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Costa Rica

Costa Rica
This map is an approximation of actual country borders.

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/


OVERVIEW

- Country profile on regional site
- Country brief
- International travel and health

PARTNERS

- Collaborating centres

OUTBREAKS AND CRISES

- Disease outbreaks

MORTALITY AND BURDEN OF DISEASE

- Mortality profile
- HIV/AIDS treatment
- Tuberculosis
- HIV/AIDS epidemiological fact sheet
- HIV prevalence
- TB prevalence and incidence

HEALTH SERVICE COVERAGE

- Immunization profile

RISK FACTORS

- Chronic diseases
- Anaemia
- Child malnutrition
- Access to water, sanitation
- Alcohol, tobacco consumption

HEALTH SYSTEMS

- Health workforce
- Health financing

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 $, 2005): 684

Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2005): 7.1

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