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El Salvador
COUNTRY #1
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EL SALVADOR VS GUATEMALA

Compare El Salvador and Guatemala 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.

Guatemala
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
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%
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Guatemala Population Pyramid
26,920,714
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
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Guatemala GUATEMALA
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Guatemala GUATEMALA
       
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
  
45.2
46.6
45.9
110
117
116
1970
55.3
59.5
57.3
89
89
90
  
51.0
53.8
52.4
111
114
113
1980
51.3
63.1
57.1
133
98
120
  
55.4
59.5
57.4
120
118
117
1990
61.6
69.8
65.6
114
93
107
  
59.6
65.5
62.5
122
117
117
2000
64.4
73.6
69.0
107
83
98
  
64.3
71.0
67.7
108
103
104
2010
67.4
76.3
72.0
103
82
97
  
67.3
74.0
70.7
104
100
100
2019
70.6
79.1
75.0
95
61
77
  
69.0
75.0
72.0
112
105
110
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Guatemala GUATEMALA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.1
95
61
69.0
75.0
112
105
Age
70.6
79.1
95
61
69.0
75.0
112
105
Age 5
71.6
80.1
99
58
70.8
76.7
111
100
Age 10
71.7
80.1
99
58
70.9
76.8
112
100
Age 15
71.8
80.3
99
58
71.1
76.9
111
100
Age 20
72.4
80.4
97
57
71.6
77.2
109
100
Age 25
73.1
80.6
89
57
72.4
77.4
100
97
Age 30
73.8
80.7
88
57
73.2
77.7
95
95
Age 35
74.7
81.0
81
56
73.9
78.0
91
95
Age 40
76.0
81.3
71
54
74.7
78.3
86
94
Age 45
77.1
81.6
62
53
75.6
78.8
80
95
Age 50
78.1
82.1
54
52
76.6
79.4
78
94
Age 55
79.2
82.7
49
49
77.9
80.2
74
93
Age 60
80.4
83.6
46
46
79.4
81.4
63
89
Age 65
81.9
84.5
47
45
81.0
82.8
62
80
Age 70
83.5
85.8
46
43
83.1
84.6
55
65
Age 75
85.7
87.3
42
42
85.1
86.2
58
66
Age 80
87.4
89.0
59
47
87.4
88.4
58
58
Age 85
89.4
91.4
133
32
90.0
90.8
78
63
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Guatemala GUATEMALA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Violence
86.75
1
27.04
13
2. Coronary Heart Disease
82.54
129
85.26
127
3. Kidney Disease
72.90
3
55.14
8
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
33.24
79
70.32
51
5. Stroke
22.58
163
42.01
137
6. Road Traffic Accidents
21.36
69
26.54
56
7. Diabetes Mellitus
20.97
106
63.24
23
8. Lung Disease
20.12
105
16.50
130
9. HIV/AIDS
14.60
49
9.24
61
10. Liver Disease
12.89
114
48.70
12
11. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
12.90
67
12. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
16.99
80
13. Alcohol
10.91
6
13.98
4
14. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
14.12
13
15. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
7.97
176
16. Suicide
6.11
126
6.23
124
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.99
88
5.53
98
18. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
16.25
13
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
4.10
167
20. Leukemia
4.80
25
4.02
69
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
4.47
168
16.66
114
22. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
3.51
151
23. Low Birth Weight
3.59
115
5.13
87
24. Falls
3.52
138
10.84
17
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.34
96
3.67
85
26. Malnutrition
2.96
69
14.81
15
27. Lymphomas
2.95
150
1.95
174
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.88
93
18.72
59
29. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
2.09
171
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
2.59
127
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.21
101
8.86
17
32. Other Neoplasms
2.19
49
0.34
125
33. Hypertension
2.11
175
5.92
153
34. Drownings
2.09
113
2.75
79
35. Anemia
1.92
7
0.00
106
36. Asthma
1.72
119
2.78
102
37. Skin Disease
1.72
82
1.94
72
38. Other Injuries
1.47
182
15.26
22
39. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
1.29
168
40. Birth Trauma
1.36
109
4.47
70
41. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
1.31
138
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1.19
181
1.73
169
43. Drug Use
1.15
97
1.89
50
44. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
0.46
177
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.95
176
3.48
126
46. Tuberculosis
0.90
131
2.31
105
47. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
1.71
105
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.85
9
0.00
106
49. Epilepsy
0.79
156
2.89
33
50. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
0.52
179
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Guatemala GUATEMALA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,814
16.84
9,825
11.28
2. Violence
5,485
15.88
4,411
5.06
3. Kidney Disease
4,726
13.69
6,277
7.21
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,418
7.00
9,245
10.61
5. Stroke
1,595
4.62
4,849
5.57
6. Lung Disease
1,493
4.32
1,901
2.18
7. Diabetes Mellitus
1,385
4.01
6,932
7.96
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,347
3.90
4,026
4.62
9. HIV/AIDS
842
2.44
1,173
1.35
10. Liver Disease
797
2.31
5,684
6.53
11. Stomach Cancer
702
2.03
1,570
1.80
12. Alcohol
648
1.88
1,799
2.07
13. Cervical Cancer
451
1.31
808
0.93
14. Congenital Anomalies
449
1.30
1,517
1.74
15. Suicide
391
1.13
1,039
1.19
16. Liver Cancer
355
1.03
1,765
2.03
17. Prostate Cancer
328
0.95
846
0.97
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
320
0.93
1,957
2.25
19. Low Birth Weight
317
0.92
1,658
1.90
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
315
0.91
464
0.53
21. Leukemia
312
0.90
601
0.69
22. Breast Cancer
291
0.84
495
0.57
23. Lung Cancers
290
0.84
391
0.45
24. Falls
243
0.70
1,371
1.57
25. Endocrine Disorders
223
0.65
486
0.56
26. Malnutrition
214
0.62
1,981
2.27
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
199
0.58
2,617
3.00
28. Lymphomas
186
0.54
229
0.26
29. Pancreas Cancer
161
0.47
282
0.32
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
157
0.45
1,029
1.18
31. Hypertension
146
0.42
679
0.78
32. Other Neoplasms
145
0.42
42
0.05
33. Drownings
137
0.40
463
0.53
34. Anemia
131
0.38
0
0.00
35. Asthma
122
0.35
335
0.38
36. Birth Trauma
121
0.35
1,466
1.68
37. Skin Disease
121
0.35
232
0.27
38. Other Injuries
95
0.28
2,466
2.83
39. Oral Cancer
94
0.27
142
0.16
40. Ovary Cancer
93
0.27
133
0.15
41. Oesophagus Cancer
80
0.23
144
0.17
42. Inflammatory/Heart
78
0.23
225
0.26
43. Drug Use
74
0.21
272
0.31
44. Parkinson's Disease
70
0.20
393
0.45
45. Prostatic Hypertrophy
64
0.19
0
0.00
46. Tuberculosis
60
0.17
301
0.35
47. Skin Cancers
60
0.17
195
0.22
48. Epilepsy
50
0.14
463
0.53
49. Bladder Cancer
42
0.12
57
0.07
50. Uterin Cancer
39
0.11
27
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Guatemala GUATEMALA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
12.90
67
2. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
16.99
80
3. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
14.12
13
4. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
7.97
176
5. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
16.25
13
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
4.10
167
7. Leukemia
4.80
25
4.02
69
8. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
3.51
151
9. Lymphomas
2.95
150
1.95
174
10. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
2.09
171
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
2.59
127
12. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
1.29
168
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
1.31
138
14. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
0.46
177
15. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
1.71
105
16. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
0.52
179
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.