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Costa Rica
COUNTRY #1
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COSTA RICA VS SURINAME

Compare Costa Rica and Suriname 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.

Suriname
COUNTRY #2
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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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Suriname Population Pyramid
680,234
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   Suriname SURINAME
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Suriname SURINAME
       
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
  
58.0
61.7
59.8
64
63
63
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
  
61.2
65.7
63.4
66
66
65
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
  
64.0
69.0
66.4
71
73
74
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
  
65.9
71.0
68.4
79
85
84
2000
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
  
64.2
70.8
67.4
109
105
107
2010
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
  
67.1
73.6
70.3
105
104
104
2019
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
  
68.5
74.6
71.5
117
107
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Suriname SURINAME
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.3
83.4
32
27
68.5
74.6
117
107
Age
78.3
83.4
32
27
68.5
74.6
117
107
Age 5
79.0
84.1
28
21
69.9
75.8
124
110
Age 10
79.1
84.2
28
21
70.0
75.9
124
111
Age 15
79.2
84.2
28
20
70.1
76.0
128
110
Age 20
79.5
84.3
28
20
70.3
76.2
129
110
Age 25
80.0
84.4
25
18
70.6
76.3
130
110
Age 30
80.4
84.6
23
16
71.2
76.6
128
109
Age 35
80.8
84.7
20
15
71.7
77.1
125
106
Age 40
81.2
84.9
20
15
72.2
77.5
128
106
Age 45
81.7
85.2
15
13
72.8
77.9
129
105
Age 50
82.2
85.5
14
11
73.6
78.6
134
101
Age 55
82.8
85.9
12
11
74.6
79.2
141
102
Age 60
83.6
86.4
10
11
76.4
80.5
137
101
Age 65
84.7
87.2
5
8
78.2
81.7
138
100
Age 70
85.9
88.0
5
8
80.3
83.0
141
102
Age 75
87.3
89.1
4
7
82.6
85.0
161
100
Age 80
89.1
90.5
6
7
85.5
87.1
165
115
Age 85
91.3
92.3
11
6
89.1
89.8
161
147
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Suriname SURINAME
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.74
171
123.28
75
2. Stroke
24.44
158
117.53
47
3. Kidney Disease
23.41
90
52.54
9
4. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
39.62
15
5. Lung Disease
15.14
143
18.00
115
6. Diabetes Mellitus
14.87
125
53.75
34
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.00
103
15.53
92
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.17
146
32.82
81
9. Hypertension
12.84
115
25.66
56
10. Violence
12.02
40
5.85
82
11. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
18.46
72
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.59
153
23.53
21
13. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
4.64
121
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
13.75
35
15. Other Injuries
8.81
79
13.07
35
16. Suicide
7.62
107
25.89
6
17. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
68
5.78
93
18. Liver Disease
6.24
156
24.32
79
19. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
8.43
44
20. Lymphomas
5.89
48
4.23
110
21. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
18.83
60
22. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
16.24
50
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
4.88
66
24. Leukemia
4.57
39
3.60
91
25. Other Neoplasms
4.26
19
0.52
87
26. HIV/AIDS
3.47
85
23.57
41
27. Low Birth Weight
3.45
117
6.28
74
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.09
134
6.86
52
29. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
107
6.72
43
30. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
4.45
92
31. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.81
120
32. Alcohol
2.21
55
2.81
41
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.10
159
5.52
34
34. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
0.19
175
35. Epilepsy
1.97
71
3.21
25
36. Falls
1.90
175
6.60
76
37. Skin Disease
1.88
76
10.27
2
38. Drownings
1.86
119
4.80
29
39. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
2.80
90
40. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
1.06
154
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.36
121
5.98
77
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
146
5.41
54
43. Drug Use
1.10
105
1.30
86
44. Asthma
1.02
134
2.86
101
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
0.42
179
46. Birth Trauma
0.93
125
3.68
76
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.85
13
0.24
109
48. Malnutrition
0.57
112
2.50
80
49. Tuberculosis
0.53
139
2.93
96
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.53
154
1.15
108
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Suriname SURINAME
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,639
13.10
650
16.05
2. Stroke
1,624
8.06
615
15.19
3. Kidney Disease
1,482
7.35
281
6.94
4. Lung Disease
1,046
5.19
93
2.30
5. Diabetes Mellitus
953
4.73
286
7.06
6. Hypertension
863
4.28
134
3.31
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
836
4.15
171
4.22
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
818
4.06
117
2.89
9. Road Traffic Accidents
746
3.70
89
2.20
10. Stomach Cancer
661
3.28
25
0.62
11. Violence
635
3.15
34
0.84
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
621
3.08
72
1.78
13. Other Injuries
571
2.83
73
1.80
14. Prostate Cancer
448
2.22
78
1.93
15. Suicide
407
2.02
148
3.65
16. Breast Cancer
384
1.91
55
1.36
17. Liver Cancer
382
1.90
45
1.11
18. Liver Disease
370
1.84
134
3.31
19. Lymphomas
356
1.77
23
0.57
20. Lung Cancers
343
1.70
102
2.52
21. Congenital Anomalies
315
1.56
40
0.99
22. Pancreas Cancer
294
1.46
26
0.64
23. Other Neoplasms
266
1.32
3
0.07
24. Leukemia
262
1.30
20
0.49
25. HIV/AIDS
192
0.95
138
3.41
26. Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.95
37
0.91
27. Endocrine Disorders
183
0.91
37
0.91
28. Low Birth Weight
178
0.88
51
1.26
29. Cervical Cancer
159
0.79
48
1.19
30. Parkinson's Disease
138
0.68
28
0.69
31. Skin Cancers
137
0.68
1
0.02
32. Skin Disease
126
0.63
53
1.31
33. Alcohol
126
0.63
16
0.40
34. Falls
116
0.58
34
0.84
35. Epilepsy
116
0.58
18
0.44
36. Bladder Cancer
100
0.50
5
0.12
37. Drownings
97
0.48
28
0.69
38. Oral Cancer
96
0.48
16
0.40
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
87
0.43
31
0.77
40. Uterin Cancer
80
0.40
5
0.12
41. Ovary Cancer
80
0.40
14
0.35
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
74
0.37
29
0.72
43. Drug Use
63
0.31
7
0.17
44. Oesophagus Cancer
61
0.30
2
0.05
45. Asthma
60
0.30
16
0.40
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
55
0.27
1
0.02
47. Birth Trauma
48
0.24
28
0.69
48. Malnutrition
37
0.18
13
0.32
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
32
0.16
6
0.15
50. Tuberculosis
32
0.16
17
0.42
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Suriname SURINAME
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
39.62
15
2. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
18.46
72
3. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
4.64
121
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
13.75
35
5. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
8.43
44
6. Lymphomas
5.89
48
4.23
110
7. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
18.83
60
8. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
16.24
50
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
4.88
66
10. Leukemia
4.57
39
3.60
91
11. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
4.45
92
12. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.81
120
13. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
0.19
175
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
2.80
90
15. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
1.06
154
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
0.42
179
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.