.47
180
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
1.35
135
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.