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Dominican Republic
COUNTRY #1
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VS COSTA RICA

Compare Dominican Republic and Costa Rica 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.

Costa Rica
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Dominican Republic Population Pyramid
12,795,809
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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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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
50.7
53.6
52.1
88
88
88
  
60.5
63.3
61.9
56
54
56
1970
57.0
60.4
58.6
85
87
86
  
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
1980
61.3
65.1
63.2
87
89
88
  
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
1990
65.6
70.6
68.0
84
89
91
  
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
2000
69.6
74.7
72.0
63
70
64
  
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
2010
69.7
75.9
72.7
92
86
90
  
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
2019
69.8
76.2
72.8
103
95
104
  
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.8
76.2
103
95
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age
69.8
76.2
103
95
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age 5
72.0
78.2
95
87
79.0
84.1
28
21
Age 10
72.1
78.3
96
88
79.1
84.2
28
21
Age 15
72.2
78.4
97
88
79.2
84.2
28
20
Age 20
72.5
78.5
95
88
79.5
84.3
28
20
Age 25
73.0
78.7
91
87
80.0
84.4
25
18
Age 30
73.5
79.0
90
80
80.4
84.6
23
16
Age 35
74.1
79.3
87
79
80.8
84.7
20
15
Age 40
74.8
79.7
85
77
81.2
84.9
20
15
Age 45
75.5
80.2
81
75
81.7
85.2
15
13
Age 50
76.5
80.7
79
72
82.2
85.5
14
11
Age 55
77.7
81.5
78
70
82.8
85.9
12
11
Age 60
79.0
82.4
72
68
83.6
86.4
10
11
Age 65
80.8
83.5
65
62
84.7
87.2
5
8
Age 70
82.8
84.8
62
60
85.9
88.0
5
8
Age 75
85.2
86.5
55
58
87.3
89.1
4
7
Age 80
87.7
88.2
53
64
89.1
90.5
6
7
Age 85
90.4
90.5
56
78
91.3
92.3
11
6
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
144.42
50
40.74
171
2. Stroke
76.94
97
24.44
158
3. Road Traffic Accidents
67.23
1
14.00
103
4. Prostate Cancer
35.41
21
15.36
98
5. Breast Cancer
28.28
14
11.97
140
6. Diabetes Mellitus
27.63
93
14.87
125
7. Liver Disease
26.51
71
6.24
156
8. Kidney Disease
20.79
105
23.41
90
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.03
116
13.17
146
10. HIV/AIDS
18.91
45
3.47
85
11. Violence
18.10
23
12.02
40
12. Hypertension
18.05
93
12.84
115
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.84
126
11.59
153
14. Lung Disease
13.00
153
15.14
143
15. Lung Cancers
12.65
92
5.56
134
16. Cervical Cancer
10.82
79
5.34
121
17. Low Birth Weight
9.31
41
3.45
117
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.53
95
10.02
75
19. Other Injuries
8.26
84
8.81
79
20. Congenital Anomalies
7.20
49
6.46
68
21. Liver Cancer
6.73
60
6.19
70
22. Endocrine Disorders
5.59
59
3.05
107
23. Stomach Cancer
5.54
98
10.69
34
24. Birth Trauma
5.51
59
0.93
125
25. Suicide
5.12
141
7.62
107
26. Pancreas Cancer
4.61
73
4.73
71
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.57
81
1.36
121
28. Oral Cancer
4.35
51
1.60
153
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.27
82
2.10
159
30. Asthma
4.26
94
1.02
134
31. Leukemia
3.99
71
4.57
39
32. Falls
3.93
126
1.90
175
33. Lymphomas
3.77
130
5.89
48
34. Malnutrition
3.35
65
0.57
112
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
138
3.09
134
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.84
87
1.16
146
37. Tuberculosis
2.34
104
0.53
139
38. Drownings
2.29
100
1.86
119
39. Oesophagus Cancer
2.08
110
0.96
157
40. Maternal Conditions
1.85
73
0.32
123
41. Ovary Cancer
1.73
177
2.60
160
42. Skin Cancers
1.71
104
2.09
79
43. Drug Use
1.53
66
1.10
105
44. Epilepsy
1.51
97
1.97
71
45. Fires
1.27
99
0.20
176
46. Meningitis
1.21
72
0.34
133
47. Alcohol
1.20
105
2.21
55
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.17
104
0.53
154
49. Pertussis
1.07
64
0.00
143
50. Bladder Cancer
0.91
159
1.52
126
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
14,986
21.98
2,639
13.10
2. Stroke
7,882
11.56
1,624
8.06
3. Road Traffic Accidents
6,937
10.17
746
3.70
4. Diabetes Mellitus
2,762
4.05
953
4.73
5. Liver Disease
2,680
3.93
370
1.84
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,254
3.31
836
4.15
7. Kidney Disease
2,121
3.11
1,482
7.35
8. HIV/AIDS
1,931
2.83
192
0.95
9. Violence
1,917
2.81
635
3.15
10. Hypertension
1,894
2.78
863
4.28
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,808
2.65
818
4.06
12. Prostate Cancer
1,655
2.43
448
2.22
13. Low Birth Weight
1,532
2.25
178
0.88
14. Breast Cancer
1,460
2.14
384
1.91
15. Lung Disease
1,360
1.99
1,046
5.19
16. Lung Cancers
1,244
1.82
343
1.70
17. Congenital Anomalies
1,038
1.52
315
1.56
18. Birth Trauma
915
1.34
48
0.24
19. Other Injuries
890
1.31
571
2.83
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
851
1.25
621
3.08
21. Liver Cancer
664
0.97
382
1.90
22. Endocrine Disorders
602
0.88
183
0.91
23. Cervical Cancer
560
0.82
159
0.79
24. Stomach Cancer
547
0.80
661
3.28
25. Suicide
530
0.78
407
2.02
26. Diarrhoeal diseases
504
0.74
87
0.43
27. Pancreas Cancer
456
0.67
294
1.46
28. Parkinson's Disease
446
0.65
138
0.68
29. Asthma
441
0.65
60
0.30
30. Falls
435
0.64
116
0.58
31. Oral Cancer
434
0.64
96
0.48
32. Leukemia
409
0.60
262
1.30
33. Lymphomas
374
0.55
356
1.77
34. Malnutrition
372
0.55
37
0.18
35. Inflammatory/Heart
312
0.46
191
0.95
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
295
0.43
74
0.37
37. Drownings
248
0.36
97
0.48
38. Tuberculosis
242
0.35
32
0.16
39. Maternal Conditions
202
0.30
17
0.08
40. Oesophagus Cancer
200
0.29
61
0.30
41. Skin Cancers
172
0.25
137
0.68
42. Epilepsy
158
0.23
116
0.58
43. Drug Use
156
0.23
63
0.31
44. Fires
139
0.20
10
0.05
45. Meningitis
134
0.20
18
0.09
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
123
0.18
32
0.16
47. Pertussis
121
0.18
0
0.00
48. Alcohol
120
0.18
126
0.63
49. Bladder Cancer
92
0.13
100
0.50
50. Ovary Cancer
89
0.13
80
0.40
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
35.41
21
15.36
98
2. Breast Cancer
28.28
14
11.97
140
3. Lung Cancers
12.65
92
5.56
134
4. Cervical Cancer
10.82
79
5.34
121
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.53
95
10.02
75
6. Liver Cancer
6.73
60
6.19
70
7. Stomach Cancer
5.54
98
10.69
34
8. Pancreas Cancer
4.61
73
4.73
71
9. Oral Cancer
4.35
51
1.60
153
10. Leukemia
3.99
71
4.57
39
11. Lymphomas
3.77
130
5.89
48
12. Oesophagus Cancer
2.08
110
0.96
157
13. Ovary Cancer
1.73
177
2.60
160
14. Skin Cancers
1.71
104
2.09
79
15. Bladder Cancer
0.91
159
1.52
126
16. Uterin Cancer
0.83
167
2.50
80
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.