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Basic Indicators 2008: Health Situation in Costa Rica

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Indicadores Básicos 2008: Situación de la Salud en Costa Rica
Provider 
Ministry of Health (Costa Rica)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Costa Rica (CRI)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
January, 1990 - December, 2008
Data type
Report: Epi surveillance - Financial - Subnationally representative
Summary 

The Basic Indicator: Health Situation in Costa Rica 2008 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 
Beds, Birth weight, Bladder cancer, Breast cancer, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Cervix uteri cancer, Cholera, Colon and rectum cancers, Congenital anomalies, Corpus uteri cancer, Dengue, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Digestive diseases, Emergency care, Fertility, GDP, HIV and AIDS, Health care expenditures, Health insurance, Hodgkin lymphoma, Homicide, Hospitals, Housing, Incidence, Infant mortality, Infectious diseases, Ischemic heart disease, Length of stay, Life expectancy, Liver cancer, Malaria, Malnutrition, Maternal care, Maternal mortality, Measles, Mortality, Neonatal conditions, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Ovary cancer, Population, Population density, Poverty, Prostate cancer, Road traffic injuries, Roads, Sanitation, School enrollment, Skilled birth attendants, Skin cancers, Stomach cancer, Suicide, Syphilis, Testicular cancer, Thyroid cancer, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers, Tuberculosis, Water supply, YLLs

Citation

Contributors 
Ministry of Health (Costa Rica)
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Publisher 
Ministry of Health (Costa Rica)
Suggested citation 
Ministry of Health (Costa Rica), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Basic Indicators 2008: Health Situation in Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica: Ministry of Health (Costa Rica).

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