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Costa Rica
COUNTRY #1
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COSTA RICA VS BELARUS

Compare Costa Rica and Belarus 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.

Belarus
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Costa Rica Population Pyramid
5,772,686
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Belarus Population Pyramid
8,634,216
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Belarus BELARUS
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Belarus BELARUS
       
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
  
64.0
72.9
68.3
35
16
31
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
  
68.0
76.0
71.9
21
6
11
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
  
65.9
75.6
70.6
54
24
36
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
  
66.3
75.6
70.8
74
39
57
2000
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
  
62.6
73.5
68.0
115
84
103
2010
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
  
64.5
76.3
70.3
122
81
103
2019
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
  
69.7
79.6
74.8
104
53
79
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Belarus BELARUS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.3
83.4
32
27
69.7
79.6
104
53
Age
78.3
83.4
32
27
69.7
79.6
104
53
Age 5
79.0
84.1
28
21
70.0
79.9
123
63
Age 10
79.1
84.2
28
21
70.0
79.9
125
64
Age 15
79.2
84.2
28
20
70.0
79.9
129
64
Age 20
79.5
84.3
28
20
70.1
80.0
131
64
Age 25
80.0
84.4
25
18
70.3
80.1
136
64
Age 30
80.4
84.6
23
16
70.5
80.2
136
65
Age 35
80.8
84.7
20
15
70.9
80.3
138
64
Age 40
81.2
84.9
20
15
71.4
80.5
139
64
Age 45
81.7
85.2
15
13
72.2
80.9
143
64
Age 50
82.2
85.5
14
11
73.2
81.3
145
63
Age 55
82.8
85.9
12
11
74.4
81.8
144
63
Age 60
83.6
86.4
10
11
76.0
82.5
143
64
Age 65
84.7
87.2
5
8
78.1
83.3
140
68
Age 70
85.9
88.0
5
8
80.6
84.5
132
68
Age 75
87.3
89.1
4
7
83.3
85.9
125
73
Age 80
89.1
90.5
6
7
86.3
88.0
116
74
Age 85
91.3
92.3
11
6
89.8
90.6
96
70
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Belarus BELARUS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.74
171
282.35
10
2. Stroke
24.44
158
88.08
87
3. Kidney Disease
23.41
90
2.70
181
4. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
16.14
85
5. Lung Disease
15.14
143
12.05
159
6. Diabetes Mellitus
14.87
125
2.20
181
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.00
103
6.48
146
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.17
146
7.00
175
9. Hypertension
12.84
115
2.07
176
10. Violence
12.02
40
2.29
124
11. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
13.60
126
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.59
153
15.86
125
13. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
10.43
41
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
17.05
12
15. Other Injuries
8.81
79
8.33
83
16. Suicide
7.62
107
16.49
22
17. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
68
2.85
159
18. Liver Disease
6.24
156
14.66
108
19. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
2.31
177
20. Lymphomas
5.89
48
4.50
99
21. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
18.53
62
22. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
3.98
138
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
7.23
40
24. Leukemia
4.57
39
3.67
87
25. Other Neoplasms
4.26
19
0.31
137
26. HIV/AIDS
3.47
85
1.60
112
27. Low Birth Weight
3.45
117
0.98
168
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.09
134
10.19
27
29. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
107
1.05
173
30. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
4.83
75
31. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
3.90
29
32. Alcohol
2.21
55
19.82
1
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.10
159
3.10
141
34. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
1.81
99
35. Epilepsy
1.97
71
1.06
131
36. Falls
1.90
175
6.97
69
37. Skin Disease
1.88
76
0.19
169
38. Drownings
1.86
119
4.91
27
39. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
6.03
30
40. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
1.70
112
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.36
121
0.10
179
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
146
1.46
133
43. Drug Use
1.10
105
3.17
23
44. Asthma
1.02
134
0.72
146
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
3.20
63
46. Birth Trauma
0.93
125
0.40
161
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.85
13
0.09
164
48. Malnutrition
0.57
112
0.17
144
49. Tuberculosis
0.53
139
2.52
100
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.53
154
1.59
85
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Belarus BELARUS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,639
13.10
53,186
48.88
2. Stroke
1,624
8.06
16,393
15.07
3. Kidney Disease
1,482
7.35
480
0.44
4. Lung Disease
1,046
5.19
2,208
2.03
5. Diabetes Mellitus
953
4.73
373
0.34
6. Hypertension
863
4.28
367
0.34
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
836
4.15
1,086
1.00
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
818
4.06
3,530
3.24
9. Road Traffic Accidents
746
3.70
722
0.66
10. Stomach Cancer
661
3.28
1,690
1.55
11. Violence
635
3.15
255
0.23
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
621
3.08
2,886
2.65
13. Other Injuries
571
2.83
1,099
1.01
14. Prostate Cancer
448
2.22
936
0.86
15. Suicide
407
2.02
2,004
1.84
16. Breast Cancer
384
1.91
1,230
1.13
17. Liver Cancer
382
1.90
363
0.33
18. Liver Disease
370
1.84
2,078
1.91
19. Lymphomas
356
1.77
672
0.62
20. Lung Cancers
343
1.70
2,950
2.71
21. Congenital Anomalies
315
1.56
202
0.19
22. Pancreas Cancer
294
1.46
1,171
1.08
23. Other Neoplasms
266
1.32
52
0.05
24. Leukemia
262
1.30
554
0.51
25. HIV/AIDS
192
0.95
167
0.15
26. Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.95
1,361
1.25
27. Endocrine Disorders
183
0.91
141
0.13
28. Low Birth Weight
178
0.88
64
0.06
29. Cervical Cancer
159
0.79
303
0.28
30. Parkinson's Disease
138
0.68
621
0.57
31. Skin Cancers
137
0.68
272
0.25
32. Skin Disease
126
0.63
31
0.03
33. Alcohol
126
0.63
2,761
2.54
34. Falls
116
0.58
952
0.87
35. Epilepsy
116
0.58
116
0.11
36. Bladder Cancer
100
0.50
295
0.27
37. Drownings
97
0.48
543
0.50
38. Oral Cancer
96
0.48
901
0.83
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
87
0.43
13
0.01
40. Uterin Cancer
80
0.40
391
0.36
41. Ovary Cancer
80
0.40
429
0.39
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
74
0.37
235
0.22
43. Drug Use
63
0.31
389
0.36
44. Oesophagus Cancer
61
0.30
493
0.45
45. Asthma
60
0.30
122
0.11
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
55
0.27
15
0.01
47. Birth Trauma
48
0.24
25
0.02
48. Malnutrition
37
0.18
22
0.02
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
32
0.16
239
0.22
50. Tuberculosis
32
0.16
269
0.25
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Belarus BELARUS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
16.14
85
2. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
13.60
126
3. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
10.43
41
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
17.05
12
5. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
2.31
177
6. Lymphomas
5.89
48
4.50
99
7. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
18.53
62
8. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
3.98
138
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
7.23
40
10. Leukemia
4.57
39
3.67
87
11. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
4.83
75
12. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
3.90
29
13. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
1.81
99
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
6.03
30
15. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
1.70
112
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
3.20
63
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.