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El Salvador
COUNTRY #1
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Compare El Salvador and China 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.

China
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
El Salvador Population Pyramid
6,936,792
China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   China CHINA
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   China CHINA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
49.4
52.4
50.8
91
92
90
 
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
1970
55.3
59.5
57.3
89
89
90
 
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
1980
51.3
63.1
57.1
133
98
120
 
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
1990
61.6
69.8
65.6
114
93
107
 
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
2000
64.4
73.6
69.0
107
83
98
 
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
2010
67.4
76.3
72.0
103
82
97
 
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
2019
70.6
79.1
75.0
95
61
77
 
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   China CHINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.1
95
61
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age
70.6
79.1
95
61
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age 5
71.6
80.1
99
58
75.4
81.1
53
46
Age 10
71.7
80.1
99
58
75.4
81.2
53
46
Age 15
71.8
80.3
99
58
75.5
81.2
53
46
Age 20
72.4
80.4
97
57
75.6
81.3
56
47
Age 25
73.1
80.6
89
57
75.9
81.4
56
47
Age 30
73.8
80.7
88
57
76.1
81.4
56
47
Age 35
74.7
81.0
81
56
76.3
81.6
58
47
Age 40
76.0
81.3
71
54
76.7
81.7
60
47
Age 45
77.1
81.6
62
53
77.1
81.9
59
47
Age 50
78.1
82.1
54
52
77.6
82.2
61
50
Age 55
79.2
82.7
49
49
78.3
82.6
62
51
Age 60
80.4
83.6
46
46
79.2
83.1
67
52
Age 65
81.9
84.5
47
45
80.3
83.8
73
57
Age 70
83.5
85.8
46
43
81.7
84.8
87
59
Age 75
85.7
87.3
42
42
83.7
86.2
104
63
Age 80
87.4
89.0
59
47
85.9
88.1
147
70
Age 85
89.4
91.4
133
32
88.7
90.6
172
71
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   China CHINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Violence
86.75
1
0.73
166
2. Coronary Heart Disease
82.54
129
97.57
115
3. Kidney Disease
72.90
3
10.39
141
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
33.24
79
11.28
152
5. Stroke
22.58
163
110.80
58
6. Road Traffic Accidents
21.36
69
15.09
96
7. Diabetes Mellitus
20.97
106
8.56
148
8. Lung Disease
20.12
105
54.18
13
9. HIV/AIDS
14.60
49
1.62
111
10. Liver Disease
12.89
114
7.57
146
11. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
5.16
124
12. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
6.41
152
13. Alcohol
10.91
6
1.05
111
14. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
20.55
3
15. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
8.95
169
16. Suicide
6.11
126
6.67
121
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.99
88
3.32
150
18. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
9.30
33
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
13.02
42
20. Leukemia
4.80
25
3.48
97
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
4.47
168
17.36
97
22. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
36.63
5
23. Low Birth Weight
3.59
115
1.76
150
24. Falls
3.52
138
8.04
50
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.34
96
1.51
162
26. Malnutrition
2.96
69
0.78
107
27. Lymphomas
2.95
150
3.04
145
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.88
93
0.72
150
29. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
2.76
153
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
5.72
59
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.21
101
2.05
106
32. Other Neoplasms
2.19
49
0.24
152
33. Hypertension
2.11
175
16.80
98
34. Drownings
2.09
113
3.66
56
35. Anemia
1.92
7
0.00
87
36. Asthma
1.72
119
1.29
123
37. Skin Disease
1.72
82
0.30
162
38. Other Injuries
1.47
182
3.50
161
39. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
2.81
89
40. Birth Trauma
1.36
109
1.40
108
41. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
12.42
6
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1.19
181
1.73
168
43. Drug Use
1.15
97
1.34
79
44. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
1.16
157
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.95
176
3.95
98
46. Tuberculosis
0.90
131
1.88
111
47. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
1.05
137
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.85
9
0.00
86
49. Epilepsy
0.79
156
0.74
163
50. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
2.04
94
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   China CHINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,814
16.84
1.772m
18.44
2. Violence
5,485
15.88
11,115
0.12
3. Kidney Disease
4,726
13.69
192,302
2.00
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,418
7.00
183,342
1.91
5. Stroke
1,595
4.62
2.043m
21.27
6. Lung Disease
1,493
4.32
968,607
10.08
7. Diabetes Mellitus
1,385
4.01
161,672
1.68
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,347
3.90
250,272
2.61
9. HIV/AIDS
842
2.44
28,746
0.30
10. Liver Disease
797
2.31
145,603
1.52
11. Stomach Cancer
702
2.03
398,439
4.15
12. Alcohol
648
1.88
19,071
0.20
13. Cervical Cancer
451
1.31
51,650
0.54
14. Congenital Anomalies
449
1.30
36,613
0.38
15. Suicide
391
1.13
116,324
1.21
16. Liver Cancer
355
1.03
180,952
1.88
17. Prostate Cancer
328
0.95
51,056
0.53
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
320
0.93
304,455
3.17
19. Low Birth Weight
317
0.92
21,631
0.23
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
315
0.91
248,388
2.59
21. Leukemia
312
0.90
58,145
0.61
22. Breast Cancer
291
0.84
92,757
0.97
23. Lung Cancers
290
0.84
714,311
7.44
24. Falls
243
0.70
138,878
1.45
25. Endocrine Disorders
223
0.65
25,613
0.27
26. Malnutrition
214
0.62
12,995
0.14
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
199
0.58
8,719
0.09
28. Lymphomas
186
0.54
57,838
0.60
29. Pancreas Cancer
161
0.47
111,537
1.16
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
157
0.45
37,723
0.39
31. Hypertension
146
0.42
301,183
3.14
32. Other Neoplasms
145
0.42
4,374
0.05
33. Drownings
137
0.40
52,807
0.55
34. Anemia
131
0.38
0
0.00
35. Asthma
122
0.35
23,147
0.24
36. Birth Trauma
121
0.35
17,644
0.18
37. Skin Disease
121
0.35
5,222
0.05
38. Other Injuries
95
0.28
54,087
0.56
39. Oral Cancer
94
0.27
54,695
0.57
40. Ovary Cancer
93
0.27
28,078
0.29
41. Oesophagus Cancer
80
0.23
242,891
2.53
42. Inflammatory/Heart
78
0.23
29,954
0.31
43. Drug Use
74
0.21
24,214
0.25
44. Parkinson's Disease
70
0.20
70,699
0.74
45. Prostatic Hypertrophy
64
0.19
0
0.00
46. Tuberculosis
60
0.17
34,802
0.36
47. Skin Cancers
60
0.17
19,669
0.20
48. Epilepsy
50
0.14
11,365
0.12
49. Bladder Cancer
42
0.12
37,873
0.39
50. Uterin Cancer
39
0.11
11,751
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   China CHINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
5.16
124
2. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
6.41
152
3. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
20.55
3
4. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
8.95
169
5. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
9.30
33
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
13.02
42
7. Leukemia
4.80
25
3.48
97
8. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
36.63
5
9. Lymphomas
2.95
150
3.04
145
10. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
2.76
153
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
5.72
59
12. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
2.81
89
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
12.42
6
14. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
1.16
157
15. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
1.05
137
16. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
2.04
94
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.