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While foreign investment and tourism have grown in Costa Rica over the past 25 years, income inequality remains a major issue. Similar to other countries in the region, Costa Rica's Gini index is very high at 48 as of 2022. Costa Rica remains within the top 20 countries in income inequality.

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As of 2018, 10.6% of the population is still living in extreme poverty below $5.50/day. However this rate has been dropping at a very fast rate. In just 2000 it was at 23.7% so it seems like it is improving rapidly.

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Costa Rica's life expectancy as of 2020 is 80.5 years. GDPPC is at 19.4K

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Costa Rica is an upper middle income economy with a relatively high life expectancy as well. Compared to the US Costa Ricans live 1.5 years longer!

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- Universal Healthcare Coverage (95% of population)
-experiencing a continued epidemiological transition toward an increased burden of non-communicable diseases and a demographic transition toward and aging population
-mortality from circulatory diseases increased from 25 per 100,000 deaths in 1990 to 120 in 2010
-48% increase in all types of cancers from 2003 to 2013
-not a high focus on treatments for obesity, depression, tobacco use and drug addiction

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Costa Rica was one of the first countries to reopen to tourism in November of 2020. However, Omicron hit the country very hard, and caused higher restrictions and some partial shut downs. Vaccination rates are relatively high in Costa Rica at 86.1% for one dose, and 79.6% for full vaccination.

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- caused by agricultural development, pollutant runoff, inadequate sanutation and legislation
- water pollution is increasing
- wastewater and greywater are often unregulated
-physical terrain and seasonal rain also contribute
-limited equipment, analytical knowledge and lab space
- Dr Shahady's team found that many water testing sites were contaminated with bacteria such as E.coli
- current wastewater treatment plants in Costa Rica are not well maintained and construction is expensive
- there isn't one specific government program/ law directly assigned to protect rivers from inadequate sanitation

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Carbon neutral future? Costa Rica is showing us the way | Ways to Change the World

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This graph from centralamerica.com shows that in comparison to other countries in Latin America Costa Rica's homicide rates are low. Violence is still a very large problem in Costa Rica and rates are found to be higher in major cities. High violence is often correlated with poverty as well as low-level education.

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- Chikungunya: virus caused by mosquito bites that causes severe joint paint, muscle pain, and nausea
- Dengue Fever: virus spread through mosquito bites and causes fevers, headaches, rashes, and muscle aches
- Rabies: caused by bites or scratches of infected animals, often deadly.
-Hepatitis A: caused by contaminated food and water, causes fever, nausea, abdominal pain and sometimes liver failure
-Hepatitis B: bug that infects the liver and is passed through bodily fluids, often no symptoms but sometimes reflect those of the flu
-Malaraia: deadly disease that can infect people through mosquito bites
-Tuberculosis: attacks the lungs and causes cough, fever, and chest pains
-Travellers' Diarrhoea: causes diarrhoea, vomiting, and severe dehydration
- Whooping Cough: infects the lungs and airways and causes cough bouts
-Typhoid: bacteria causing fever, stomach pain, headaches and constipation
-Zika: caused by mosquito bites and has mild symptoms
-Pneumuococcal Disease: bacterial infection causing fevers, chills, cough, headache and sleepiness