Basic Indicators 2009: Health Situation in Costa Rica
General Info
Original or alternative title
Indicadores Básicos: Situación de la Salud en Costa Rica 2009
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 1985 - December, 2009
Data type
Report:
Epi surveillance - Financial - Subnationally representative
Summary
The Basic Indicator: Health Situation in Costa Rica 2009 report provides statistics on population demographics, socioeconomics, morbidity, mortality, health resources, heath care access, and health care coverage to inform analysis and policy decision making. The sources of information used to create this report include the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Planning, the Ministry of Public Education, the Central Bank of Costa Rica, and other government ministries and organizations.
Keywords
Abortion, Beds, Birth weight, Breast cancer, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Cervix uteri cancer, Cholera, Colon and rectum cancers, Congenital anomalies, Corpus uteri cancer, Dengue, Dentists, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Digestive diseases, Emergency care, Fertility, GDP, Government health expenditures, HIV and AIDS, Health care economics, Health care expenditures, Health care personnel, Health insurance, Homicide, Hospitals, Housing, Incidence, Infant mortality, Infectious diseases, Length of stay, Leukemia, Liver cancer, Malaria, Malnutrition, Maternal conditions, Maternal mortality, Mortality, Neonatal conditions, Nurses, Population, Population density, Poverty, Pregnancy complications, Prostate cancer, Road traffic injuries, Sanitation, School enrollment, Skin cancers, Stomach cancer, Suicide, Syphilis, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers, Tuberculosis, Water supply, YLLs
Citation
Publisher
Suggested citation
Ministry of Health (Costa Rica), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Basic Indicators 2009: Health Situation in Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica: Ministry of Health (Costa Rica).