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El Salvador
COUNTRY #1
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EL SALVADOR VS LAOS

Compare El Salvador and Laos 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.

Laos
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
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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Laos Population Pyramid
9,479,753
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   Laos LAOS
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Laos LAOS
       
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
  
42.2
45.5
43.8
128
125
126
1970
55.3
59.5
57.3
89
89
90
  
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
1980
51.3
63.1
57.1
133
98
120
  
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
1990
61.6
69.8
65.6
114
93
107
  
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
2000
64.4
73.6
69.0
107
83
98
  
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
2010
67.4
76.3
72.0
103
82
97
  
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
2019
70.6
79.1
75.0
95
61
77
  
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Laos LAOS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.1
95
61
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age
70.6
79.1
95
61
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age 5
71.6
80.1
99
58
69.6
73.9
126
125
Age 10
71.7
80.1
99
58
69.8
74.1
128
126
Age 15
71.8
80.3
99
58
70.1
74.3
126
126
Age 20
72.4
80.4
97
57
70.4
74.5
126
125
Age 25
73.1
80.6
89
57
70.9
74.8
124
125
Age 30
73.8
80.7
88
57
71.3
75.0
125
125
Age 35
74.7
81.0
81
56
71.7
75.4
126
124
Age 40
76.0
81.3
71
54
72.2
75.8
127
125
Age 45
77.1
81.6
62
53
72.9
76.3
128
127
Age 50
78.1
82.1
54
52
73.7
76.9
131
128
Age 55
79.2
82.7
49
49
74.9
77.8
135
130
Age 60
80.4
83.6
46
46
76.4
78.9
138
132
Age 65
81.9
84.5
47
45
78.2
80.3
137
135
Age 70
83.5
85.8
46
43
80.5
82.0
137
135
Age 75
85.7
87.3
42
42
83.1
84.2
135
135
Age 80
87.4
89.0
59
47
86.1
86.8
134
135
Age 85
89.4
91.4
133
32
89.4
90.0
136
140
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Laos LAOS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Violence
86.75
1
6.67
74
2. Coronary Heart Disease
82.54
129
139.74
56
3. Kidney Disease
72.90
3
38.60
25
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
33.24
79
59.07
61
5. Stroke
22.58
163
152.50
21
6. Road Traffic Accidents
21.36
69
19.78
77
7. Diabetes Mellitus
20.97
106
36.38
71
8. Lung Disease
20.12
105
46.19
20
9. HIV/AIDS
14.60
49
4.45
78
10. Liver Disease
12.89
114
24.75
75
11. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
7.80
96
12. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
3.01
174
13. Alcohol
10.91
6
1.13
107
14. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
11.97
22
15. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
17.83
80
16. Suicide
6.11
126
5.98
128
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.99
88
5.84
92
18. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
25.37
4
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
10.17
74
20. Leukemia
4.80
25
5.00
19
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
4.47
168
16.42
119
22. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
21.02
48
23. Low Birth Weight
3.59
115
8.47
50
24. Falls
3.52
138
9.16
28
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.34
96
3.39
92
26. Malnutrition
2.96
69
3.82
60
27. Lymphomas
2.95
150
4.47
102
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.88
93
27.89
53
29. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
4.05
108
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
1.38
157
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.21
101
16.83
4
32. Other Neoplasms
2.19
49
0.29
143
33. Hypertension
2.11
175
24.41
59
34. Drownings
2.09
113
7.51
9
35. Anemia
1.92
7
0.00
122
36. Asthma
1.72
119
19.60
22
37. Skin Disease
1.72
82
2.37
45
38. Other Injuries
1.47
182
7.53
92
39. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
7.55
14
40. Birth Trauma
1.36
109
8.00
40
41. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
4.43
41
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1.19
181
4.66
93
43. Drug Use
1.15
97
0.53
157
44. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
1.27
151
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.95
176
4.40
75
46. Tuberculosis
0.90
131
34.86
29
47. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
1.43
123
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.85
9
0.00
122
49. Epilepsy
0.79
156
0.86
144
50. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
1.36
137
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Laos LAOS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,814
16.84
5,190
12.89
2. Violence
5,485
15.88
475
1.18
3. Kidney Disease
4,726
13.69
1,646
4.09
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,418
7.00
2,820
7.01
5. Stroke
1,595
4.62
5,769
14.33
6. Lung Disease
1,493
4.32
1,626
4.04
7. Diabetes Mellitus
1,385
4.01
1,466
3.64
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,347
3.90
1,281
3.18
9. HIV/AIDS
842
2.44
313
0.78
10. Liver Disease
797
2.31
1,171
2.91
11. Stomach Cancer
702
2.03
530
1.32
12. Alcohol
648
1.88
61
0.15
13. Cervical Cancer
451
1.31
187
0.46
14. Congenital Anomalies
449
1.30
647
1.61
15. Suicide
391
1.13
390
0.97
16. Liver Cancer
355
1.03
1,104
2.74
17. Prostate Cancer
328
0.95
37
0.09
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
320
0.93
458
1.14
19. Low Birth Weight
317
0.92
1,156
2.87
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
315
0.91
422
1.05
21. Leukemia
312
0.90
290
0.72
22. Breast Cancer
291
0.84
437
1.09
23. Lung Cancers
290
0.84
919
2.28
24. Falls
243
0.70
440
1.09
25. Endocrine Disorders
223
0.65
186
0.46
26. Malnutrition
214
0.62
166
0.41
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
199
0.58
1,552
3.86
28. Lymphomas
186
0.54
211
0.52
29. Pancreas Cancer
161
0.47
61
0.15
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
157
0.45
651
1.62
31. Hypertension
146
0.42
890
2.21
32. Other Neoplasms
145
0.42
12
0.03
33. Drownings
137
0.40
568
1.41
34. Anemia
131
0.38
0
0.00
35. Asthma
122
0.35
840
2.09
36. Birth Trauma
121
0.35
1,116
2.77
37. Skin Disease
121
0.35
89
0.22
38. Other Injuries
95
0.28
519
1.29
39. Oral Cancer
94
0.27
349
0.87
40. Ovary Cancer
93
0.27
101
0.25
41. Oesophagus Cancer
80
0.23
214
0.53
42. Inflammatory/Heart
78
0.23
206
0.51
43. Drug Use
74
0.21
33
0.08
44. Parkinson's Disease
70
0.20
139
0.35
45. Prostatic Hypertrophy
64
0.19
0
0.00
46. Tuberculosis
60
0.17
1,949
4.84
47. Skin Cancers
60
0.17
59
0.15
48. Epilepsy
50
0.14
58
0.14
49. Bladder Cancer
42
0.12
49
0.12
50. Uterin Cancer
39
0.11
29
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Laos LAOS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
7.80
96
2. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
3.01
174
3. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
11.97
22
4. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
17.83
80
5. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
25.37
4
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
10.17
74
7. Leukemia
4.80
25
5.00
19
8. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
21.02
48
9. Lymphomas
2.95
150
4.47
102
10. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
4.05
108
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
1.38
157
12. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
7.55
14
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
4.43
41
14. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
1.27
151
15. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
1.43
123
16. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
1.36
137
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.