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Costa Rica
COUNTRY #1
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COSTA RICA VS TANZANIA

Compare Costa Rica and Tanzania 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.

Tanzania
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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Tanzania Population Pyramid
129,386,845
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   Tanzania TANZANIA
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Tanzania TANZANIA
       
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
  
42.1
45.5
43.7
129
126
127
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
  
45.2
48.6
46.9
136
135
136
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
  
48.7
52.0
50.3
143
141
142
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
  
49.1
52.8
50.9
160
157
160
2000
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
  
48.4
50.0
49.2
166
170
167
2010
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
  
56.4
58.6
57.5
161
162
161
2019
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
  
65.4
69.3
67.3
134
136
135
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Tanzania TANZANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.3
83.4
32
27
65.4
69.3
134
136
Age
78.3
83.4
32
27
65.4
69.3
134
136
Age 5
79.0
84.1
28
21
69.1
72.6
134
136
Age 10
79.1
84.2
28
21
69.6
73.1
133
135
Age 15
79.2
84.2
28
20
69.8
73.3
132
135
Age 20
79.5
84.3
28
20
70.2
73.6
130
135
Age 25
80.0
84.4
25
18
70.6
73.9
131
135
Age 30
80.4
84.6
23
16
71.1
74.3
131
135
Age 35
80.8
84.7
20
15
71.7
74.8
128
133
Age 40
81.2
84.9
20
15
72.4
75.4
124
133
Age 45
81.7
85.2
15
13
73.3
76.1
123
131
Age 50
82.2
85.5
14
11
74.3
76.9
120
130
Age 55
82.8
85.9
12
11
75.6
77.9
113
126
Age 60
83.6
86.4
10
11
77.1
79.1
113
127
Age 65
84.7
87.2
5
8
78.9
80.5
111
119
Age 70
85.9
88.0
5
8
81.0
82.3
115
117
Age 75
87.3
89.1
4
7
83.5
84.5
113
109
Age 80
89.1
90.5
6
7
86.5
87.2
110
105
Age 85
91.3
92.3
11
6
89.8
90.4
97
92
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Tanzania TANZANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.74
171
76.15
138
2. Stroke
24.44
158
91.34
83
3. Kidney Disease
23.41
90
22.48
94
4. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
29.39
30
5. Lung Disease
15.14
143
17.10
126
6. Diabetes Mellitus
14.87
125
31.47
87
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.00
103
49.33
10
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.17
146
71.25
48
9. Hypertension
12.84
115
31.31
41
10. Violence
12.02
40
10.35
47
11. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
8.50
171
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.59
153
18.11
81
13. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
5.88
94
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
7.78
106
15. Other Injuries
8.81
79
9.26
74
16. Suicide
7.62
107
8.15
96
17. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
68
7.48
42
18. Liver Disease
6.24
156
26.48
72
19. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
5.65
85
20. Lymphomas
5.89
48
2.46
162
21. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
0.60
181
22. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
46.71
7
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
0.71
174
24. Leukemia
4.57
39
1.24
165
25. Other Neoplasms
4.26
19
0.30
140
26. HIV/AIDS
3.47
85
64.39
19
27. Low Birth Weight
3.45
117
7.48
58
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.09
134
4.21
107
29. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
107
4.70
69
30. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
2.25
167
31. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.84
117
32. Alcohol
2.21
55
1.08
109
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.10
159
3.49
124
34. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
3.42
22
35. Epilepsy
1.97
71
1.76
83
36. Falls
1.90
175
6.85
70
37. Skin Disease
1.88
76
1.35
101
38. Drownings
1.86
119
2.22
105
39. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
6.73
20
40. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
2.76
63
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.36
121
46.84
38
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
146
1.98
110
43. Drug Use
1.10
105
1.48
68
44. Asthma
1.02
134
7.03
76
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
10.06
11
46. Birth Trauma
0.93
125
9.12
34
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.85
13
0.45
66
48. Malnutrition
0.57
112
12.23
22
49. Tuberculosis
0.53
139
60.37
15
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.53
154
1.58
86
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Tanzania TANZANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,639
13.10
13,215
4.48
2. Stroke
1,624
8.06
16,894
5.73
3. Kidney Disease
1,482
7.35
4,547
1.54
4. Lung Disease
1,046
5.19
3,051
1.03
5. Diabetes Mellitus
953
4.73
6,247
2.12
6. Hypertension
863
4.28
5,209
1.77
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
836
4.15
26,028
8.83
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
818
4.06
2,048
0.69
9. Road Traffic Accidents
746
3.70
18,054
6.12
10. Stomach Cancer
661
3.28
1,190
0.40
11. Violence
635
3.15
4,713
1.60
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
621
3.08
1,567
0.53
13. Other Injuries
571
2.83
4,270
1.45
14. Prostate Cancer
448
2.22
1,819
0.62
15. Suicide
407
2.02
2,474
0.84
16. Breast Cancer
384
1.91
1,285
0.44
17. Liver Cancer
382
1.90
1,413
0.48
18. Liver Disease
370
1.84
6,586
2.23
19. Lymphomas
356
1.77
805
0.27
20. Lung Cancers
343
1.70
159
0.05
21. Congenital Anomalies
315
1.56
9,791
3.32
22. Pancreas Cancer
294
1.46
158
0.05
23. Other Neoplasms
266
1.32
58
0.02
24. Leukemia
262
1.30
416
0.14
25. HIV/AIDS
192
0.95
27,402
9.29
26. Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.95
1,227
0.42
27. Endocrine Disorders
183
0.91
1,778
0.60
28. Low Birth Weight
178
0.88
12,173
4.13
29. Cervical Cancer
159
0.79
6,424
2.18
30. Parkinson's Disease
138
0.68
513
0.17
31. Skin Cancers
137
0.68
744
0.25
32. Alcohol
126
0.63
270
0.09
33. Skin Disease
126
0.63
359
0.12
34. Epilepsy
116
0.58
707
0.24
35. Falls
116
0.58
1,533
0.52
36. Bladder Cancer
100
0.50
667
0.23
37. Drownings
97
0.48
1,642
0.56
38. Oral Cancer
96
0.48
1,646
0.56
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
87
0.43
17,587
5.96
40. Uterin Cancer
80
0.40
218
0.07
41. Ovary Cancer
80
0.40
337
0.11
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
74
0.37
462
0.16
43. Drug Use
63
0.31
404
0.14
44. Oesophagus Cancer
61
0.30
2,247
0.76
45. Asthma
60
0.30
1,700
0.58
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
55
0.27
81
0.03
47. Birth Trauma
48
0.24
15,086
5.12
48. Malnutrition
37
0.18
5,574
1.89
49. Tuberculosis
32
0.16
20,269
6.87
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
32
0.16
401
0.14
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Tanzania TANZANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
29.39
30
2. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
8.50
171
3. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
5.88
94
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
7.78
106
5. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
5.65
85
6. Lymphomas
5.89
48
2.46
162
7. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
0.60
181
8. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
46.71
7
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
0.71
174
10. Leukemia
4.57
39
1.24
165
11. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
2.25
167
12. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.84
117
13. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
3.42
22
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
6.73
20
15. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
2.76
63
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
10.06
11
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.