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India
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
INDIA VS COSTA RICA

Compare India 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
India Population Pyramid
1,639,176,036
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Costa Rica Population Pyramid
5,772,686
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  India INDIA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  India INDIA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
43.2
41.3
42.3
121
145
135
  
60.5
63.3
61.9
56
54
56
1970
50.1
48.5
49.3
119
136
124
  
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
1980
55.9
55.5
55.7
117
129
124
  
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
1990
59.3
60.0
59.7
125
134
130
  
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
2000
61.7
63.4
62.5
119
130
128
  
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
2010
65.3
67.6
66.4
116
132
126
  
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
2019
69.5
72.2
70.8
107
122
117
  
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  India INDIA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.5
72.2
107
122
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age
69.5
72.2
107
122
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age 5
71.9
74.7
98
119
79.0
84.1
28
21
Age 10
72.1
74.9
98
120
79.1
84.2
28
21
Age 15
72.2
75.1
96
120
79.2
84.2
28
20
Age 20
72.4
75.4
98
118
79.5
84.3
28
20
Age 25
72.8
75.7
97
116
80.0
84.4
25
18
Age 30
73.2
76.0
97
116
80.4
84.6
23
16
Age 35
73.6
76.3
94
115
80.8
84.7
20
15
Age 40
74.2
76.7
93
115
81.2
84.9
20
15
Age 45
74.9
77.1
91
113
81.7
85.2
15
13
Age 50
75.7
77.7
91
115
82.2
85.5
14
11
Age 55
76.7
78.5
87
113
82.8
85.9
12
11
Age 60
78.1
79.5
85
110
83.6
86.4
10
11
Age 65
79.7
80.9
84
106
84.7
87.2
5
8
Age 70
81.7
82.6
88
106
85.9
88.0
5
8
Age 75
84.0
84.7
84
104
87.3
89.1
4
7
Age 80
86.7
87.1
86
109
89.1
90.5
6
7
Age 85
90.1
90.4
77
95
91.3
92.3
11
6
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  India INDIA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
140.72
55
40.74
171
2. Lung Disease
87.90
3
15.14
143
3. Stroke
64.97
113
24.44
158
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
64.45
20
1.36
121
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
35.30
77
13.17
146
6. Tuberculosis
32.84
32
0.53
139
7. Diabetes Mellitus
25.49
97
14.87
125
8. Liver Disease
22.24
83
6.24
156
9. Falls
21.87
1
1.90
175
10. Kidney Disease
19.90
107
23.41
90
11. Asthma
18.49
24
1.02
134
12. Road Traffic Accidents
16.33
90
14.00
103
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.60
137
11.59
153
14. Breast Cancer
13.62
125
11.97
140
15. Suicide
12.91
41
7.62
107
16. Other Injuries
12.19
44
8.81
79
17. Low Birth Weight
11.98
19
3.45
117
18. Oral Cancer
11.45
6
1.60
153
19. Rheumatic Heart Disease
10.94
8
0.53
154
20. Hypertension
10.68
128
12.84
115
21. Lung Cancers
7.82
117
5.56
134
22. Cervical Cancer
7.46
100
5.34
121
23. Stomach Cancer
7.07
76
10.69
34
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.03
118
10.02
75
25. Prostate Cancer
6.69
147
15.36
98
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.24
42
1.16
146
27. Birth Trauma
5.11
64
0.93
125
28. Congenital Anomalies
4.70
122
6.46
68
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.57
65
2.10
159
30. Encephalitis
4.12
3
0.06
134
31. Violence
3.84
104
12.02
40
32. Drownings
3.76
51
1.86
119
33. Ovary Cancer
3.73
120
2.60
160
34. Lymphomas
3.44
136
5.89
48
35. Oesophagus Cancer
3.40
57
0.96
157
36. HIV/AIDS
3.35
87
3.47
85
37. Pancreas Cancer
2.97
113
4.73
71
38. Leukemia
2.79
129
4.57
39
39. Liver Cancer
2.67
175
6.19
70
40. Meningitis
2.52
55
0.34
133
41. Epilepsy
2.44
47
1.97
71
42. Fires
1.84
79
0.20
176
43. Alcohol
1.81
68
2.21
55
44. Maternal Conditions
1.79
74
0.32
123
45. Skin Disease
1.62
92
1.88
76
46. Dengue
1.51
5
0.00
68
47. Bladder Cancer
1.34
140
1.52
126
48. Endocrine Disorders
1.29
169
3.05
107
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
1.19
4
0.85
13
50. Uterin Cancer
1.19
155
2.50
80
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  India INDIA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
1.52m
17.94
2,639
13.10
2. Lung Disease
879,732
10.38
1,046
5.19
3. Stroke
697,038
8.23
1,624
8.06
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
670,315
7.91
87
0.43
5. Tuberculosis
435,882
5.15
32
0.16
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
392,425
4.63
836
4.15
7. Diabetes Mellitus
271,495
3.20
953
4.73
8. Liver Disease
268,580
3.17
370
1.84
9. Low Birth Weight
238,739
2.82
178
0.88
10. Falls
225,755
2.66
116
0.58
11. Kidney Disease
222,903
2.63
1,482
7.35
12. Road Traffic Accidents
212,596
2.51
746
3.70
13. Asthma
196,051
2.31
60
0.30
14. Suicide
173,347
2.05
407
2.02
15. Other Injuries
149,570
1.77
571
2.83
16. Oral Cancer
134,187
1.58
96
0.48
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
126,593
1.49
818
4.06
18. Rheumatic Heart Disease
126,079
1.49
32
0.16
19. Hypertension
108,050
1.28
863
4.28
20. Birth Trauma
102,819
1.21
48
0.24
21. Lung Cancers
88,276
1.04
343
1.70
22. Breast Cancer
82,821
0.98
384
1.91
23. Congenital Anomalies
82,769
0.98
315
1.56
24. Stomach Cancer
81,058
0.96
661
3.28
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
77,368
0.91
621
3.08
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
68,108
0.80
74
0.37
27. Violence
51,767
0.61
635
3.15
28. Drownings
48,774
0.58
97
0.48
29. Encephalitis
48,080
0.57
3
0.01
30. Cervical Cancer
45,319
0.53
159
0.79
31. HIV/AIDS
44,406
0.52
192
0.95
32. Parkinson's Disease
43,398
0.51
138
0.68
33. Lymphomas
40,159
0.47
356
1.77
34. Oesophagus Cancer
38,898
0.46
61
0.30
35. Leukemia
33,383
0.39
262
1.30
36. Meningitis
33,337
0.39
18
0.09
37. Pancreas Cancer
32,812
0.39
294
1.46
38. Prostate Cancer
30,945
0.37
448
2.22
39. Liver Cancer
30,369
0.36
382
1.90
40. Epilepsy
30,307
0.36
116
0.58
41. Maternal Conditions
25,917
0.31
17
0.08
42. Fires
23,265
0.27
10
0.05
43. Alcohol
23,097
0.27
126
0.63
44. Ovary Cancer
21,947
0.26
80
0.40
45. Skin Disease
17,857
0.21
126
0.63
46. Dengue
17,546
0.21
0
0.00
47. Endocrine Disorders
15,264
0.18
183
0.91
48. Bladder Cancer
14,081
0.17
100
0.50
49. Inflammatory/Heart
12,651
0.15
191
0.95
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
11,931
0.14
55
0.27
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  India INDIA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
13.62
125
11.97
140
2. Oral Cancer
11.45
6
1.60
153
3. Lung Cancers
7.82
117
5.56
134
4. Cervical Cancer
7.46
100
5.34
121
5. Stomach Cancer
7.07
76
10.69
34
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.03
118
10.02
75
7. Prostate Cancer
6.69
147
15.36
98
8. Ovary Cancer
3.73
120
2.60
160
9. Lymphomas
3.44
136
5.89
48
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.40
57
0.96
157
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.97
113
4.73
71
12. Leukemia
2.79
129
4.57
39
13. Liver Cancer
2.67
175
6.19
70
14. Bladder Cancer
1.34
140
1.52
126
15. Uterin Cancer
1.19
155
2.50
80
16. Skin Cancers
0.47
164
2.09
79
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.