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Health > Life expectancy Stats: compare key data on Costa Rica & United Kingdom

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  • Female: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
  • Inequality adjusted index: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index.
  • Male: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
  • Men: Life expectancy for men.
  • Women: Life expectancy for women.
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STAT Costa Rica United Kingdom HISTORY
Date of information 2006 est. 2006 est.
Female 81.39
Ranked 33th. 		82.03
Ranked 30th. 1% more than Costa Rica
Inequality adjusted index 0.862
Ranked 35th. 		0.903
Ranked 23th. 5% more than Costa Rica
Male 76.56
Ranked 27th. 		77.88
Ranked 17th. 2% more than Costa Rica
Men 77 years
Ranked 3rd. 		78 years
Ranked 21st. 1% more than Costa Rica
Women 82 years
Ranked 3rd. The same as United Kingdom 		82 years
Ranked 30th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by life expectancy; (1) United Nations Population Division. 2009. World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. New York, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (advanced Excel tables), (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Development Programme. Source tables; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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