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Costa Rica
COUNTRY #1
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COSTA RICA VS MADAGASCAR

Compare Costa Rica and Madagascar 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.

Madagascar
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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Madagascar Population Pyramid
54,048,131
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
       
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
  
39.5
40.6
40.1
145
149
147
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
  
43.3
44.9
44.1
144
150
147
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
  
47.2
49.2
48.1
149
151
150
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
  
49.9
52.3
51.1
157
161
158
2000
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
  
56.7
59.1
57.9
138
144
141
2010
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
  
61.8
64.8
63.3
137
138
137
2019
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
  
64.1
66.6
65.4
138
153
146
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.3
83.4
32
27
64.1
66.6
138
153
Age
78.3
83.4
32
27
64.1
66.6
138
153
Age 5
79.0
84.1
28
21
67.7
69.7
143
161
Age 10
79.1
84.2
28
21
68.4
70.4
143
160
Age 15
79.2
84.2
28
20
68.9
70.8
140
160
Age 20
79.5
84.3
28
20
69.2
71.0
141
160
Age 25
80.0
84.4
25
18
69.7
71.4
140
160
Age 30
80.4
84.6
23
16
70.2
71.8
140
161
Age 35
80.8
84.7
20
15
70.7
72.3
140
163
Age 40
81.2
84.9
20
15
71.4
73.0
143
163
Age 45
81.7
85.2
15
13
72.2
73.8
142
165
Age 50
82.2
85.5
14
11
73.3
74.7
143
167
Age 55
82.8
85.9
12
11
74.6
75.9
142
169
Age 60
83.6
86.4
10
11
76.2
77.3
140
168
Age 65
84.7
87.2
5
8
78.2
79.1
139
167
Age 70
85.9
88.0
5
8
80.5
81.1
136
166
Age 75
87.3
89.1
4
7
83.2
83.6
131
160
Age 80
89.1
90.5
6
7
86.2
86.5
125
158
Age 85
91.3
92.3
11
6
89.5
89.8
127
149
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.74
171
118.09
83
2. Stroke
24.44
158
160.51
17
3. Kidney Disease
23.41
90
18.76
112
4. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
24.24
49
5. Lung Disease
15.14
143
38.84
30
6. Diabetes Mellitus
14.87
125
29.31
90
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.00
103
42.06
20
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.17
146
87.02
36
9. Hypertension
12.84
115
58.73
5
10. Violence
12.02
40
7.62
63
11. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
8.32
173
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.59
153
14.65
136
13. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
3.26
148
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
5.25
148
15. Other Injuries
8.81
79
11.29
52
16. Suicide
7.62
107
9.18
85
17. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
68
5.69
96
18. Liver Disease
6.24
156
36.32
39
19. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
6.77
59
20. Lymphomas
5.89
48
3.99
120
21. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
1.15
179
22. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
40.84
13
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
0.59
178
24. Leukemia
4.57
39
2.03
152
25. Other Neoplasms
4.26
19
0.22
157
26. HIV/AIDS
3.47
85
6.13
72
27. Low Birth Weight
3.45
117
7.61
56
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.09
134
6.62
56
29. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
107
2.54
130
30. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
1.81
175
31. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.52
138
32. Alcohol
2.21
55
1.20
104
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.10
159
3.02
143
34. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
3.69
18
35. Epilepsy
1.97
71
1.90
74
36. Falls
1.90
175
5.26
98
37. Skin Disease
1.88
76
1.47
98
38. Drownings
1.86
119
2.63
82
39. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
5.16
36
40. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
2.14
88
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.36
121
61.22
24
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
146
3.79
72
43. Drug Use
1.10
105
0.39
172
44. Asthma
1.02
134
17.92
25
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
8.67
14
46. Birth Trauma
0.93
125
7.29
49
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.85
13
0.45
67
48. Malnutrition
0.57
112
22.42
8
49. Tuberculosis
0.53
139
61.19
14
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.53
154
4.00
26
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,639
13.10
12,388
7.55
2. Stroke
1,624
8.06
17,964
10.95
3. Kidney Disease
1,482
7.35
2,202
1.34
4. Lung Disease
1,046
5.19
3,957
2.41
5. Diabetes Mellitus
953
4.73
3,278
2.00
6. Hypertension
863
4.28
6,208
3.78
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
836
4.15
14,605
8.90
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
818
4.06
1,120
0.68
9. Road Traffic Accidents
746
3.70
7,880
4.80
10. Stomach Cancer
661
3.28
367
0.22
11. Violence
635
3.15
1,749
1.07
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
621
3.08
606
0.37
13. Other Injuries
571
2.83
2,359
1.44
14. Prostate Cancer
448
2.22
996
0.61
15. Suicide
407
2.02
1,476
0.90
16. Breast Cancer
384
1.91
629
0.38
17. Liver Cancer
382
1.90
933
0.57
18. Liver Disease
370
1.84
4,803
2.93
19. Lymphomas
356
1.77
675
0.41
20. Lung Cancers
343
1.70
147
0.09
21. Congenital Anomalies
315
1.56
3,380
2.06
22. Pancreas Cancer
294
1.46
80
0.05
23. Other Neoplasms
266
1.32
24
0.01
24. Leukemia
262
1.30
401
0.24
25. HIV/AIDS
192
0.95
1,341
0.82
26. Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.95
1,046
0.64
27. Endocrine Disorders
183
0.91
463
0.28
28. Low Birth Weight
178
0.88
5,353
3.26
29. Cervical Cancer
159
0.79
3,028
1.85
30. Parkinson's Disease
138
0.68
266
0.16
31. Skin Cancers
137
0.68
467
0.28
32. Alcohol
126
0.63
161
0.10
33. Skin Disease
126
0.63
187
0.11
34. Epilepsy
116
0.58
385
0.23
35. Falls
116
0.58
653
0.40
36. Bladder Cancer
100
0.50
286
0.17
37. Drownings
97
0.48
825
0.50
38. Oral Cancer
96
0.48
697
0.42
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
87
0.43
11,085
6.76
40. Uterin Cancer
80
0.40
95
0.06
41. Ovary Cancer
80
0.40
135
0.08
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
74
0.37
495
0.30
43. Drug Use
63
0.31
58
0.04
44. Oesophagus Cancer
61
0.30
1,080
0.66
45. Asthma
60
0.30
2,507
1.53
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
55
0.27
47
0.03
47. Birth Trauma
48
0.24
5,347
3.26
48. Malnutrition
37
0.18
4,236
2.58
49. Tuberculosis
32
0.16
11,606
7.08
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
32
0.16
627
0.38
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
24.24
49
2. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
8.32
173
3. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
3.26
148
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
5.25
148
5. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
6.77
59
6. Lymphomas
5.89
48
3.99
120
7. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
1.15
179
8. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
40.84
13
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
0.59
178
10. Leukemia
4.57
39
2.03
152
11. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
1.81
175
12. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.52
138
13. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
3.69
18
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
5.16
36
15. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
2.14
88
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
8.67
14
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.