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China
COUNTRY #1
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Compare China and El Salvador health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

El Salvador
COUNTRY #2
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
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
El Salvador Population Pyramid
6,936,792
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  China CHINA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
 
49.4
52.4
50.8
91
92
90
1970
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
 
55.3
59.5
57.3
89
89
90
1980
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
 
51.3
63.1
57.1
133
98
120
1990
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
 
61.6
69.8
65.6
114
93
107
2000
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
 
64.4
73.6
69.0
107
83
98
2010
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
 
67.4
76.3
72.0
103
82
97
2019
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
 
70.6
79.1
75.0
95
61
77
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.7
80.5
52
46
70.6
79.1
95
61
Age
74.7
80.5
52
46
70.6
79.1
95
61
Age 5
75.4
81.1
53
46
71.6
80.1
99
58
Age 10
75.4
81.2
53
46
71.7
80.1
99
58
Age 15
75.5
81.2
53
46
71.8
80.3
99
58
Age 20
75.6
81.3
56
47
72.4
80.4
97
57
Age 25
75.9
81.4
56
47
73.1
80.6
89
57
Age 30
76.1
81.4
56
47
73.8
80.7
88
57
Age 35
76.3
81.6
58
47
74.7
81.0
81
56
Age 40
76.7
81.7
60
47
76.0
81.3
71
54
Age 45
77.1
81.9
59
47
77.1
81.6
62
53
Age 50
77.6
82.2
61
50
78.1
82.1
54
52
Age 55
78.3
82.6
62
51
79.2
82.7
49
49
Age 60
79.2
83.1
67
52
80.4
83.6
46
46
Age 65
80.3
83.8
73
57
81.9
84.5
47
45
Age 70
81.7
84.8
87
59
83.5
85.8
46
43
Age 75
83.7
86.2
104
63
85.7
87.3
42
42
Age 80
85.9
88.1
147
70
87.4
89.0
59
47
Age 85
88.7
90.6
172
71
89.4
91.4
133
32
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
110.80
58
22.58
163
2. Coronary Heart Disease
97.57
115
82.54
129
3. Lung Disease
54.18
13
20.12
105
4. Lung Cancers
36.63
5
4.43
141
5. Stomach Cancer
20.55
3
10.79
33
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.36
97
4.47
168
7. Hypertension
16.80
98
2.11
175
8. Road Traffic Accidents
15.09
96
21.36
69
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.02
42
4.87
151
10. Oesophagus Cancer
12.42
6
1.22
144
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.28
152
33.24
79
12. Kidney Disease
10.39
141
72.90
3
13. Liver Cancer
9.30
33
5.51
86
14. Breast Cancer
8.95
169
8.03
175
15. Diabetes Mellitus
8.56
148
20.97
106
16. Falls
8.04
50
3.52
138
17. Liver Disease
7.57
146
12.89
114
18. Suicide
6.67
121
6.11
126
19. Prostate Cancer
6.41
152
11.03
128
20. Pancreas Cancer
5.72
59
2.49
129
21. Cervical Cancer
5.16
124
12.44
70
22. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
98
0.95
176
23. Drownings
3.66
56
2.09
113
24. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.53
34
0.09
182
25. Other Injuries
3.50
161
1.47
182
26. Leukemia
3.48
97
4.80
25
27. Congenital Anomalies
3.32
150
5.99
88
28. Lymphomas
3.04
145
2.95
150
29. Oral Cancer
2.81
89
1.42
164
30. Ovary Cancer
2.76
153
2.61
159
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.05
106
2.21
101
32. Bladder Cancer
2.04
94
0.61
175
33. Tuberculosis
1.88
111
0.90
131
34. Low Birth Weight
1.76
150
3.59
115
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1.73
168
1.19
181
36. HIV/AIDS
1.62
111
14.60
49
37. Poisonings
1.55
57
0.24
144
38. Endocrine Disorders
1.51
162
3.34
96
39. Birth Trauma
1.40
108
1.36
109
40. Drug Use
1.34
79
1.15
97
41. Asthma
1.29
123
1.72
119
42. Uterin Cancer
1.16
157
1.11
158
43. Alcohol
1.05
111
10.91
6
44. Skin Cancers
1.05
137
0.88
141
45. Malnutrition
0.78
107
2.96
69
46. Epilepsy
0.74
163
0.79
156
47. Violence
0.73
166
86.75
1
48. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.72
150
2.88
93
49. Fires
0.62
129
0.33
158
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.55
41
0.21
125
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  China CHINA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
2.043m
21.27
1,595
4.62
2. Coronary Heart Disease
1.772m
18.44
5,814
16.84
3. Lung Disease
968,607
10.08
1,493
4.32
4. Lung Cancers
714,311
7.44
290
0.84
5. Stomach Cancer
398,439
4.15
702
2.03
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
304,455
3.17
320
0.93
7. Hypertension
301,183
3.14
146
0.42
8. Road Traffic Accidents
250,272
2.61
1,347
3.90
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
248,388
2.59
315
0.91
10. Oesophagus Cancer
242,891
2.53
80
0.23
11. Kidney Disease
192,302
2.00
4,726
13.69
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
183,342
1.91
2,418
7.00
13. Liver Cancer
180,952
1.88
355
1.03
14. Diabetes Mellitus
161,672
1.68
1,385
4.01
15. Liver Disease
145,603
1.52
797
2.31
16. Falls
138,878
1.45
243
0.70
17. Suicide
116,324
1.21
391
1.13
18. Pancreas Cancer
111,537
1.16
161
0.47
19. Breast Cancer
92,757
0.97
291
0.84
20. Parkinson's Disease
70,699
0.74
70
0.20
21. Rheumatic Heart Disease
65,350
0.68
6
0.02
22. Leukemia
58,145
0.61
312
0.90
23. Lymphomas
57,838
0.60
186
0.54
24. Oral Cancer
54,695
0.57
94
0.27
25. Other Injuries
54,087
0.56
95
0.28
26. Drownings
52,807
0.55
137
0.40
27. Cervical Cancer
51,650
0.54
451
1.31
28. Prostate Cancer
51,056
0.53
328
0.95
29. Bladder Cancer
37,873
0.39
42
0.12
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
37,723
0.39
157
0.45
31. Congenital Anomalies
36,613
0.38
449
1.30
32. Tuberculosis
34,802
0.36
60
0.17
33. Inflammatory/Heart
29,954
0.31
78
0.23
34. HIV/AIDS
28,746
0.30
842
2.44
35. Ovary Cancer
28,078
0.29
93
0.27
36. Poisonings
25,762
0.27
15
0.04
37. Endocrine Disorders
25,613
0.27
223
0.65
38. Drug Use
24,214
0.25
74
0.21
39. Asthma
23,147
0.24
122
0.35
40. Low Birth Weight
21,631
0.23
317
0.92
41. Skin Cancers
19,669
0.20
60
0.17
42. Alcohol
19,071
0.20
648
1.88
43. Birth Trauma
17,644
0.18
121
0.35
44. Malnutrition
12,995
0.14
214
0.62
45. Uterin Cancer
11,751
0.12
39
0.11
46. Epilepsy
11,365
0.12
50
0.14
47. Violence
11,115
0.12
5,485
15.88
48. Fires
10,498
0.11
21
0.06
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
10,108
0.11
14
0.04
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
8,719
0.09
199
0.58
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
36.63
5
4.43
141
2. Stomach Cancer
20.55
3
10.79
33
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.02
42
4.87
151
4. Oesophagus Cancer
12.42
6
1.22
144
5. Liver Cancer
9.30
33
5.51
86
6. Breast Cancer
8.95
169
8.03
175
7. Prostate Cancer
6.41
152
11.03
128
8. Pancreas Cancer
5.72
59
2.49
129
9. Cervical Cancer
5.16
124
12.44
70
10. Leukemia
3.48
97
4.80
25
11. Lymphomas
3.04
145
2.95
150
12. Oral Cancer
2.81
89
1.42
164
13. Ovary Cancer
2.76
153
2.61
159
14. Bladder Cancer
2.04
94
0.61
175
15. Uterin Cancer
1.16
157
1.11
158
16. Skin Cancers
1.05
137
0.88
141
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.