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Trinidad and Tobago
COUNTRY #1
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO VS COSTA RICA

Compare Trinidad and Tobago 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
Trinidad and Tobago Population Pyramid
1,343,781
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
  Trinidad and Tobago TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Trinidad and Tobago TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
61.8
65.7
63.7
46
51
46
  
60.5
63.3
61.9
56
54
56
1970
63.5
68.0
65.7
57
56
56
  
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
1980
66.4
71.2
68.7
47
62
57
  
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
1990
67.5
72.4
69.9
58
76
67
  
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
2000
65.6
72.8
69.1
100
94
97
  
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
2010
67.1
73.9
70.4
106
103
102
  
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
2019
72.5
79.9
76.1
75
49
60
  
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Trinidad and Tobago TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.5
79.9
75
49
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age
72.5
79.9
75
49
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age 5
74.0
81.2
69
44
79.0
84.1
28
21
Age 10
74.0
81.3
70
44
79.1
84.2
28
21
Age 15
74.1
81.4
69
44
79.2
84.2
28
20
Age 20
74.6
81.5
68
44
79.5
84.3
28
20
Age 25
75.4
81.7
59
42
80.0
84.4
25
18
Age 30
76.0
81.9
58
42
80.4
84.6
23
16
Age 35
76.6
82.2
56
41
80.8
84.7
20
15
Age 40
77.1
82.6
53
39
81.2
84.9
20
15
Age 45
77.6
83.1
48
37
81.7
85.2
15
13
Age 50
78.3
83.6
49
37
82.2
85.5
14
11
Age 55
79.3
84.2
46
36
82.8
85.9
12
11
Age 60
80.4
85.0
47
34
83.6
86.4
10
11
Age 65
81.9
86.0
45
29
84.7
87.2
5
8
Age 70
83.5
87.2
47
18
85.9
88.0
5
8
Age 75
85.3
88.8
51
10
87.3
89.1
4
7
Age 80
87.8
90.5
51
5
89.1
90.5
6
7
Age 85
90.4
93.2
58
2
91.3
92.3
11
6
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Trinidad and Tobago TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
81.60
132
40.74
171
2. Diabetes Mellitus
69.66
18
14.87
125
3. Stroke
45.79
135
24.44
158
4. Prostate Cancer
43.71
11
15.36
98
5. Violence
39.15
7
12.02
40
6. Breast Cancer
27.37
17
11.97
140
7. Kidney Disease
24.69
76
23.41
90
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
12.67
147
13.17
146
9. HIV/AIDS
12.31
53
3.47
85
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
12.27
150
11.59
153
11. Lung Cancers
11.72
96
5.56
134
12. Hypertension
11.22
124
12.84
115
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.73
65
10.02
75
14. Cervical Cancer
10.24
82
5.34
121
15. Road Traffic Accidents
9.09
126
14.00
103
16. Suicide
8.29
90
7.62
107
17. Ovary Cancer
8.28
5
2.60
160
18. Congenital Anomalies
8.00
31
6.46
68
19. Liver Disease
7.75
145
6.24
156
20. Endocrine Disorders
7.70
29
3.05
107
21. Lung Disease
7.17
179
15.14
143
22. Uterin Cancer
6.67
7
2.50
80
23. Lymphomas
6.27
35
5.89
48
24. Pancreas Cancer
6.20
53
4.73
71
25. Low Birth Weight
6.03
79
3.45
117
26. Inflammatory/Heart
4.26
102
3.09
134
27. Other Injuries
4.03
152
8.81
79
28. Leukemia
3.86
78
4.57
39
29. Stomach Cancer
3.79
134
10.69
34
30. Liver Cancer
3.58
150
6.19
70
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.91
86
1.16
146
32. Parkinson's Disease
2.87
147
2.10
159
33. Falls
2.62
160
1.90
175
34. Asthma
2.43
107
1.02
134
35. Drownings
2.32
98
1.86
119
36. Skin Disease
2.23
52
1.88
76
37. Bladder Cancer
2.18
84
1.52
126
38. Epilepsy
2.13
58
1.97
71
39. Birth Trauma
1.84
95
0.93
125
40. Oral Cancer
1.69
149
1.60
153
41. Alcohol
1.36
95
2.21
55
42. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
139
0.96
157
43. War
1.24
18
0.01
131
44. Tuberculosis
1.20
121
0.53
139
45. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.20
127
1.36
121
46. Drug Use
1.16
94
1.10
105
47. Fires
1.09
109
0.20
176
48. Malnutrition
0.96
103
0.57
112
49. Maternal Conditions
0.72
99
0.32
123
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.70
139
0.53
154
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Trinidad and Tobago TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
1,476
17.16
2,639
13.10
2. Diabetes Mellitus
1,275
14.82
953
4.73
3. Stroke
822
9.56
1,624
8.06
4. Violence
549
6.38
635
3.15
5. Kidney Disease
439
5.10
1,482
7.35
6. Prostate Cancer
330
3.84
448
2.22
7. Breast Cancer
258
3.00
384
1.91
8. Lung Cancers
217
2.52
343
1.70
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
215
2.50
818
4.06
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
205
2.38
836
4.15
11. Hypertension
201
2.34
863
4.28
12. HIV/AIDS
196
2.28
192
0.95
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
196
2.28
621
3.08
14. Liver Disease
136
1.58
370
1.84
15. Road Traffic Accidents
130
1.51
746
3.70
16. Lung Disease
129
1.50
1,046
5.19
17. Suicide
121
1.41
407
2.02
18. Endocrine Disorders
119
1.38
183
0.91
19. Pancreas Cancer
114
1.33
294
1.46
20. Lymphomas
111
1.29
356
1.77
21. Cervical Cancer
97
1.13
159
0.79
22. Congenital Anomalies
93
1.08
315
1.56
23. Low Birth Weight
83
0.97
178
0.88
24. Ovary Cancer
80
0.93
80
0.40
25. Inflammatory/Heart
72
0.84
191
0.95
26. Stomach Cancer
69
0.80
661
3.28
27. Uterin Cancer
68
0.79
80
0.40
28. Liver Cancer
66
0.77
382
1.90
29. Leukemia
62
0.72
262
1.30
30. Other Injuries
61
0.71
571
2.83
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
52
0.60
74
0.37
32. Parkinson's Disease
51
0.59
138
0.68
33. Falls
43
0.50
116
0.58
34. Bladder Cancer
41
0.48
100
0.50
35. Asthma
40
0.47
60
0.30
36. Skin Disease
39
0.45
126
0.63
37. Epilepsy
32
0.37
116
0.58
38. Oral Cancer
31
0.36
96
0.48
39. Drownings
31
0.36
97
0.48
40. Birth Trauma
25
0.29
48
0.24
41. Oesophagus Cancer
24
0.28
61
0.30
42. Alcohol
23
0.27
126
0.63
43. Tuberculosis
22
0.26
32
0.16
44. Drug Use
19
0.22
63
0.31
45. Diarrhoeal diseases
18
0.21
87
0.43
46. Malnutrition
17
0.20
37
0.18
47. War
17
0.20
1
0.00
48. Fires
16
0.19
10
0.05
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11
0.13
32
0.16
50. Maternal Conditions
10
0.12
17
0.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Trinidad and Tobago TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
43.71
11
15.36
98
2. Breast Cancer
27.37
17
11.97
140
3. Lung Cancers
11.72
96
5.56
134
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.73
65
10.02
75
5. Cervical Cancer
10.24
82
5.34
121
6. Ovary Cancer
8.28
5
2.60
160
7. Uterin Cancer
6.67
7
2.50
80
8. Lymphomas
6.27
35
5.89
48
9. Pancreas Cancer
6.20
53
4.73
71
10. Leukemia
3.86
78
4.57
39
11. Stomach Cancer
3.79
134
10.69
34
12. Liver Cancer
3.58
150
6.19
70
13. Bladder Cancer
2.18
84
1.52
126
14. Oral Cancer
1.69
149
1.60
153
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
139
0.96
157
16. Skin Cancers
0.24
171
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.