Costa Rica vs New Zealand: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Costa Rica
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 32,787 Deaths against 28,995 Deaths in Costa Rica, a difference of 3,792 Deaths.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 59 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 34th and New Zealand ranks 33rd of 36 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,192 Deaths | 23,058 Deaths | 11,867 Deaths | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 9,779 Deaths | 25,107 Deaths | 15,327 Deaths | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 10,079 Deaths | 26,645 Deaths | 16,566 Deaths | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 13,335 Deaths | 27,320 Deaths | 13,985 Deaths | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 15,906 Deaths | 28,256 Deaths | 12,350 Deaths | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 20,988 Deaths | 31,463 Deaths | 10,475 Deaths | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 25,996 Deaths | 32,787 Deaths | 6,791 Deaths | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Costa Rica or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 32,787 Deaths against 28,995 Deaths in Costa Rica as of 2020.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Costa Rica and New Zealand?
- 3,792 Deaths, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and New Zealand?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2020.
- How do Costa Rica and New Zealand rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Costa Rica ranks 34th and New Zealand ranks 33rd 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.