In 2020, the leading cause of death in Costa Rica was COVID-19. This respiratory infectious disease identified in China at the end of 2019, which spread worldwide and became a global health emergency, caused 2,332 deaths in the Latin American country. Meanwhile, deaths from diabetes amounted to 2,267 cases that year, making it the second cause of mortality in Costa Rica.
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