Costa Rica vs Iceland: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Costa Rica
- Iceland
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 28,995 Deaths against 2,613 Deaths in Iceland, a difference of 26,382 Deaths.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 11.1 times Iceland's.
Across all 62 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 34th and Iceland ranks 36th of 36 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,192 Deaths | 1,336 Deaths | 9,856 Deaths | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 9,779 Deaths | 1,447 Deaths | 8,333 Deaths | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 10,079 Deaths | 1,660 Deaths | 8,419 Deaths | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 13,335 Deaths | 1,806 Deaths | 11,529 Deaths | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 15,906 Deaths | 1,870 Deaths | 14,036 Deaths | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 20,988 Deaths | 2,144 Deaths | 18,844 Deaths | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 28,667 Deaths | 2,479 Deaths | 26,188 Deaths | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Costa Rica or Iceland?
- Costa Rica, at 28,995 Deaths against 2,613 Deaths in Iceland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Costa Rica and Iceland?
- 26,382 Deaths, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Iceland?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Iceland rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Costa Rica ranks 34th and Iceland ranks 36th of 36 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.