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Costa Rica
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Costa Rica and Mauritania 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.

Mauritania
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
945,683
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%
Mauritania Population Pyramid
651,434
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
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
       
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
 
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
 
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
 
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
 
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
2000
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
 
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
2010
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
 
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
2019
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
 
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.3
83.4
32
27
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age
78.3
83.4
32
27
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age 5
79.0
84.1
28
21
73.8
73.6
71
129
Age 10
79.1
84.2
28
21
74.2
73.9
68
127
Age 15
79.2
84.2
28
20
74.3
74.1
68
127
Age 20
79.5
84.3
28
20
74.6
74.3
69
127
Age 25
80.0
84.4
25
18
74.9
74.6
69
127
Age 30
80.4
84.6
23
16
75.3
74.9
70
127
Age 35
80.8
84.7
20
15
75.7
75.2
70
127
Age 40
81.2
84.9
20
15
76.1
75.7
67
128
Age 45
81.7
85.2
15
13
76.6
76.2
66
129
Age 50
82.2
85.5
14
11
77.2
76.9
67
131
Age 55
82.8
85.9
12
11
78.1
77.8
66
134
Age 60
83.6
86.4
10
11
79.1
78.9
71
135
Age 65
84.7
87.2
5
8
80.6
80.3
70
131
Age 70
85.9
88.0
5
8
82.3
82.1
68
125
Age 75
87.3
89.1
4
7
84.6
84.4
67
127
Age 80
89.1
90.5
6
7
87.1
87.0
69
123
Age 85
91.3
92.3
11
6
90.1
90.2
71
112
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.74
171
97.58
114
2. Stroke
24.44
158
74.41
100
3. Kidney Disease
23.41
90
28.66
67
4. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
18.54
72
5. Lung Disease
15.14
143
16.35
131
6. Diabetes Mellitus
14.87
125
33.08
83
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.00
103
31.87
44
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.17
146
84.48
39
9. Hypertension
12.84
115
16.11
102
10. Violence
12.02
40
13.71
31
11. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
14.72
122
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.59
153
19.76
53
13. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
6.03
91
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
5.29
146
15. Other Injuries
8.81
79
8.96
76
16. Suicide
7.62
107
5.47
132
17. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
68
7.27
46
18. Liver Disease
6.24
156
25.88
73
19. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
12.80
20
20. Lymphomas
5.89
48
2.74
157
21. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
2.77
163
22. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
27.42
20
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
1.67
151
24. Leukemia
4.57
39
0.73
176
25. Other Neoplasms
4.26
19
0.44
93
26. HIV/AIDS
3.47
85
7.20
66
27. Low Birth Weight
3.45
117
15.92
3
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.09
134
4.86
90
29. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
107
4.39
78
30. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
3.39
128
31. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.46
141
32. Alcohol
2.21
55
0.69
132
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.10
159
4.87
54
34. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
2.41
54
35. Epilepsy
1.97
71
1.97
72
36. Falls
1.90
175
6.66
73
37. Skin Disease
1.88
76
2.17
54
38. Drownings
1.86
119
2.10
112
39. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
2.03
130
40. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
2.05
93
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.36
121
44.13
41
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
146
4.26
67
43. Drug Use
1.10
105
2.66
30
44. Asthma
1.02
134
8.59
70
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
1.31
140
46. Birth Trauma
0.93
125
9.85
27
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.85
13
0.26
98
48. Malnutrition
0.57
112
13.89
20
49. Tuberculosis
0.53
139
24.14
46
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.53
154
1.53
91
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,639
13.10
1,636
6.92
2. Stroke
1,624
8.06
1,307
5.53
3. Kidney Disease
1,482
7.35
555
2.35
4. Lung Disease
1,046
5.19
275
1.16
5. Diabetes Mellitus
953
4.73
594
2.51
6. Hypertension
863
4.28
286
1.21
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
836
4.15
2,756
11.66
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
818
4.06
251
1.06
9. Road Traffic Accidents
746
3.70
1,158
4.90
10. Stomach Cancer
661
3.28
132
0.56
11. Violence
635
3.15
491
2.08
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
621
3.08
110
0.47
13. Other Injuries
571
2.83
343
1.45
14. Prostate Cancer
448
2.22
118
0.50
15. Suicide
407
2.02
141
0.60
16. Breast Cancer
384
1.91
189
0.80
17. Liver Cancer
382
1.90
312
1.32
18. Liver Disease
370
1.84
586
2.48
19. Lymphomas
356
1.77
65
0.28
20. Lung Cancers
343
1.70
60
0.25
21. Congenital Anomalies
315
1.56
665
2.81
22. Pancreas Cancer
294
1.46
39
0.17
23. Other Neoplasms
266
1.32
7
0.03
24. Leukemia
262
1.30
22
0.09
25. HIV/AIDS
192
0.95
231
0.98
26. Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.95
110
0.47
27. Endocrine Disorders
183
0.91
197
0.83
28. Low Birth Weight
178
0.88
2,014
8.52
29. Cervical Cancer
159
0.79
333
1.41
30. Parkinson's Disease
138
0.68
69
0.29
31. Skin Cancers
137
0.68
50
0.21
32. Skin Disease
126
0.63
47
0.20
33. Alcohol
126
0.63
16
0.07
34. Falls
116
0.58
140
0.59
35. Epilepsy
116
0.58
75
0.32
36. Bladder Cancer
100
0.50
42
0.18
37. Drownings
97
0.48
116
0.49
38. Oral Cancer
96
0.48
45
0.19
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
87
0.43
1,656
7.01
40. Uterin Cancer
80
0.40
17
0.07
41. Ovary Cancer
80
0.40
43
0.18
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
74
0.37
83
0.35
43. Drug Use
63
0.31
71
0.30
44. Oesophagus Cancer
61
0.30
30
0.13
45. Asthma
60
0.30
170
0.72
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
55
0.27
4
0.02
47. Birth Trauma
48
0.24
1,204
5.10
48. Malnutrition
37
0.18
462
1.96
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
32
0.16
34
0.14
50. Tuberculosis
32
0.16
717
3.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
18.54
72
2. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
14.72
122
3. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
6.03
91
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
5.29
146
5. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
12.80
20
6. Lymphomas
5.89
48
2.74
157
7. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
2.77
163
8. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
27.42
20
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
1.67
151
10. Leukemia
4.57
39
0.73
176
11. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
3.39
128
12. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.46
141
13. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
2.41
54
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
2.03
130
15. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
2.05
93
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
1.31
140
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.