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Costa Rica
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Costa Rica and Swaziland 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.

Swaziland
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%
Swaziland Population Pyramid
1,704,428
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   Swaziland SWAZILAND
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Swaziland SWAZILAND
       
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
 
42.4
46.3
44.3
125
118
121
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
 
46.4
50.3
48.3
131
127
130
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
 
52.4
56.3
54.3
129
126
130
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
 
56.0
60.3
58.1
137
132
135
2000
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
 
47.0
49.8
48.4
171
172
170
2010
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
 
51.5
55.7
53.6
173
171
172
2019
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
 
53.4
63.2
57.7
181
173
180
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Swaziland SWAZILAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.3
83.4
32
27
53.4
63.2
181
173
Age
78.3
83.4
32
27
53.4
63.2
181
173
Age 5
79.0
84.1
28
21
56.3
66.1
182
180
Age 10
79.1
84.2
28
21
56.8
66.6
182
180
Age 15
79.2
84.2
28
20
57.0
66.8
182
180
Age 20
79.5
84.3
28
20
57.5
67.2
182
180
Age 25
80.0
84.4
25
18
58.3
67.9
182
179
Age 30
80.4
84.6
23
16
59.3
68.8
182
179
Age 35
80.8
84.7
20
15
60.6
70.0
182
176
Age 40
81.2
84.9
20
15
62.4
71.4
181
175
Age 45
81.7
85.2
15
13
64.6
73.0
181
171
Age 50
82.2
85.5
14
11
67.0
74.5
181
169
Age 55
82.8
85.9
12
11
69.7
76.1
181
165
Age 60
83.6
86.4
10
11
72.4
77.7
181
161
Age 65
84.7
87.2
5
8
75.3
79.4
181
160
Age 70
85.9
88.0
5
8
78.3
81.3
181
160
Age 75
87.3
89.1
4
7
81.5
83.6
180
161
Age 80
89.1
90.5
6
7
85.0
86.4
176
160
Age 85
91.3
92.3
11
6
88.8
89.6
170
161
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Swaziland SWAZILAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.74
171
137.55
60
2. Stroke
24.44
158
146.48
26
3. Kidney Disease
23.41
90
62.97
5
4. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
31.47
26
5. Lung Disease
15.14
143
48.02
18
6. Diabetes Mellitus
14.87
125
160.52
4
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.00
103
41.36
22
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.17
146
120.84
13
9. Hypertension
12.84
115
54.16
9
10. Violence
12.02
40
19.13
20
11. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
10.15
157
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.59
153
16.73
113
13. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
1.15
180
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
2.87
179
15. Other Injuries
8.81
79
20.72
8
16. Suicide
7.62
107
40.46
3
17. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
68
9.13
18
18. Liver Disease
6.24
156
42.70
18
19. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
4.15
122
20. Lymphomas
5.89
48
4.36
107
21. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
2.86
160
22. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
60.66
3
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
0.90
169
24. Leukemia
4.57
39
2.26
147
25. Other Neoplasms
4.26
19
0.67
71
26. HIV/AIDS
3.47
85
258.92
1
27. Low Birth Weight
3.45
117
9.76
35
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.09
134
15.09
11
29. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
107
10.08
19
30. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
2.69
156
31. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
3.36
37
32. Alcohol
2.21
55
2.46
48
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.10
159
4.62
64
34. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
3.84
17
35. Epilepsy
1.97
71
4.95
4
36. Falls
1.90
175
5.92
85
37. Skin Disease
1.88
76
4.42
18
38. Drownings
1.86
119
7.56
8
39. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
1.69
150
40. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
1.15
148
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.36
121
66.59
18
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
146
8.56
18
43. Drug Use
1.10
105
2.93
28
44. Asthma
1.02
134
24.19
15
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
3.09
67
46. Birth Trauma
0.93
125
6.67
51
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.85
13
0.86
12
48. Malnutrition
0.57
112
9.91
30
49. Tuberculosis
0.53
139
29.46
37
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.53
154
3.65
31
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Swaziland SWAZILAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,639
13.10
755
6.78
2. Stroke
1,624
8.06
800
7.19
3. Kidney Disease
1,482
7.35
381
3.42
4. Lung Disease
1,046
5.19
264
2.37
5. Diabetes Mellitus
953
4.73
892
8.01
6. Hypertension
863
4.28
292
2.62
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
836
4.15
921
8.27
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
818
4.06
77
0.69
9. Road Traffic Accidents
746
3.70
384
3.45
10. Stomach Cancer
661
3.28
7
0.06
11. Violence
635
3.15
212
1.90
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
621
3.08
19
0.17
13. Other Injuries
571
2.83
190
1.71
14. Prostate Cancer
448
2.22
45
0.40
15. Suicide
407
2.02
338
3.04
16. Breast Cancer
384
1.91
37
0.33
17. Liver Cancer
382
1.90
29
0.26
18. Liver Disease
370
1.84
274
2.46
19. Lymphomas
356
1.77
31
0.28
20. Lung Cancers
343
1.70
17
0.15
21. Congenital Anomalies
315
1.56
160
1.44
22. Pancreas Cancer
294
1.46
6
0.05
23. Other Neoplasms
266
1.32
4
0.04
24. Leukemia
262
1.30
16
0.14
25. HIV/AIDS
192
0.95
2,314
20.79
26. Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.95
94
0.84
27. Endocrine Disorders
183
0.91
74
0.66
28. Low Birth Weight
178
0.88
233
2.09
29. Cervical Cancer
159
0.79
215
1.93
30. Parkinson's Disease
138
0.68
24
0.22
31. Skin Cancers
137
0.68
20
0.18
32. Skin Disease
126
0.63
25
0.22
33. Alcohol
126
0.63
16
0.14
34. Falls
116
0.58
41
0.37
35. Epilepsy
116
0.58
46
0.41
36. Bladder Cancer
100
0.50
6
0.05
37. Drownings
97
0.48
87
0.78
38. Oral Cancer
96
0.48
10
0.09
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
87
0.43
517
4.65
40. Uterin Cancer
80
0.40
11
0.10
41. Ovary Cancer
80
0.40
10
0.09
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
74
0.37
51
0.46
43. Drug Use
63
0.31
27
0.24
44. Oesophagus Cancer
61
0.30
18
0.16
45. Asthma
60
0.30
150
1.35
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
55
0.27
5
0.04
47. Birth Trauma
48
0.24
166
1.49
48. Malnutrition
37
0.18
106
0.95
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
32
0.16
26
0.23
50. Tuberculosis
32
0.16
256
2.30
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Swaziland SWAZILAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
31.47
26
2. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
10.15
157
3. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
1.15
180
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
2.87
179
5. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
4.15
122
6. Lymphomas
5.89
48
4.36
107
7. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
2.86
160
8. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
60.66
3
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
0.90
169
10. Leukemia
4.57
39
2.26
147
11. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
2.69
156
12. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
3.36
37
13. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
3.84
17
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
1.69
150
15. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
1.15
148
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
3.09
67
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.