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Costa Rica
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Costa Rica and Philippines 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.

Philippines
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%
Philippines Population Pyramid
144,488,171
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   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
       
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
 
51.6
55.3
53.4
85
83
85
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
 
55.7
59.2
57.4
88
90
89
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
 
59.4
63.3
61.3
95
97
96
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
 
63.6
67.8
65.6
102
107
106
2000
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
 
63.9
69.9
66.8
110
113
111
2010
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
 
64.8
71.2
67.9
118
116
121
2019
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
 
67.4
73.6
70.4
124
113
119
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.3
83.4
32
27
67.4
73.6
124
113
Age
78.3
83.4
32
27
67.4
73.6
124
113
Age 5
79.0
84.1
28
21
69.6
75.5
125
113
Age 10
79.1
84.2
28
21
69.8
75.7
131
113
Age 15
79.2
84.2
28
20
69.9
75.8
131
113
Age 20
79.5
84.3
28
20
70.1
75.9
132
113
Age 25
80.0
84.4
25
18
70.4
76.1
133
113
Age 30
80.4
84.6
23
16
70.8
76.3
133
112
Age 35
80.8
84.7
20
15
71.3
76.6
133
111
Age 40
81.2
84.9
20
15
71.9
76.9
133
110
Age 45
81.7
85.2
15
13
72.6
77.4
134
110
Age 50
82.2
85.5
14
11
73.4
78.0
139
110
Age 55
82.8
85.9
12
11
74.6
78.7
140
109
Age 60
83.6
86.4
10
11
75.8
79.6
147
109
Age 65
84.7
87.2
5
8
77.6
80.7
155
112
Age 70
85.9
88.0
5
8
79.9
82.2
160
120
Age 75
87.3
89.1
4
7
82.3
83.7
169
158
Age 80
89.1
90.5
6
7
84.8
85.4
182
179
Age 85
91.3
92.3
11
6
86.8
87.4
183
182
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.74
171
192.11
32
2. Stroke
24.44
158
104.08
66
3. Kidney Disease
23.41
90
51.96
10
4. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
17.74
76
5. Lung Disease
15.14
143
51.31
14
6. Diabetes Mellitus
14.87
125
44.43
49
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.00
103
13.42
109
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.17
146
146.92
6
9. Hypertension
12.84
115
49.65
16
10. Violence
12.02
40
14.87
28
11. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
21.58
42
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.59
153
3.10
172
13. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
2.47
171
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
10.50
69
15. Other Injuries
8.81
79
3.79
156
16. Suicide
7.62
107
2.54
173
17. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
68
5.74
95
18. Liver Disease
6.24
156
8.65
135
19. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
9.73
30
20. Lymphomas
5.89
48
2.77
155
21. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
13.46
85
22. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
6.78
110
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
2.81
120
24. Leukemia
4.57
39
3.83
80
25. Other Neoplasms
4.26
19
6.71
5
26. HIV/AIDS
3.47
85
0.19
146
27. Low Birth Weight
3.45
117
6.40
72
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.09
134
4.37
96
29. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
107
15.28
8
30. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
4.41
93
31. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.71
128
32. Alcohol
2.21
55
0.45
144
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.10
159
0.92
178
34. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
0.52
161
35. Epilepsy
1.97
71
1.10
129
36. Falls
1.90
175
5.41
95
37. Skin Disease
1.88
76
6.88
10
38. Drownings
1.86
119
3.74
53
39. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
3.74
62
40. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
0.82
164
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.36
121
6.44
75
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
146
9.95
12
43. Drug Use
1.10
105
0.73
138
44. Asthma
1.02
134
15.56
36
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
0.87
166
46. Birth Trauma
0.93
125
5.07
65
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.85
13
0.51
47
48. Malnutrition
0.57
112
6.71
42
49. Tuberculosis
0.53
139
26.98
40
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.53
154
1.81
75
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,639
13.10
129,955
19.27
2. Stroke
1,624
8.06
74,167
11.00
3. Kidney Disease
1,482
7.35
39,380
5.84
4. Lung Disease
1,046
5.19
32,559
4.83
5. Diabetes Mellitus
953
4.73
32,260
4.78
6. Hypertension
863
4.28
34,500
5.12
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
836
4.15
93,807
13.91
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
818
4.06
2,010
0.30
9. Road Traffic Accidents
746
3.70
13,017
1.93
10. Stomach Cancer
661
3.28
1,868
0.28
11. Violence
635
3.15
14,835
2.20
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
621
3.08
8,063
1.20
13. Other Injuries
571
2.83
3,536
0.52
14. Prostate Cancer
448
2.22
4,149
0.62
15. Suicide
407
2.02
2,325
0.34
16. Breast Cancer
384
1.91
9,802
1.45
17. Liver Cancer
382
1.90
7,663
1.14
18. Liver Disease
370
1.84
7,076
1.05
19. Lymphomas
356
1.77
2,279
0.34
20. Lung Cancers
343
1.70
10,296
1.53
21. Congenital Anomalies
315
1.56
8,051
1.19
22. Pancreas Cancer
294
1.46
2,121
0.31
23. Other Neoplasms
266
1.32
5,146
0.76
24. Leukemia
262
1.30
3,596
0.53
25. HIV/AIDS
192
0.95
204
0.03
26. Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.95
3,545
0.53
27. Endocrine Disorders
183
0.91
10,464
1.55
28. Low Birth Weight
178
0.88
10,141
1.50
29. Cervical Cancer
159
0.79
3,076
0.46
30. Parkinson's Disease
138
0.68
594
0.09
31. Skin Cancers
137
0.68
368
0.05
32. Skin Disease
126
0.63
4,229
0.63
33. Alcohol
126
0.63
401
0.06
34. Falls
116
0.58
3,861
0.57
35. Epilepsy
116
0.58
1,120
0.17
36. Bladder Cancer
100
0.50
569
0.08
37. Drownings
97
0.48
3,881
0.58
38. Oral Cancer
96
0.48
2,916
0.43
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
87
0.43
6,189
0.92
40. Uterin Cancer
80
0.40
761
0.11
41. Ovary Cancer
80
0.40
1,994
0.30
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
74
0.37
6,865
1.02
43. Drug Use
63
0.31
695
0.10
44. Oesophagus Cancer
61
0.30
672
0.10
45. Asthma
60
0.30
11,404
1.69
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
55
0.27
323
0.05
47. Birth Trauma
48
0.24
7,960
1.18
48. Malnutrition
37
0.18
4,311
0.64
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
32
0.16
1,807
0.27
50. Tuberculosis
32
0.16
27,061
4.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
17.74
76
2. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
21.58
42
3. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
2.47
171
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
10.50
69
5. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
9.73
30
6. Lymphomas
5.89
48
2.77
155
7. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
13.46
85
8. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
6.78
110
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
2.81
120
10. Leukemia
4.57
39
3.83
80
11. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
4.41
93
12. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.71
128
13. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
0.52
161
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
3.74
62
15. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
0.82
164
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
0.87
166
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.