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Costa Rica
COUNTRY #1
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COSTA RICA VS INDIA

Compare Costa Rica and India 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.

India
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
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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India Population Pyramid
1,639,176,036
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   India INDIA
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   India INDIA
       
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
  
43.2
41.3
42.3
121
145
135
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
  
50.1
48.5
49.3
119
136
124
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
  
55.9
55.5
55.7
117
129
124
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
  
59.3
60.0
59.7
125
134
130
2000
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
  
61.7
63.4
62.5
119
130
128
2010
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
  
65.3
67.6
66.4
116
132
126
2019
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
  
69.5
72.2
70.8
107
122
117
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   India INDIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.3
83.4
32
27
69.5
72.2
107
122
Age
78.3
83.4
32
27
69.5
72.2
107
122
Age 5
79.0
84.1
28
21
71.9
74.7
98
119
Age 10
79.1
84.2
28
21
72.1
74.9
98
120
Age 15
79.2
84.2
28
20
72.2
75.1
96
120
Age 20
79.5
84.3
28
20
72.4
75.4
98
118
Age 25
80.0
84.4
25
18
72.8
75.7
97
116
Age 30
80.4
84.6
23
16
73.2
76.0
97
116
Age 35
80.8
84.7
20
15
73.6
76.3
94
115
Age 40
81.2
84.9
20
15
74.2
76.7
93
115
Age 45
81.7
85.2
15
13
74.9
77.1
91
113
Age 50
82.2
85.5
14
11
75.7
77.7
91
115
Age 55
82.8
85.9
12
11
76.7
78.5
87
113
Age 60
83.6
86.4
10
11
78.1
79.5
85
110
Age 65
84.7
87.2
5
8
79.7
80.9
84
106
Age 70
85.9
88.0
5
8
81.7
82.6
88
106
Age 75
87.3
89.1
4
7
84.0
84.7
84
104
Age 80
89.1
90.5
6
7
86.7
87.1
86
109
Age 85
91.3
92.3
11
6
90.1
90.4
77
95
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   India INDIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.74
171
140.72
55
2. Stroke
24.44
158
64.97
113
3. Kidney Disease
23.41
90
19.90
107
4. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
6.69
147
5. Lung Disease
15.14
143
87.90
3
6. Diabetes Mellitus
14.87
125
25.49
97
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.00
103
16.33
90
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.17
146
35.30
77
9. Hypertension
12.84
115
10.68
128
10. Violence
12.02
40
3.84
104
11. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
13.62
125
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.59
153
14.60
137
13. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
7.07
76
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
7.03
118
15. Other Injuries
8.81
79
12.19
44
16. Suicide
7.62
107
12.91
41
17. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
68
4.70
122
18. Liver Disease
6.24
156
22.24
83
19. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
2.67
175
20. Lymphomas
5.89
48
3.44
136
21. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
7.82
117
22. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
7.46
100
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
2.97
113
24. Leukemia
4.57
39
2.79
129
25. Other Neoplasms
4.26
19
0.28
145
26. HIV/AIDS
3.47
85
3.35
87
27. Low Birth Weight
3.45
117
11.98
19
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.09
134
1.12
182
29. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
107
1.29
169
30. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
3.73
120
31. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.19
155
32. Alcohol
2.21
55
1.81
68
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.10
159
4.57
65
34. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
0.47
164
35. Epilepsy
1.97
71
2.44
47
36. Falls
1.90
175
21.87
1
37. Skin Disease
1.88
76
1.62
92
38. Drownings
1.86
119
3.76
51
39. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
11.45
6
40. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
1.34
140
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.36
121
64.45
20
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
146
6.24
42
43. Drug Use
1.10
105
0.94
119
44. Asthma
1.02
134
18.49
24
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
3.40
57
46. Birth Trauma
0.93
125
5.11
64
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.85
13
1.19
4
48. Malnutrition
0.57
112
0.70
109
49. Tuberculosis
0.53
139
32.84
32
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.53
154
10.94
8
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   India INDIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,639
13.10
1.52m
17.94
2. Stroke
1,624
8.06
697,038
8.23
3. Kidney Disease
1,482
7.35
222,903
2.63
4. Lung Disease
1,046
5.19
879,732
10.38
5. Diabetes Mellitus
953
4.73
271,495
3.20
6. Hypertension
863
4.28
108,050
1.28
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
836
4.15
392,425
4.63
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
818
4.06
126,593
1.49
9. Road Traffic Accidents
746
3.70
212,596
2.51
10. Stomach Cancer
661
3.28
81,058
0.96
11. Violence
635
3.15
51,767
0.61
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
621
3.08
77,368
0.91
13. Other Injuries
571
2.83
149,570
1.77
14. Prostate Cancer
448
2.22
30,945
0.37
15. Suicide
407
2.02
173,347
2.05
16. Breast Cancer
384
1.91
82,821
0.98
17. Liver Cancer
382
1.90
30,369
0.36
18. Liver Disease
370
1.84
268,580
3.17
19. Lymphomas
356
1.77
40,159
0.47
20. Lung Cancers
343
1.70
88,276
1.04
21. Congenital Anomalies
315
1.56
82,769
0.98
22. Pancreas Cancer
294
1.46
32,812
0.39
23. Other Neoplasms
266
1.32
2,968
0.04
24. Leukemia
262
1.30
33,383
0.39
25. HIV/AIDS
192
0.95
44,406
0.52
26. Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.95
12,651
0.15
27. Endocrine Disorders
183
0.91
15,264
0.18
28. Low Birth Weight
178
0.88
238,739
2.82
29. Cervical Cancer
159
0.79
45,319
0.53
30. Parkinson's Disease
138
0.68
43,398
0.51
31. Skin Cancers
137
0.68
5,054
0.06
32. Alcohol
126
0.63
23,097
0.27
33. Skin Disease
126
0.63
17,857
0.21
34. Epilepsy
116
0.58
30,307
0.36
35. Falls
116
0.58
225,755
2.66
36. Bladder Cancer
100
0.50
14,081
0.17
37. Drownings
97
0.48
48,774
0.58
38. Oral Cancer
96
0.48
134,187
1.58
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
87
0.43
670,315
7.91
40. Uterin Cancer
80
0.40
6,841
0.08
41. Ovary Cancer
80
0.40
21,947
0.26
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
74
0.37
68,108
0.80
43. Drug Use
63
0.31
11,747
0.14
44. Oesophagus Cancer
61
0.30
38,898
0.46
45. Asthma
60
0.30
196,051
2.31
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
55
0.27
11,931
0.14
47. Birth Trauma
48
0.24
102,819
1.21
48. Malnutrition
37
0.18
8,626
0.10
49. Tuberculosis
32
0.16
435,882
5.15
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
32
0.16
126,079
1.49
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   India INDIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
6.69
147
2. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
13.62
125
3. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
7.07
76
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
7.03
118
5. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
2.67
175
6. Lymphomas
5.89
48
3.44
136
7. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
7.82
117
8. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
7.46
100
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
2.97
113
10. Leukemia
4.57
39
2.79
129
11. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
3.73
120
12. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.19
155
13. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
0.47
164
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
11.45
6
15. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
1.34
140
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
3.40
57
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.