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Costa Rica
COUNTRY #1
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COSTA RICA VS OMAN

Compare Costa Rica and Oman 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.

Oman
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
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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Oman Population Pyramid
6,915,451
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   Oman OMAN
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Oman OMAN
       
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
  
41.1
42.9
41.9
135
139
136
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
  
48.9
51.3
50.1
122
121
121
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
  
59.2
62.1
60.6
97
105
100
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
  
68.4
71.5
69.9
50
80
65
2000
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
  
70.7
74.9
72.6
48
69
61
2010
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
  
73.7
78.1
75.6
40
49
46
2019
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
  
73.0
75.3
73.9
72
103
91
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Oman OMAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.3
83.4
32
27
73.0
75.3
72
103
Age
78.3
83.4
32
27
73.0
75.3
72
103
Age 5
79.0
84.1
28
21
73.8
76.0
72
107
Age 10
79.1
84.2
28
21
73.9
76.1
72
108
Age 15
79.2
84.2
28
20
74.0
76.1
71
108
Age 20
79.5
84.3
28
20
74.3
76.3
72
109
Age 25
80.0
84.4
25
18
74.7
76.4
72
109
Age 30
80.4
84.6
23
16
74.9
76.5
73
110
Age 35
80.8
84.7
20
15
75.1
76.6
75
110
Age 40
81.2
84.9
20
15
75.4
76.8
78
113
Age 45
81.7
85.2
15
13
75.6
77.0
79
116
Age 50
82.2
85.5
14
11
76.0
77.3
85
122
Age 55
82.8
85.9
12
11
76.5
77.7
92
137
Age 60
83.6
86.4
10
11
77.2
78.5
109
146
Age 65
84.7
87.2
5
8
78.3
79.6
136
156
Age 70
85.9
88.0
5
8
80.1
81.2
150
165
Age 75
87.3
89.1
4
7
82.3
83.4
171
165
Age 80
89.1
90.5
6
7
84.9
86.3
178
162
Age 85
91.3
92.3
11
6
88.8
89.6
171
158
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Oman OMAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.74
171
301.95
5
2. Stroke
24.44
158
94.98
78
3. Kidney Disease
23.41
90
18.16
113
4. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
4.21
170
5. Lung Disease
15.14
143
20.58
101
6. Diabetes Mellitus
14.87
125
58.11
28
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.00
103
12.63
113
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.17
146
37.10
74
9. Hypertension
12.84
115
21.35
75
10. Violence
12.02
40
0.72
167
11. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
12.12
138
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.59
153
22.46
24
13. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
8.09
61
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
7.13
117
15. Other Injuries
8.81
79
4.21
146
16. Suicide
7.62
107
4.47
149
17. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
68
6.52
67
18. Liver Disease
6.24
156
17.70
98
19. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
4.70
109
20. Lymphomas
5.89
48
5.23
77
21. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
4.80
138
22. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
4.16
135
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
3.32
104
24. Leukemia
4.57
39
3.54
94
25. Other Neoplasms
4.26
19
0.34
124
26. HIV/AIDS
3.47
85
0.66
121
27. Low Birth Weight
3.45
117
2.79
129
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.09
134
4.33
98
29. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
107
1.47
163
30. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
2.65
157
31. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.40
147
32. Alcohol
2.21
55
0.34
157
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.10
159
7.63
8
34. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
0.75
148
35. Epilepsy
1.97
71
0.50
177
36. Falls
1.90
175
9.24
25
37. Skin Disease
1.88
76
4.91
15
38. Drownings
1.86
119
4.91
26
39. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
2.40
109
40. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
2.19
81
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.36
121
2.95
92
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
146
2.10
105
43. Drug Use
1.10
105
0.54
155
44. Asthma
1.02
134
0.60
156
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
1.43
130
46. Birth Trauma
0.93
125
1.05
120
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.85
13
0.08
167
48. Malnutrition
0.57
112
0.09
155
49. Tuberculosis
0.53
139
0.45
143
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.53
154
0.57
151
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Oman OMAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,639
13.10
5,287
35.65
2. Stroke
1,624
8.06
1,648
11.11
3. Kidney Disease
1,482
7.35
312
2.10
4. Lung Disease
1,046
5.19
325
2.19
5. Diabetes Mellitus
953
4.73
1,029
6.94
6. Hypertension
863
4.28
360
2.43
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
836
4.15
701
4.73
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
818
4.06
323
2.18
9. Road Traffic Accidents
746
3.70
527
3.55
10. Stomach Cancer
661
3.28
185
1.25
11. Violence
635
3.15
34
0.23
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
621
3.08
205
1.38
13. Other Injuries
571
2.83
130
0.88
14. Prostate Cancer
448
2.22
37
0.25
15. Suicide
407
2.02
241
1.62
16. Breast Cancer
384
1.91
141
0.95
17. Liver Cancer
382
1.90
116
0.78
18. Liver Disease
370
1.84
406
2.74
19. Lymphomas
356
1.77
138
0.93
20. Lung Cancers
343
1.70
113
0.76
21. Congenital Anomalies
315
1.56
386
2.60
22. Pancreas Cancer
294
1.46
77
0.52
23. Other Neoplasms
266
1.32
7
0.05
24. Leukemia
262
1.30
127
0.86
25. HIV/AIDS
192
0.95
31
0.21
26. Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.95
127
0.86
27. Endocrine Disorders
183
0.91
53
0.36
28. Low Birth Weight
178
0.88
207
1.40
29. Cervical Cancer
159
0.79
42
0.28
30. Parkinson's Disease
138
0.68
110
0.74
31. Skin Cancers
137
0.68
22
0.15
32. Skin Disease
126
0.63
92
0.62
33. Alcohol
126
0.63
13
0.09
34. Falls
116
0.58
292
1.97
35. Epilepsy
116
0.58
22
0.15
36. Bladder Cancer
100
0.50
41
0.28
37. Drownings
97
0.48
211
1.42
38. Oral Cancer
96
0.48
70
0.47
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
87
0.43
78
0.53
40. Uterin Cancer
80
0.40
11
0.07
41. Ovary Cancer
80
0.40
26
0.18
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
74
0.37
36
0.24
43. Drug Use
63
0.31
29
0.20
44. Oesophagus Cancer
61
0.30
32
0.22
45. Asthma
60
0.30
11
0.07
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
55
0.27
2
0.01
47. Birth Trauma
48
0.24
77
0.52
48. Malnutrition
37
0.18
2
0.01
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
32
0.16
12
0.08
50. Tuberculosis
32
0.16
18
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Oman OMAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
4.21
170
2. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
12.12
138
3. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
8.09
61
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
7.13
117
5. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
4.70
109
6. Lymphomas
5.89
48
5.23
77
7. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
4.80
138
8. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
4.16
135
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
3.32
104
10. Leukemia
4.57
39
3.54
94
11. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
2.65
157
12. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.40
147
13. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
0.75
148
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
2.40
109
15. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
2.19
81
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
1.43
130
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.