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Costa Rica

Costa Rica
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CONTACT INFORMATION

Señor Representante de la OPS/OMS en Costa Rica
Ministerio de la Salud (2° Piso)
Apartado 3745
San José
Country office web site

postmaster@paho.org
http://www.paho.org/

Data from the Global Health Observatory

Country health profile [pdf 502kb]

OVERVIEW

- Country brief

OUTBREAKS AND CRISES

- Disease outbreaks

PARTNERS

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MORTALITY AND BURDEN OF DISEASE

- World health statistics
- Life tables
- Chronic diseases
- HIV/AIDS
- Tuberculosis

HEALTH SERVICE COVERAGE

- Immunization profile

HEALTH SYSTEMS

- National health accounts

NUTRITION

- Child malnutrition
- Nutrition

RISK FACTORS

- Road safety

Statistics:

Total population: 4,399,000

Gross national income per capita (PPP international $): 9,220

Life expectancy at birth m/f (years): 76/80

Healthy life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2003): 65/69

Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births): 12

Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population): 118/71

Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2006): 743

Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2006): 7.0

Figures are for 2006 unless indicated. Source: World Health Statistics 2008


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