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HEALTH PROFILE: El Salvador

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El Salvador EL SALVADOR POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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    El Salvador
    COUNTRY PROFILE
    Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
    El Salvador EL SALVADOR LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    70.6
    79.1
    95
    61
    Age 5
    71.6
    80.1
    99
    58
    Age 10
    71.7
    80.1
    99
    58
    Age 15
    71.8
    80.3
    99
    58
    Age 20
    72.4
    80.4
    97
    57
    Age 25
    73.1
    80.6
    89
    57
    Age 30
    73.8
    80.7
    88
    57
    Age 35
    74.7
    81.0
    81
    56
    Age 40
    76.0
    81.3
    71
    54
    Age 45
    77.1
    81.6
    62
    53
    Age 50
    78.1
    82.1
    54
    52
    Age 55
    79.2
    82.7
    49
    49
    Age 60
    80.4
    83.6
    46
    46
    Age 65
    81.9
    84.5
    47
    45
    Age 70
    83.5
    85.8
    46
    43
    Age 75
    85.7
    87.3
    42
    42
    Age 80
    87.4
    89.0
    59
    47
    Age 85
    89.4
    91.4
    133
    32
    El Salvador EL SALVADOR TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    1. Violence
    86.75
    1
    2. Coronary Heart Disease
    82.54
    129
    3. Kidney Disease
    72.90
    3
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    33.24
    79
    5. Stroke
    22.58
    163
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    21.36
    69
    7. Diabetes Mellitus
    20.97
    106
    8. Lung Disease
    20.12
    105
    9. HIV/AIDS
    14.60
    49
    10. Liver Disease
    12.89
    114
    11. Cervical Cancer
    12.44
    70
    12. Prostate Cancer
    11.03
    128
    13. Alcohol
    10.91
    6
    14. Stomach Cancer
    10.79
    33
    15. Breast Cancer
    8.03
    175
    16. Suicide
    6.11
    126
    17. Congenital Anomalies
    5.99
    88
    18. Liver Cancer
    5.51
    86
    19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4.87
    151
    20. Leukemia
    4.80
    25
    21. Alzheimers & Dementia
    4.47
    168
    22. Lung Cancers
    4.43
    141
    23. Low Birth Weight
    3.59
    115
    24. Falls
    3.52
    138
    25. Endocrine Disorders
    3.34
    96
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Malnutrition
    2.96
    69
    27. Lymphomas
    2.95
    150
    28. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2.88
    93
    29. Ovary Cancer
    2.61
    159
    30. Pancreas Cancer
    2.49
    129
    31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2.21
    101
    32. Other Neoplasms
    2.19
    49
    33. Hypertension
    2.11
    175
    34. Drownings
    2.09
    113
    35. Anemia
    1.92
    7
    36. Asthma
    1.72
    119
    37. Skin Disease
    1.72
    82
    38. Other Injuries
    1.47
    182
    39. Oral Cancer
    1.42
    164
    40. Birth Trauma
    1.36
    109
    41. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.22
    144
    42. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.19
    181
    43. Drug Use
    1.15
    97
    44. Uterin Cancer
    1.11
    158
    45. Parkinson's Disease
    0.95
    176
    46. Tuberculosis
    0.90
    131
    47. Skin Cancers
    0.88
    141
    48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
    0.85
    9
    49. Epilepsy
    0.79
    156
    50. Bladder Cancer
    0.61
    175
    El Salvador EL SALVADOR TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    5,814
    16.84
    2. Violence
    5,485
    15.88
    3. Kidney Disease
    4,726
    13.69
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    2,418
    7.00
    5. Stroke
    1,595
    4.62
    6. Lung Disease
    1,493
    4.32
    7. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,385
    4.01
    8. Road Traffic Accidents
    1,347
    3.90
    9. HIV/AIDS
    842
    2.44
    10. Liver Disease
    797
    2.31
    11. Stomach Cancer
    702
    2.03
    12. Alcohol
    648
    1.88
    13. Cervical Cancer
    451
    1.31
    14. Congenital Anomalies
    449
    1.30
    15. Suicide
    391
    1.13
    16. Liver Cancer
    355
    1.03
    17. Prostate Cancer
    328
    0.95
    18. Alzheimers & Dementia
    320
    0.93
    19. Low Birth Weight
    317
    0.92
    20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    315
    0.91
    21. Leukemia
    312
    0.90
    22. Breast Cancer
    291
    0.84
    23. Lung Cancers
    290
    0.84
    24. Falls
    243
    0.70
    25. Endocrine Disorders
    223
    0.65
      Deaths %
    26. Malnutrition
    214
    0.62
    27. Diarrhoeal diseases
    199
    0.58
    28. Lymphomas
    186
    0.54
    29. Pancreas Cancer
    161
    0.47
    30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    157
    0.45
    31. Hypertension
    146
    0.42
    32. Other Neoplasms
    145
    0.42
    33. Drownings
    137
    0.40
    34. Anemia
    131
    0.38
    35. Asthma
    122
    0.35
    36. Skin Disease
    121
    0.35
    37. Birth Trauma
    121
    0.35
    38. Other Injuries
    95
    0.28
    39. Oral Cancer
    94
    0.27
    40. Ovary Cancer
    93
    0.27
    41. Oesophagus Cancer
    80
    0.23
    42. Inflammatory/Heart
    78
    0.23
    43. Drug Use
    74
    0.21
    44. Parkinson's Disease
    70
    0.20
    45. Prostatic Hypertrophy
    64
    0.19
    46. Tuberculosis
    60
    0.17
    47. Skin Cancers
    60
    0.17
    48. Epilepsy
    50
    0.14
    49. Bladder Cancer
    42
    0.12
    50. Uterin Cancer
    39
    0.11
    El Salvador EL SALVADOR CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Cervical Cancer
    12.44
    70
    2. Prostate Cancer
    11.03
    128
    3. Stomach Cancer
    10.79
    33
    4. Breast Cancer
    8.03
    175
    5. Liver Cancer
    5.51
    86
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4.87
    151
    7. Leukemia
    4.80
    25
    8. Lung Cancers
    4.43
    141
      Rate World Rank
    9. Lymphomas
    2.95
    150
    10. Ovary Cancer
    2.61
    159
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    2.49
    129
    12. Oral Cancer
    1.42
    164
    13. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.22
    144
    14. Uterin Cancer
    1.11
    158
    15. Skin Cancers
    0.88
    141
    16. Bladder Cancer
    0.61
    175
    El Salvador EL SALVADOR HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    4.1
    115
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    14.3
    1.8
    142
    135
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    18.9
    28.9
    84
    52
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    6.12
    47
    El Salvador EL SALVADOR LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    49.4
    52.4
    50.8
    91
    92
    90
    1970
    55.3
    59.5
    57.3
    89
    89
    90
    1980
    51.3
    63.1
    57.1
    133
    98
    120
    1990
    61.6
    69.8
    65.6
    114
    93
    107
    2000
    64.4
    73.6
    69.0
    107
    83
    98
    2010
    67.4
    76.3
    72.0
    103
    82
    97
    2019
    70.6
    79.1
    75.0
    95
    61
    77
    El Salvador EL SALVADOR DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    6.528m
    107
    Sex Ratio M / F
    0.92
    180
    Population 0-14
    25.8%
    91
    Population 15-64
    66.6%
    63
    Population 65 +
    7.6%
    90
    Birth Rate / 1000
    17.87
    81
    Death Rate / 1000
    5.91
    139
    Fertility Rate
    2.07
    92
    Infant Mortality
    12.38
    111
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.05
    112
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.05
    86
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    0.90
    186
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.77
    117
    Net Migration
    -5.57
    176
    Population Growth
    0.67%
    126
    Literacy Total
    89.1%
    109
    Literacy Male
    91.3%
    94
    Literacy Female
    87.3%
    95
    Unemployment
    7.0%
    87
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    75.0
    77
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    64.9
    86
    GDP per Capita USD
    $8,100
    119

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    201,855
    4,230
    4/1/24
    El Salvador COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

    A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected El Salvador causes.

     
     
    El Salvador COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    El Salvador COVID-19 DEATH CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.