Costa Rica vs Post-demographic dividend: Treatment for hypertension
Treatment for hypertension over time
- Costa Rica
- Post-demographic dividend
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 70.2% against 58.3% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 11.9%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Post-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 30 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Post-demographic dividend ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 5th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 3rd of 192 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Post-demographic dividend in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Post-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36.8% | 37.9% | 1.0% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 2000s | 49.9% | 50.0% | 0.2% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 2010s | 65.3% | 57.4% | 7.8% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher treatment for hypertension, Costa Rica or Post-demographic dividend?
- Costa Rica, at 70.2% against 58.3% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2019.
- What is the difference in treatment for hypertension between Costa Rica and Post-demographic dividend?
- 11.9%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Post-demographic dividend?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2019.
- How do Costa Rica and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for treatment for hypertension?
- Costa Rica ranks 5th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 3rd of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory Data Repository, published as Treatment for hypertension (% of adults ages 30-79 with hypertension). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Treatment for hypertension is the percentage of adults ages 30-79 with hypertension who were taking medicine for hypertension. Hypertension is defined as having systolic blood pressure =140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure =90 mmHg, or taking medication for hypertension.