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Costa Rica
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Costa Rica and Zimbabwe 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.

Zimbabwe
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%
Zimbabwe Population Pyramid
23,947,921
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   Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE
       
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
 
50.1
53.3
51.6
89
90
89
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
 
53.4
56.7
55.0
99
97
97
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
 
57.6
61.2
59.3
107
108
108
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
 
59.0
63.7
61.3
129
121
125
2000
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
 
46.0
46.0
46.0
175
180
177
2010
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
 
51.4
53.5
52.4
174
175
175
2019
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
 
57.5
63.6
60.7
176
170
175
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.3
83.4
32
27
57.5
63.6
176
170
Age
78.3
83.4
32
27
57.5
63.6
176
170
Age 5
79.0
84.1
28
21
61.3
67.1
178
176
Age 10
79.1
84.2
28
21
61.6
67.4
178
176
Age 15
79.2
84.2
28
20
62.0
67.7
178
177
Age 20
79.5
84.3
28
20
62.5
68.1
178
177
Age 25
80.0
84.4
25
18
63.2
68.5
177
177
Age 30
80.4
84.6
23
16
63.9
69.1
177
178
Age 35
80.8
84.7
20
15
64.8
69.9
178
177
Age 40
81.2
84.9
20
15
65.9
70.9
178
177
Age 45
81.7
85.2
15
13
67.3
72.2
178
177
Age 50
82.2
85.5
14
11
69.1
73.7
178
176
Age 55
82.8
85.9
12
11
71.2
75.3
177
174
Age 60
83.6
86.4
10
11
73.6
77.0
177
173
Age 65
84.7
87.2
5
8
76.2
78.9
177
172
Age 70
85.9
88.0
5
8
79.0
81.0
176
169
Age 75
87.3
89.1
4
7
82.1
83.4
176
166
Age 80
89.1
90.5
6
7
85.5
86.3
168
163
Age 85
91.3
92.3
11
6
89.1
89.6
164
160
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.74
171
155.90
42
2. Stroke
24.44
158
93.42
80
3. Kidney Disease
23.41
90
35.89
34
4. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
39.98
14
5. Lung Disease
15.14
143
22.07
90
6. Diabetes Mellitus
14.87
125
57.77
29
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.00
103
63.47
2
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.17
146
139.11
8
9. Hypertension
12.84
115
20.93
78
10. Violence
12.02
40
14.57
29
11. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
20.68
46
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.59
153
18.41
75
13. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
9.72
47
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
8.05
103
15. Other Injuries
8.81
79
16.74
12
16. Suicide
7.62
107
23.63
7
17. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
68
8.15
25
18. Liver Disease
6.24
156
28.41
59
19. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
7.78
49
20. Lymphomas
5.89
48
13.16
1
21. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
4.78
139
22. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
50.23
5
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
3.66
93
24. Leukemia
4.57
39
2.82
128
25. Other Neoplasms
4.26
19
0.53
85
26. HIV/AIDS
3.47
85
187.61
5
27. Low Birth Weight
3.45
117
11.85
20
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.09
134
15.59
10
29. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
107
6.77
41
30. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
4.46
91
31. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
5.22
14
32. Alcohol
2.21
55
0.62
136
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.10
159
4.78
58
34. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
4.64
7
35. Epilepsy
1.97
71
5.43
2
36. Falls
1.90
175
7.54
64
37. Skin Disease
1.88
76
3.01
28
38. Drownings
1.86
119
6.69
14
39. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
3.24
78
40. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
2.29
76
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.36
121
52.01
32
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
146
8.45
19
43. Drug Use
1.10
105
2.31
38
44. Asthma
1.02
134
24.21
14
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
14.22
5
46. Birth Trauma
0.93
125
10.09
25
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.85
13
0.42
73
48. Malnutrition
0.57
112
23.88
7
49. Tuberculosis
0.53
139
17.71
54
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.53
154
5.66
18
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,639
13.10
8,493
7.84
2. Stroke
1,624
8.06
5,126
4.73
3. Kidney Disease
1,482
7.35
2,214
2.04
4. Lung Disease
1,046
5.19
1,163
1.07
5. Diabetes Mellitus
953
4.73
3,344
3.09
6. Hypertension
863
4.28
1,146
1.06
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
836
4.15
10,779
9.95
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
818
4.06
768
0.71
9. Road Traffic Accidents
746
3.70
6,037
5.57
10. Stomach Cancer
661
3.28
559
0.52
11. Violence
635
3.15
1,916
1.77
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
621
3.08
505
0.47
13. Other Injuries
571
2.83
1,656
1.53
14. Prostate Cancer
448
2.22
628
0.58
15. Suicide
407
2.02
2,069
1.91
16. Breast Cancer
384
1.91
839
0.77
17. Liver Cancer
382
1.90
510
0.47
18. Liver Disease
370
1.84
1,941
1.79
19. Lymphomas
356
1.77
960
0.89
20. Lung Cancers
343
1.70
286
0.26
21. Congenital Anomalies
315
1.56
2,217
2.05
22. Pancreas Cancer
294
1.46
217
0.20
23. Other Neoplasms
266
1.32
37
0.03
24. Leukemia
262
1.30
244
0.23
25. HIV/AIDS
192
0.95
19,988
18.46
26. Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.95
1,047
0.97
27. Endocrine Disorders
183
0.91
553
0.51
28. Low Birth Weight
178
0.88
4,038
3.73
29. Cervical Cancer
159
0.79
2,023
1.87
30. Parkinson's Disease
138
0.68
226
0.21
31. Skin Cancers
137
0.68
264
0.24
32. Skin Disease
126
0.63
173
0.16
33. Alcohol
126
0.63
48
0.04
34. Falls
116
0.58
465
0.43
35. Epilepsy
116
0.58
508
0.47
36. Bladder Cancer
100
0.50
125
0.12
37. Drownings
97
0.48
956
0.88
38. Oral Cancer
96
0.48
208
0.19
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
87
0.43
4,595
4.24
40. Uterin Cancer
80
0.40
182
0.17
41. Ovary Cancer
80
0.40
173
0.16
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
74
0.37
548
0.51
43. Drug Use
63
0.31
213
0.20
44. Oesophagus Cancer
61
0.30
801
0.74
45. Asthma
60
0.30
1,531
1.41
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
55
0.27
26
0.02
47. Birth Trauma
48
0.24
3,405
3.14
48. Malnutrition
37
0.18
2,396
2.21
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
32
0.16
542
0.50
50. Tuberculosis
32
0.16
1,999
1.85
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
39.98
14
2. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
20.68
46
3. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
9.72
47
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
8.05
103
5. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
7.78
49
6. Lymphomas
5.89
48
13.16
1
7. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
4.78
139
8. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
50.23
5
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
3.66
93
10. Leukemia
4.57
39
2.82
128
11. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
4.46
91
12. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
5.22
14
13. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
4.64
7
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
3.24
78
15. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
2.29
76
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
14.22
5
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.