NavGeneral InfoEmail Print 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 01/1990 - 12/2008 Series or system Costa Rica Basic Indicators of Health Data type Report: Epi surveillanceFinancialSubnationally 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). GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 15, 2021