World Health Review
COUNTRY #1
Compare Costa Rica and Ecuador 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.
COUNTRY #2
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Costa Rica Population Pyramid
5,772,686
Ecuador Population Pyramid
23,316,455
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
POOR
COSTA RICA | ECUADOR | ||||||||||||
COSTA RICA | ECUADOR | ||||||||||||
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
|
52.1
|
54.7
|
53.4
|
82
|
86
|
86
|
|
1970 |
65.2
|
69.1
|
67.1
|
46
|
49
|
48
|
56.6
|
59.6
|
58.0
|
87
|
88
|
88
|
|
1980 |
70.5
|
75.0
|
72.7
|
18
|
30
|
24
|
61.4
|
65.3
|
63.3
|
86
|
87
|
87
|
|
1990 |
73.5
|
78.2
|
75.8
|
12
|
23
|
17
|
66.7
|
71.5
|
69.0
|
65
|
81
|
78
|
|
2000 |
75.3
|
80.0
|
77.6
|
19
|
25
|
21
|
69.8
|
76.0
|
72.8
|
57
|
51
|
52
|
|
2010 |
75.6
|
80.7
|
78.1
|
33
|
31
|
31
|
72.1
|
78.1
|
75.0
|
59
|
52
|
55
|
|
2019 |
78.3
|
83.4
|
80.8
|
32
|
27
|
30
|
76.4
|
80.5
|
78.4
|
39
|
45
|
41
|
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
POOR
COSTA RICA | ECUADOR | ||||||||
World Rank | World Rank | ||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
At Birth |
78.3
|
83.4
|
32
|
27
|
76.4
|
80.5
|
39
|
45
|
|
Age 5 |
79.0
|
84.1
|
28
|
21
|
77.6
|
81.5
|
39
|
41
|
|
Age 10 |
79.1
|
84.2
|
28
|
21
|
77.7
|
81.6
|
39
|
41
|
|
Age 15 |
79.2
|
84.2
|
28
|
20
|
77.9
|
81.7
|
39
|
41
|
|
Age 20 |
79.5
|
84.3
|
28
|
20
|
78.1
|
81.9
|
39
|
41
|
|
Age 25 |
80.0
|
84.4
|
25
|
18
|
78.5
|
82.0
|
39
|
41
|
|
Age 30 |
80.4
|
84.6
|
23
|
16
|
78.9
|
82.2
|
39
|
40
|
|
Age 35 |
80.8
|
84.7
|
20
|
15
|
79.3
|
82.4
|
38
|
39
|
|
Age 40 |
81.2
|
84.9
|
20
|
15
|
79.7
|
82.6
|
35
|
40
|
|
Age 45 |
81.7
|
85.2
|
15
|
13
|
80.1
|
82.8
|
32
|
40
|
|
Age 50 |
82.2
|
85.5
|
14
|
11
|
80.6
|
83.2
|
31
|
39
|
|
Age 55 |
82.8
|
85.9
|
12
|
11
|
81.2
|
83.7
|
31
|
38
|
|
Age 60 |
83.6
|
86.4
|
10
|
11
|
82.0
|
84.3
|
34
|
40
|
|
Age 65 |
84.7
|
87.2
|
5
|
8
|
83.0
|
85.1
|
36
|
40
|
|
Age 70 |
85.9
|
88.0
|
5
|
8
|
84.4
|
86.3
|
37
|
40
|
|
Age 75 |
87.3
|
89.1
|
4
|
7
|
86.0
|
87.5
|
38
|
41
|
|
Age 80 |
89.1
|
90.5
|
6
|
7
|
87.9
|
89.0
|
49
|
45
|
|
Age 85 |
91.3
|
92.3
|
11
|
6
|
90.2
|
91.1
|
66
|
52
|
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
COSTA RICA | ECUADOR | |||||
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH | Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | ||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
40.74
|
171
|
57.99
|
153
|
|
2. | Stroke |
24.44
|
158
|
32.47
|
146
|
|
3. | Kidney Disease |
23.41
|
90
|
37.41
|
28
|
|
4. | Prostate Cancer |
15.36
|
98
|
18.33
|
73
|
|
5. | Lung Disease |
15.14
|
143
|
14.62
|
145
|
|
6. | Diabetes Mellitus |
14.87
|
125
|
26.62
|
95
|
|
7. | Road Traffic Accidents |
14.00
|
103
|
20.60
|
73
|
|
8. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
13.17
|
146
|
28.80
|
87
|
|
9. | Hypertension |
12.84
|
115
|
14.49
|
109
|
|
10. | Violence |
12.02
|
40
|
7.07
|
66
|
|
11. | Breast Cancer |
11.97
|
140
|
9.88
|
161
|
|
12. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
11.59
|
153
|
14.34
|
140
|
|
13. | Stomach Cancer |
10.69
|
34
|
12.80
|
19
|
|
14. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
10.02
|
75
|
6.86
|
120
|
|
15. | Other Injuries |
8.81
|
79
|
6.75
|
102
|
|
16. | Suicide |
7.62
|
107
|
7.68
|
103
|
|
17. | Congenital Anomalies |
6.46
|
68
|
6.22
|
84
|
|
18. | Liver Disease |
6.24
|
156
|
20.76
|
87
|
|
19. | Liver Cancer |
6.19
|
70
|
5.94
|
78
|
|
20. | Lymphomas |
5.89
|
48
|
5.50
|
63
|
|
21. | Lung Cancers |
5.56
|
134
|
6.69
|
125
|
|
22. | Cervical Cancer |
5.34
|
121
|
9.95
|
84
|
|
23. | Pancreas Cancer |
4.73
|
71
|
3.51
|
100
|
|
24. | Leukemia |
4.57
|
39
|
5.25
|
16
|
|
25. | Other Neoplasms |
4.26
|
19
|
0.39
|
106
|
|
26. | HIV/AIDS |
3.47
|
85
|
3.70
|
81
|
|
27. | Low Birth Weight |
3.45
|
117
|
4.66
|
92
|
|
28. | Inflammatory/Heart |
3.09
|
134
|
1.82
|
166
|
|
29. | Endocrine Disorders |
3.05
|
107
|
2.98
|
112
|
|
30. | Ovary Cancer |
2.60
|
160
|
3.86
|
114
|
|
31. | Uterin Cancer |
2.50
|
80
|
1.53
|
137
|
|
32. | Alcohol |
2.21
|
55
|
1.74
|
70
|
|
33. | Parkinson's Disease |
2.10
|
159
|
3.88
|
105
|
|
34. | Skin Cancers |
2.09
|
79
|
1.80
|
100
|
|
35. | Epilepsy |
1.97
|
71
|
1.60
|
92
|
|
36. | Falls |
1.90
|
175
|
6.58
|
77
|
|
37. | Skin Disease |
1.88
|
76
|
0.59
|
136
|
|
38. | Drownings |
1.86
|
119
|
2.71
|
80
|
|
39. | Oral Cancer |
1.60
|
153
|
1.02
|
175
|
|
40. | Bladder Cancer |
1.52
|
126
|
1.03
|
157
|
|
41. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
1.36
|
121
|
2.38
|
103
|
|
42. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
1.16
|
146
|
2.43
|
96
|
|
43. | Drug Use |
1.10
|
105
|
1.30
|
87
|
|
44. | Asthma |
1.02
|
134
|
0.50
|
161
|
|
45. | Oesophagus Cancer |
0.96
|
157
|
1.12
|
149
|
|
46. | Birth Trauma |
0.93
|
125
|
1.20
|
114
|
|
47. | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
0.85
|
13
|
0.72
|
21
|
|
48. | Malnutrition |
0.57
|
112
|
3.21
|
67
|
|
49. | Tuberculosis |
0.53
|
139
|
3.49
|
94
|
|
50. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
0.53
|
154
|
0.97
|
123
|
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
COSTA RICA | ECUADOR | |||||
Deaths | % | Deaths | % | |||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
2,639
|
13.10
|
9,805
|
13.71
|
|
2. | Stroke |
1,624
|
8.06
|
5,429
|
7.59
|
|
3. | Kidney Disease |
1,482
|
7.35
|
6,184
|
8.65
|
|
4. | Lung Disease |
1,046
|
5.19
|
2,576
|
3.60
|
|
5. | Diabetes Mellitus |
953
|
4.73
|
4,321
|
6.04
|
|
6. | Hypertension |
863
|
4.28
|
2,507
|
3.51
|
|
7. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
836
|
4.15
|
5,083
|
7.11
|
|
8. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
818
|
4.06
|
2,565
|
3.59
|
|
9. | Road Traffic Accidents |
746
|
3.70
|
3,490
|
4.88
|
|
10. | Stomach Cancer |
661
|
3.28
|
2,089
|
2.92
|
|
11. | Violence |
635
|
3.15
|
1,210
|
1.69
|
|
12. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
621
|
3.08
|
1,109
|
1.55
|
|
13. | Other Injuries |
571
|
2.83
|
1,161
|
1.62
|
|
14. | Prostate Cancer |
448
|
2.22
|
1,362
|
1.90
|
|
15. | Suicide |
407
|
2.02
|
1,326
|
1.85
|
|
16. | Breast Cancer |
384
|
1.91
|
825
|
1.15
|
|
17. | Liver Cancer |
382
|
1.90
|
954
|
1.33
|
|
18. | Liver Disease |
370
|
1.84
|
3,330
|
4.66
|
|
19. | Lymphomas |
356
|
1.77
|
883
|
1.23
|
|
20. | Lung Cancers |
343
|
1.70
|
1,075
|
1.50
|
|
21. | Congenital Anomalies |
315
|
1.56
|
1,335
|
1.87
|
|
22. | Pancreas Cancer |
294
|
1.46
|
562
|
0.79
|
|
23. | Other Neoplasms |
266
|
1.32
|
64
|
0.09
|
|
24. | Leukemia |
262
|
1.30
|
882
|
1.23
|
|
25. | HIV/AIDS |
192
|
0.95
|
609
|
0.85
|
|
26. | Inflammatory/Heart |
191
|
0.95
|
308
|
0.43
|
|
27. | Endocrine Disorders |
183
|
0.91
|
507
|
0.71
|
|
28. | Low Birth Weight |
178
|
0.88
|
1,172
|
1.64
|
|
29. | Cervical Cancer |
159
|
0.79
|
840
|
1.17
|
|
30. | Parkinson's Disease |
138
|
0.68
|
658
|
0.92
|
|
31. | Skin Cancers |
137
|
0.68
|
308
|
0.43
|
|
32. | Alcohol |
126
|
0.63
|
280
|
0.39
|
|
33. | Skin Disease |
126
|
0.63
|
103
|
0.14
|
|
34. | Epilepsy |
116
|
0.58
|
273
|
0.38
|
|
35. | Falls |
116
|
0.58
|
1,114
|
1.56
|
|
36. | Bladder Cancer |
100
|
0.50
|
168
|
0.23
|
|
37. | Drownings |
97
|
0.48
|
470
|
0.66
|
|
38. | Oral Cancer |
96
|
0.48
|
166
|
0.23
|
|
39. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
87
|
0.43
|
410
|
0.57
|
|
40. | Uterin Cancer |
80
|
0.40
|
129
|
0.18
|
|
41. | Ovary Cancer |
80
|
0.40
|
322
|
0.45
|
|
42. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
74
|
0.37
|
417
|
0.58
|
|
43. | Drug Use |
63
|
0.31
|
214
|
0.30
|
|
44. | Oesophagus Cancer |
61
|
0.30
|
180
|
0.25
|
|
45. | Asthma |
60
|
0.30
|
85
|
0.12
|
|
46. | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
55
|
0.27
|
124
|
0.17
|
|
47. | Birth Trauma |
48
|
0.24
|
302
|
0.42
|
|
48. | Malnutrition |
37
|
0.18
|
578
|
0.81
|
|
49. | Tuberculosis |
32
|
0.16
|
574
|
0.80
|
|
50. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
32
|
0.16
|
163
|
0.23
|
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
COSTA RICA | ECUADOR | |||||
Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | |||
1. | Prostate Cancer |
15.36
|
98
|
18.33
|
73
|
|
2. | Breast Cancer |
11.97
|
140
|
9.88
|
161
|
|
3. | Stomach Cancer |
10.69
|
34
|
12.80
|
19
|
|
4. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
10.02
|
75
|
6.86
|
120
|
|
5. | Liver Cancer |
6.19
|
70
|
5.94
|
78
|
|
6. | Lymphomas |
5.89
|
48
|
5.50
|
63
|
|
7. | Lung Cancers |
5.56
|
134
|
6.69
|
125
|
|
8. | Cervical Cancer |
5.34
|
121
|
9.95
|
84
|
|
9. | Pancreas Cancer |
4.73
|
71
|
3.51
|
100
|
|
10. | Leukemia |
4.57
|
39
|
5.25
|
16
|
|
11. | Ovary Cancer |
2.60
|
160
|
3.86
|
114
|
|
12. | Uterin Cancer |
2.50
|
80
|
1.53
|
137
|
|
13. | Skin Cancers |
2.09
|
79
|
1.80
|
100
|
|
14. | Oral Cancer |
1.60
|
153
|
1.02
|
175
|
|
15. | Bladder Cancer |
1.52
|
126
|
1.03
|
157
|
|
16. | Oesophagus Cancer |
0.96
|
157
|
1.12
|
149
|
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.
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.