Rosero-Bixby, Luis; Dow, William H.; Rehkopf, David H.
(Vienna Institute of Demography, 2013)
Reliable data show that the Nicoyan region of Costa Rica is a hot spot of high longevity. A survival follow-up of 16,300 elderly Costa Ricans estimated a Nicoya death rate ratio (DRR) for males 1990–2011 of 0.80 (0.69–0.93 ...