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Micronesia
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Micronesia and Costa Rica 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.

Costa Rica
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
Micronesia Population Pyramid
138,915
Costa Rica Population Pyramid
5,772,686
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
57.3
58.4
57.8
66
72
67
 
60.5
63.3
61.9
56
54
56
1970
61.3
62.4
61.8
65
80
72
 
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
1980
64.6
65.7
65.1
65
86
82
 
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
1990
65.7
66.8
66.3
81
111
99
 
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
2000
66.0
68.1
67.0
97
117
110
 
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
2010
67.5
69.9
68.7
102
122
113
 
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
2019
60.3
66.0
63.0
167
155
162
 
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.3
66.0
167
155
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age
60.3
66.0
167
155
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age 5
62.4
67.8
175
175
79.0
84.1
28
21
Age 10
62.6
68.0
175
175
79.1
84.2
28
21
Age 15
62.7
68.1
176
175
79.2
84.2
28
20
Age 20
63.1
68.4
176
175
79.5
84.3
28
20
Age 25
63.8
68.7
176
175
80.0
84.4
25
18
Age 30
64.6
69.2
176
176
80.4
84.6
23
16
Age 35
65.5
69.7
175
179
80.8
84.7
20
15
Age 40
66.6
70.4
175
179
81.2
84.9
20
15
Age 45
68.0
71.3
175
179
81.7
85.2
15
13
Age 50
69.7
72.4
175
179
82.2
85.5
14
11
Age 55
71.6
73.8
176
179
82.8
85.9
12
11
Age 60
73.8
75.6
176
179
83.6
86.4
10
11
Age 65
76.4
77.6
176
179
84.7
87.2
5
8
Age 70
79.2
79.8
174
180
85.9
88.0
5
8
Age 75
82.2
82.4
173
181
87.3
89.1
4
7
Age 80
85.4
85.4
170
178
89.1
90.5
6
7
Age 85
88.9
88.9
168
174
91.3
92.3
11
6
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
280.36
11
40.74
171
2. Stroke
181.04
10
24.44
158
3. Diabetes Mellitus
172.00
3
14.87
125
4. Kidney Disease
77.01
1
23.41
90
5. Lung Disease
67.93
10
15.14
143
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
66.80
54
13.17
146
7. Hypertension
41.50
20
12.84
115
8. Breast Cancer
41.39
3
11.97
140
9. Lung Cancers
31.29
11
5.56
134
10. Suicide
28.99
5
7.62
107
11. Prostate Cancer
28.57
33
15.36
98
12. Liver Disease
27.88
61
6.24
156
13. Asthma
26.17
8
1.02
134
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
19.96
58
1.36
121
15. Cervical Cancer
19.81
39
5.34
121
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.00
70
11.59
153
17. Stomach Cancer
16.29
6
10.69
34
18. Drownings
15.31
2
1.86
119
19. Rheumatic Heart Disease
15.30
5
0.53
154
20. Other Injuries
13.69
31
8.81
79
21. Tuberculosis
12.92
60
0.53
139
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.22
47
10.02
75
23. Parkinson's Disease
10.56
2
2.10
159
24. Liver Cancer
10.45
28
6.19
70
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
9.84
13
1.16
146
26. Falls
9.05
31
1.90
175
27. Congenital Anomalies
8.12
27
6.46
68
28. Inflammatory/Heart
7.84
43
3.09
134
29. Low Birth Weight
7.34
62
3.45
117
30. Uterin Cancer
6.94
6
2.50
80
31. Endocrine Disorders
6.81
38
3.05
107
32. Leukemia
5.72
11
4.57
39
33. Ovary Cancer
5.60
46
2.60
160
34. Birth Trauma
5.44
61
0.93
125
35. Malnutrition
5.33
51
0.57
112
36. Pancreas Cancer
5.12
63
4.73
71
37. Violence
4.89
89
12.02
40
38. Lymphomas
4.53
97
5.89
48
39. Oral Cancer
4.31
54
1.60
153
40. Skin Disease
3.95
21
1.88
76
41. Maternal Conditions
3.35
55
0.32
123
42. Oesophagus Cancer
2.99
74
0.96
157
43. Meningitis
2.69
54
0.34
133
44. Pertussis
2.57
31
0.00
143
45. Epilepsy
2.55
43
1.97
71
46. Alcohol
2.45
49
2.21
55
47. Bladder Cancer
2.41
72
1.52
126
48. Fires
2.04
72
0.20
176
49. Syphilis
1.75
15
0.02
134
50. Skin Cancers
1.43
122
2.09
79
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
193
19.88
2,639
13.10
2. Diabetes Mellitus
123
12.67
953
4.73
3. Stroke
119
12.26
1,624
8.06
4. Kidney Disease
56
5.77
1,482
7.35
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
52
5.36
836
4.15
6. Lung Disease
41
4.22
1,046
5.19
7. Suicide
32
3.30
407
2.02
8. Hypertension
27
2.78
863
4.28
9. Liver Disease
24
2.47
370
1.84
10. Lung Cancers
23
2.37
343
1.70
11. Breast Cancer
17
1.75
384
1.91
12. Drownings
17
1.75
97
0.48
13. Asthma
16
1.65
60
0.30
14. Low Birth Weight
15
1.54
178
0.88
15. Rheumatic Heart Disease
14
1.44
32
0.16
16. Tuberculosis
13
1.34
32
0.16
17. Congenital Anomalies
13
1.34
315
1.56
18. Other Injuries
13
1.34
571
2.83
19. Diarrhoeal diseases
13
1.34
87
0.43
20. Stomach Cancer
12
1.24
661
3.28
21. Birth Trauma
11
1.13
48
0.24
22. Cervical Cancer
8
0.82
159
0.79
23. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8
0.82
621
3.08
24. Liver Cancer
8
0.82
382
1.90
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
7
0.72
818
4.06
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.72
74
0.37
27. Falls
6
0.62
116
0.58
28. Prostate Cancer
6
0.62
448
2.22
29. Inflammatory/Heart
6
0.62
191
0.95
30. Endocrine Disorders
5
0.51
183
0.91
31. Violence
5
0.51
635
3.15
32. Parkinson's Disease
5
0.51
138
0.68
33. Leukemia
5
0.51
262
1.30
34. Lymphomas
4
0.41
356
1.77
35. Pancreas Cancer
4
0.41
294
1.46
36. Maternal Conditions
4
0.41
17
0.08
37. Pertussis
4
0.41
0
0.00
38. Epilepsy
3
0.31
116
0.58
39. Malnutrition
3
0.31
37
0.18
40. Uterin Cancer
3
0.31
80
0.40
41. Skin Disease
3
0.31
126
0.63
42. Meningitis
3
0.31
18
0.09
43. Syphilis
3
0.31
1
0.00
44. Oral Cancer
3
0.31
96
0.48
45. Fires
2
0.21
10
0.05
46. Alcohol
2
0.21
126
0.63
47. Oesophagus Cancer
2
0.21
61
0.30
48. Ovary Cancer
2
0.21
80
0.40
49. Bladder Cancer
2
0.21
100
0.50
50. Drug Use
1
0.10
63
0.31
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
41.39
3
11.97
140
2. Lung Cancers
31.29
11
5.56
134
3. Prostate Cancer
28.57
33
15.36
98
4. Cervical Cancer
19.81
39
5.34
121
5. Stomach Cancer
16.29
6
10.69
34
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.22
47
10.02
75
7. Liver Cancer
10.45
28
6.19
70
8. Uterin Cancer
6.94
6
2.50
80
9. Leukemia
5.72
11
4.57
39
10. Ovary Cancer
5.60
46
2.60
160
11. Pancreas Cancer
5.12
63
4.73
71
12. Lymphomas
4.53
97
5.89
48
13. Oral Cancer
4.31
54
1.60
153
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.99
74
0.96
157
15. Bladder Cancer
2.41
72
1.52
126
16. Skin Cancers
1.43
122
2.09
79
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.