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Costa Rica
COUNTRY #1
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COSTA RICA VS LAOS

Compare Costa Rica and Laos 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.

Laos
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
Costa Rica Population Pyramid
5,772,686
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Laos Population Pyramid
9,479,753
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Laos LAOS
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Laos LAOS
       
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
  
42.2
45.5
43.8
128
125
126
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
  
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
  
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
  
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
2000
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
  
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
2010
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
  
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
2019
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
  
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Laos LAOS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.3
83.4
32
27
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age
78.3
83.4
32
27
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age 5
79.0
84.1
28
21
69.6
73.9
126
125
Age 10
79.1
84.2
28
21
69.8
74.1
128
126
Age 15
79.2
84.2
28
20
70.1
74.3
126
126
Age 20
79.5
84.3
28
20
70.4
74.5
126
125
Age 25
80.0
84.4
25
18
70.9
74.8
124
125
Age 30
80.4
84.6
23
16
71.3
75.0
125
125
Age 35
80.8
84.7
20
15
71.7
75.4
126
124
Age 40
81.2
84.9
20
15
72.2
75.8
127
125
Age 45
81.7
85.2
15
13
72.9
76.3
128
127
Age 50
82.2
85.5
14
11
73.7
76.9
131
128
Age 55
82.8
85.9
12
11
74.9
77.8
135
130
Age 60
83.6
86.4
10
11
76.4
78.9
138
132
Age 65
84.7
87.2
5
8
78.2
80.3
137
135
Age 70
85.9
88.0
5
8
80.5
82.0
137
135
Age 75
87.3
89.1
4
7
83.1
84.2
135
135
Age 80
89.1
90.5
6
7
86.1
86.8
134
135
Age 85
91.3
92.3
11
6
89.4
90.0
136
140
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Laos LAOS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.74
171
139.74
56
2. Stroke
24.44
158
152.50
21
3. Kidney Disease
23.41
90
38.60
25
4. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
3.01
174
5. Lung Disease
15.14
143
46.19
20
6. Diabetes Mellitus
14.87
125
36.38
71
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.00
103
19.78
77
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.17
146
59.07
61
9. Hypertension
12.84
115
24.41
59
10. Violence
12.02
40
6.67
74
11. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
17.83
80
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.59
153
16.42
119
13. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
11.97
22
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
10.17
74
15. Other Injuries
8.81
79
7.53
92
16. Suicide
7.62
107
5.98
128
17. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
68
5.84
92
18. Liver Disease
6.24
156
24.75
75
19. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
25.37
4
20. Lymphomas
5.89
48
4.47
102
21. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
21.02
48
22. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
7.80
96
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
1.38
157
24. Leukemia
4.57
39
5.00
19
25. Other Neoplasms
4.26
19
0.29
143
26. HIV/AIDS
3.47
85
4.45
78
27. Low Birth Weight
3.45
117
8.47
50
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.09
134
4.66
93
29. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
107
3.39
92
30. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
4.05
108
31. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.27
151
32. Alcohol
2.21
55
1.13
107
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.10
159
4.40
75
34. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
1.43
123
35. Epilepsy
1.97
71
0.86
144
36. Falls
1.90
175
9.16
28
37. Skin Disease
1.88
76
2.37
45
38. Drownings
1.86
119
7.51
9
39. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
7.55
14
40. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
1.36
137
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.36
121
27.89
53
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
146
16.83
4
43. Drug Use
1.10
105
0.53
157
44. Asthma
1.02
134
19.60
22
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
4.43
41
46. Birth Trauma
0.93
125
8.00
40
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.85
13
0.18
135
48. Malnutrition
0.57
112
3.82
60
49. Tuberculosis
0.53
139
34.86
29
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.53
154
3.57
33
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Laos LAOS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,639
13.10
5,190
12.89
2. Stroke
1,624
8.06
5,769
14.33
3. Kidney Disease
1,482
7.35
1,646
4.09
4. Lung Disease
1,046
5.19
1,626
4.04
5. Diabetes Mellitus
953
4.73
1,466
3.64
6. Hypertension
863
4.28
890
2.21
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
836
4.15
2,820
7.01
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
818
4.06
458
1.14
9. Road Traffic Accidents
746
3.70
1,281
3.18
10. Stomach Cancer
661
3.28
530
1.32
11. Violence
635
3.15
475
1.18
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
621
3.08
422
1.05
13. Other Injuries
571
2.83
519
1.29
14. Prostate Cancer
448
2.22
37
0.09
15. Suicide
407
2.02
390
0.97
16. Breast Cancer
384
1.91
437
1.09
17. Liver Cancer
382
1.90
1,104
2.74
18. Liver Disease
370
1.84
1,171
2.91
19. Lymphomas
356
1.77
211
0.52
20. Lung Cancers
343
1.70
919
2.28
21. Congenital Anomalies
315
1.56
647
1.61
22. Pancreas Cancer
294
1.46
61
0.15
23. Other Neoplasms
266
1.32
12
0.03
24. Leukemia
262
1.30
290
0.72
25. HIV/AIDS
192
0.95
313
0.78
26. Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.95
206
0.51
27. Endocrine Disorders
183
0.91
186
0.46
28. Low Birth Weight
178
0.88
1,156
2.87
29. Cervical Cancer
159
0.79
187
0.46
30. Parkinson's Disease
138
0.68
139
0.35
31. Skin Cancers
137
0.68
59
0.15
32. Skin Disease
126
0.63
89
0.22
33. Alcohol
126
0.63
61
0.15
34. Falls
116
0.58
440
1.09
35. Epilepsy
116
0.58
58
0.14
36. Bladder Cancer
100
0.50
49
0.12
37. Drownings
97
0.48
568
1.41
38. Oral Cancer
96
0.48
349
0.87
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
87
0.43
1,552
3.86
40. Uterin Cancer
80
0.40
29
0.07
41. Ovary Cancer
80
0.40
101
0.25
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
74
0.37
651
1.62
43. Drug Use
63
0.31
33
0.08
44. Oesophagus Cancer
61
0.30
214
0.53
45. Asthma
60
0.30
840
2.09
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
55
0.27
7
0.02
47. Birth Trauma
48
0.24
1,116
2.77
48. Malnutrition
37
0.18
166
0.41
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
32
0.16
207
0.51
50. Tuberculosis
32
0.16
1,949
4.84
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Laos LAOS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
3.01
174
2. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
17.83
80
3. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
11.97
22
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
10.17
74
5. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
25.37
4
6. Lymphomas
5.89
48
4.47
102
7. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
21.02
48
8. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
7.80
96
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
1.38
157
10. Leukemia
4.57
39
5.00
19
11. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
4.05
108
12. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.27
151
13. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
1.43
123
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
7.55
14
15. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
1.36
137
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
4.43
41
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.