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There is a lot of speculation on this board about what is dangerous and what is not in Costa Rica

This report is from the US State Department Web Site:

COSTA RICA
Date of Death Place of Death Cause of Death
October 7, 2002 SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Suicide
November 16, 2002 SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Suicide
December 7, 2002 ALAJUELA, COSTA RICA Suicide
December 27, 2002 CIMA HOSPITAL, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Veh. Accid.-Auto
January 4, 2003 SAN PEDRO, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Homicide
January 15, 2003 ATENAS, ALAJUELA, COSTA RICA Veh. Accid.-Motorcy.
January 19, 2003 PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Drug-Related
January 23, 2003 SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Homicide
February 10, 2003 SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Veh. Accid.-Pedestr.
February 16, 2003 ESCAZU, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Natural Disaster
February 28, 2003 PIEDRA LA CHANCHA, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Drowning
March 19, 2003 HIGHWAY TO NICOYA, COSTA RICA Veh. Accid.-Auto
March 22, 2003 LOMAS DE AYARCO, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Other Accident
April 12, 2003 ESTERILLOS BEACH, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Drowning
May 16, 2003 COCO ISLAND, COSTA RICA Other Accident
May 31, 2003 DOMINICAL, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Veh. Accid.-Auto
June 9, 2003 PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Suicide
June 24, 2003 SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Suicide
July 1, 2003 APARTAMENTOS ELIZABETH, ESCAZU, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Other Accident
July 8, 2003 PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Suicide
July 10, 2003 COTO BRUS, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Air Accident
July 10, 2003 SAN VITO DE CORREDORES, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Air Accident
July 25, 2003 HOTEL PRESIDENTE, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Other Accident
August 16, 2003 CACAO VILLAS, LIMON, COSTA RICA Veh. Accid.-Auto
August 25, 2003 CALLE BLANCOS, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Homicide
September 10, 2003 NEAR MURCIELAGO ISLAND, GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA Drowning
October 3, 2003 SAN PEDRO DE MONTES DE OCA, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Drug-Related
October 27, 2003 PLAYA NARANJO, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Homicide
November 17, 2003 GUAPIL BEACH, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Drowning
November 21, 2003 POTRERO BEACH, SANTA CRUZ, GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA Drowning
December 8, 2003 NICOYA, GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA Drug-Related
December 17, 2003 HIGHWAY 150 MTSW NORTH FROM MELIA CARIARI ENTRANCE, BELEN, HEREDIA, COSTA RICA Veh. Accid.-Auto
December 23, 2003 SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Suicide
February 6, 2004 ON THE ROAD IN LA GARITA, ALAJUELA, COSTA RICA Veh. Accid.-Auto
March 17, 2004 PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Suicide
March 19, 2004 BIJAGUA, ALAJUELA, COSTA RICA Other Accident
March 27, 2004 NEAR BIJAGUAL WATERFALL, TURRUBARES, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Other Accident
April 15, 2004 ESCAZU, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Veh. Accid.-Pedestr.
April 19, 2004 MEXICO HOSPITAL, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Other Accident
June 5, 2004 LANGOSTA BEACH, TAMARINDO GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA Drowning
June 14, 2004 CIUDAD NEILY HOSPITAL, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Veh. Accid.-Auto
June 26, 2004 PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Homicide
July 4, 2004 MATA PALO CAPE, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Maritime Accident
July 5, 2005 LOS ALMENDROS HOTEL, QUEPOS, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Drug-Related
July 12, 2004 AMBERES DISCO AT FLAMINGO, SANTA CRUZ, GUANACUASTE, COSTA RICA Other Accident
August 4, 2004 PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Drowning
August 14, 2004 LLORENTE DE TIBAS, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Homicide
August 25, 2004 ON THE ROAD FROM ZAPOTE RIVER AND SAMARA BEACH, GUANACUASTE, COSTA RICA Veh. Accid.-Auto
September 15, 2004 EL COCO ISLAND, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Drowning
October 18, 2004 SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Homicide
October 30, 2004 COCLES, CAHUITA, LIMON, COSTA RICA Other Accident
November 7, 2004 CIMA HOSPITAL, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Other Accident
November 10, 2004 JACO BEACH, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Drowning
November 19, 2004 NATIONAL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Drug-Related
November 21, 2004 REVENTAZON RIVER BED, SIQUIRRES LIMON, COSTA RICA Drowning
November 21, 2004 GUIONES BEACH, NICOYA, GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA Drowning
December 11, 2004 CLINICA BIBLICA HOSPITAL, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Other Accident
December 26, 2004 PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Air Accident
December 28, 2004 MIRADO JACO CLIFF, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Veh. Accid.-Motorcy.
January 2, 2005 MEXICO HOSPITAL, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Veh. Accid.-Other
January 5, 2005 MATAPALO BEACH, QUEPOS, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Drowning
January 14, 2005 EL HOYON, SAN ISIDRO DEL GENERAL SAN JOSE Veh. Accid.-Other
January 16, 2005 ESCAZU, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Drowning
February 3, 2005 BARRIGONA BEACH, NICOYA, GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA Drowning
February 7, 2005 BANDERA BEACH, PARRITA, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Drowning
February 11, 2005 SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Homicide
February 26, 2005 CHIQUITA BEACH, PUERTO VIEJO, LIMON, COSTA RICA Other Accident
March 9, 2005 MONTEZUMA, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Drug-Related
March 9, 2005 MANUEL ANTONIO BEACH, QUEPOS, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Drowning
March 10, 2005 MATINA, LIMON, COSTA RICA Homicide
March 22, 2005 SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Homicide
April 1, 2005 HORQUETAS, SARAPIQUI, HEREDIA, COSTA RICA Veh. Accid.-Auto
April 15, 2005 SAN MIGUEL DE TURRUCARES, ALAJUELA, COSTA RICA Homicide
May 1, 2005 ALAJUELA, COSTA RICA Homicide
May 4, 2005 NEAR QUEPOS, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Maritime Accident
May 4, 2005 NEAR QUEPOS, PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Maritime Accident
May 18, 2005 SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Suicide
May 31, 2005 NEAR PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Air Accident
May 31, 2005 NEAR PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Air Accident
May 31, 2005 NEAR PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA Air Accident
June 3, 2005 LIMON, COSTA RICA Drowning

KC- after seeing that list I will continue to feel safe in my visits to the gulch. I will not be spending much time in vehicles nor swimming, overdosing or feeling depressed.
But there were a couple of homicides on there.........I suppose a good pi may be a prudent investment.

I am with you brother!!!!!

I did hear that a guy died in the Del Rey a few weeks ago on an overdose of viagra. Can anyone confirm that? What a way to go ........

And people ask me why I don't go to the beach when I'm in Costa Rica.

Overdose of Viagra.Wow.

So this means that the perps are holding their victems underwater, throwing them in front of cars and pushing them down steps....right?

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My life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming...." MAN....WHAT A RIDE!!!!"

I never would have guessed that suicides would make up such a high percentage of that list. Perhaps Costa Rica is such a paradise that some people can't imagine life back home after leaving.

You gotta love the US State dept not being able to spare a couple extra words after some of the descriptions, like "other accident" or "natural disaster".

or is there just a big box to check for suicides.. cannot imagine that many suicides while you are there maybe once you are back in usa for a day or two???
kinda like on their report, dumbass gringo found dead check suicide...

I don't find the suicide rate that surprising.

Someone with depression leaves the US behind for paradise. They get to paradise and they find their depression is just as bad as before. So what is left?

Keep in mind these figures are for expats as well as visitors.

A very good point. I see lots of expats who are searching for something, though they don't know what. Almost by definition, guys who come to live here don't have a lot of family ties, or other ties. Living in a foreign country and in a foreign culture doesn't lessen the isolation. If your only problem back home was lack of pu*sy, then moving here solves your problem. I see lots of expats wandering around the gulch whose main hobby is drinking. I hear guys talking about moving to Thailand or the Phils. or Colombia or Nicaragua as if THAT is the magic bullet. I don't say that Thailand or Nicaragua don't have their good points, but really, if you can't find a girl here, perhaps the problem is YOU and not your location?

Sometimes you're better off having something to blame for your misery, rather than directing it inward. If you live in paradise and still can't find the blue-toucan of happiness, what hope is left?

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"The only normal people are those you don't know very well." Joe Ancis

I agree with Bilko,

I see a lot of guys drinking themselves to death down here. Unhappy that this was not Paradise on Earth and lonely and miserable. Probably the same in any expat community. No expert but probably a recipe for higher suicide rate.

BKTUNA
I am never going home

I wonder what they consider to be suicide

Would it be considered suicide to be old and overweight and die while having sex with multiple 20 yo chicas at once


Mag

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Rio4Me4Ever is on a constant quest for premium trim.

Bilko touched on it, but I think it is actually a lot worse to live in paradise when you have depression problems. What do you do when all of your excuses for being miserable are taken away? Then you add cheap beer and cheap drugs to the mix and it is not a good situation.

I lived in Hawaii for a long time. There, they have come up with a thing they call "island fever". What a bunch of bunk! It is just an excuse for being miserable that doesn't involve any accountability.

I see a lot of guys who come down there to live. Some are doing well. Others, especially the younger ones, not so much.

There are a lot of guys down here who have warrants in the U.S. There are also a significant number of guys and gals who either had drug problems before or developed them here. And then there are the guys who try to start businesses down here and lose everything (seen that happen more than once, and I'm only a tourist). I can imagine that the shine of Costa Rica wears off pretty quickly for guys living down there. Just goes to show that you can't run from your problems.

yup. the suicide rate makes sense. Fail in paradise and it is time to cash in the chips