Costa Rica vs Norway: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Costa Rica
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 43,233 Deaths against 28,995 Deaths in Costa Rica, a difference of 14,238 Deaths.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.5 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 62 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 34th and Norway ranks 31st of 36 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,192 Deaths | 35,984 Deaths | 24,792 Deaths | Norway |
| 1970s | 9,779 Deaths | 39,892 Deaths | 30,112 Deaths | Norway |
| 1980s | 10,079 Deaths | 43,398 Deaths | 33,319 Deaths | Norway |
| 1990s | 13,335 Deaths | 44,943 Deaths | 31,608 Deaths | Norway |
| 2000s | 15,906 Deaths | 42,362 Deaths | 26,456 Deaths | Norway |
| 2010s | 20,988 Deaths | 40,830 Deaths | 19,842 Deaths | Norway |
| 2020s | 28,667 Deaths | 42,355 Deaths | 13,688 Deaths | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Costa Rica or Norway?
- Norway, at 43,233 Deaths against 28,995 Deaths in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Costa Rica and Norway?
- 14,238 Deaths, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Norway?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Norway rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Costa Rica ranks 34th and Norway ranks 31st 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.