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Egypt
COUNTRY #1
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

Compare Egypt 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
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
Egypt Population Pyramid
34,513,851
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%
Costa Rica Population Pyramid
1,847,394
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
  Egypt EGYPT   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Egypt EGYPT   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.1
46.9
46.0
112
115
115
 
60.5
63.3
61.9
56
54
56
1970
49.5
51.3
50.4
121
120
119
 
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
1980
54.1
55.9
54.9
124
127
127
 
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
1990
60.8
63.6
62.2
117
123
120
 
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
2000
66.4
71.4
68.8
96
100
100
 
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
2010
67.9
72.2
70.0
99
113
105
 
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
2019
69.6
74.1
71.8
105
111
112
 
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Egypt EGYPT   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.6
74.1
105
111
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age 5
71.1
75.6
106
112
79.0
84.1
28
21
Age 10
71.3
75.8
106
112
79.1
84.2
28
21
Age 15
71.4
75.9
107
112
79.2
84.2
28
20
Age 20
71.7
76.0
107
112
79.5
84.3
28
20
Age 25
72.0
76.2
109
112
80.0
84.4
25
18
Age 30
72.2
76.3
111
113
80.4
84.6
23
16
Age 35
72.5
76.5
114
113
80.8
84.7
20
15
Age 40
72.9
76.7
115
114
81.2
84.9
20
15
Age 45
73.3
77.0
121
115
81.7
85.2
15
13
Age 50
73.9
77.4
126
117
82.2
85.5
14
11
Age 55
75.0
78.1
132
119
82.8
85.9
12
11
Age 60
76.5
79.1
134
122
83.6
86.4
10
11
Age 65
78.5
80.5
131
117
84.7
87.2
5
8
Age 70
81.0
82.6
116
105
85.9
88.0
5
8
Age 75
83.4
84.7
119
103
87.3
89.1
4
7
Age 80
86.5
87.2
109
103
89.1
90.5
6
7
Age 85
89.8
90.1
98
120
91.3
92.3
11
6
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Egypt EGYPT   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
268.11
15
40.74
171
2. Liver Disease
93.37
1
6.24
156
3. Stroke
65.24
110
24.44
158
4. Liver Cancer
34.11
2
6.19
70
5. Hypertension
34.03
35
12.84
115
6. Kidney Disease
32.58
46
23.41
90
7. Diabetes Mellitus
27.97
92
14.87
125
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.25
99
13.17
146
9. Breast Cancer
24.04
33
11.97
140
10. Lung Disease
20.69
100
15.14
143
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.14
148
11.59
153
12. Road Traffic Accidents
11.77
116
14.00
103
13. Lymphomas
11.00
2
5.89
48
14. Asthma
10.51
59
1.02
134
15. Bladder Cancer
8.13
2
1.52
126
16. Lung Cancers
8.02
115
5.56
134
17. Congenital Anomalies
7.73
38
6.46
68
18. Prostate Cancer
6.17
154
15.36
98
19. Low Birth Weight
6.01
80
3.45
117
20. Ovary Cancer
5.11
61
2.60
160
21. Leukemia
4.53
42
4.57
39
22. Violence
4.42
93
12.02
40
23. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.35
156
10.02
75
24. Other Injuries
4.29
144
8.81
79
25. Parkinson's Disease
4.12
91
2.10
159
26. Pancreas Cancer
4.11
83
4.73
71
27. Suicide
3.41
158
7.62
107
28. Birth Trauma
3.36
79
0.93
125
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.32
88
1.36
121
30. Inflammatory/Heart
3.07
135
3.09
134
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
113
3.05
107
32. Falls
2.57
161
1.90
175
33. Stomach Cancer
2.54
168
10.69
34
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.89
119
1.16
146
35. Fires
1.72
83
0.20
176
36. Cervical Cancer
1.68
175
5.34
121
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.62
82
0.53
154
38. Skin Cancers
1.52
117
2.09
79
39. Oesophagus Cancer
1.39
132
0.96
157
40. Hepatitis B
1.29
24
0.12
119
41. Uterin Cancer
1.19
154
2.50
80
42. Oral Cancer
1.16
170
1.60
153
43. Malnutrition
1.10
99
0.57
112
44. Drownings
1.09
146
1.86
119
45. Encephalitis
0.92
27
0.06
134
46. Maternal Conditions
0.80
93
0.32
123
47. Meningitis
0.78
92
0.34
133
48. War
0.71
23
0.01
131
49. Pertussis
0.65
76
0.00
143
50. Tuberculosis
0.54
138
0.53
139
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Egypt EGYPT   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
173,871
32.40
2,639
13.10
2. Liver Disease
60,122
11.20
370
1.84
3. Stroke
43,839
8.17
1,624
8.06
4. Liver Cancer
24,512
4.57
382
1.90
5. Hypertension
21,094
3.93
863
4.28
6. Kidney Disease
21,087
3.93
1,482
7.35
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
20,694
3.86
836
4.15
8. Diabetes Mellitus
19,131
3.57
953
4.73
9. Lung Disease
13,393
2.50
1,046
5.19
10. Congenital Anomalies
12,163
2.27
315
1.56
11. Low Birth Weight
11,391
2.12
178
0.88
12. Road Traffic Accidents
10,141
1.89
746
3.70
13. Breast Cancer
9,180
1.71
384
1.91
14. Lymphomas
7,539
1.40
356
1.77
15. Asthma
7,104
1.32
60
0.30
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,975
1.30
818
4.06
17. Birth Trauma
6,109
1.14
48
0.24
18. Lung Cancers
5,677
1.06
343
1.70
19. Bladder Cancer
5,133
0.96
100
0.50
20. Violence
4,165
0.78
635
3.15
21. Other Injuries
3,819
0.71
571
2.83
22. Leukemia
3,763
0.70
262
1.30
23. Diarrhoeal diseases
3,692
0.69
87
0.43
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,083
0.57
621
3.08
25. Suicide
3,022
0.56
407
2.02
26. Pancreas Cancer
2,906
0.54
294
1.46
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2,489
0.46
191
0.95
28. Parkinson's Disease
2,391
0.45
138
0.68
29. Endocrine Disorders
2,372
0.44
183
0.91
30. Falls
2,019
0.38
116
0.58
31. Ovary Cancer
1,944
0.36
80
0.40
32. Stomach Cancer
1,844
0.34
661
3.28
33. Fires
1,568
0.29
10
0.05
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,339
0.25
74
0.37
35. Prostate Cancer
1,282
0.24
448
2.22
36. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,248
0.23
32
0.16
37. Drownings
1,122
0.21
97
0.48
38. Encephalitis
1,046
0.19
3
0.01
39. Skin Cancers
1,013
0.19
137
0.68
40. Hepatitis B
988
0.18
7
0.03
41. Oesophagus Cancer
951
0.18
61
0.30
42. Pertussis
906
0.17
0
0.00
43. Meningitis
827
0.15
18
0.09
44. Maternal Conditions
795
0.15
17
0.08
45. Oral Cancer
793
0.15
96
0.48
46. Malnutrition
759
0.14
37
0.18
47. War
714
0.13
1
0.00
48. Cervical Cancer
625
0.12
159
0.79
49. Tetanus
540
0.10
0
0.00
50. Epilepsy
451
0.08
116
0.58
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Egypt EGYPT   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
34.11
2
6.19
70
2. Breast Cancer
24.04
33
11.97
140
3. Lymphomas
11.00
2
5.89
48
4. Bladder Cancer
8.13
2
1.52
126
5. Lung Cancers
8.02
115
5.56
134
6. Prostate Cancer
6.17
154
15.36
98
7. Ovary Cancer
5.11
61
2.60
160
8. Leukemia
4.53
42
4.57
39
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.35
156
10.02
75
10. Pancreas Cancer
4.11
83
4.73
71
11. Stomach Cancer
2.54
168
10.69
34
12. Cervical Cancer
1.68
175
5.34
121
13. Skin Cancers
1.52
117
2.09
79
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.39
132
0.96
157
15. Uterin Cancer
1.19
154
2.50
80
16. Oral Cancer
1.16
170
1.60
153
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.