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El Salvador
COUNTRY #1
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Compare El Salvador and New Guinea 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.

New Guinea
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
El Salvador Population Pyramid
6,936,792
New Guinea Population Pyramid
14,204,060
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
       
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
 
37.8
39.7
38.7
151
154
152
1970
55.3
59.5
57.3
89
89
90
 
42.8
44.7
43.7
149
151
149
1980
51.3
63.1
57.1
133
98
120
 
49.5
53.8
51.6
141
137
138
1990
61.6
69.8
65.6
114
93
107
 
52.3
57.8
55.0
151
144
144
2000
64.4
73.6
69.0
107
83
98
 
56.7
61.3
58.9
139
133
136
2010
67.4
76.3
72.0
103
82
97
 
59.5
64.3
61.8
148
142
145
2019
70.6
79.1
75.0
95
61
77
 
63.4
67.4
65.3
145
149
148
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.1
95
61
63.4
67.4
145
149
Age
70.6
79.1
95
61
63.4
67.4
145
149
Age 5
71.6
80.1
99
58
66.6
70.2
154
157
Age 10
71.7
80.1
99
58
66.9
70.5
157
159
Age 15
71.8
80.3
99
58
67.1
70.7
160
161
Age 20
72.4
80.4
97
57
67.5
70.9
160
161
Age 25
73.1
80.6
89
57
68.0
71.3
161
161
Age 30
73.8
80.7
88
57
68.5
71.8
161
162
Age 35
74.7
81.0
81
56
69.1
72.3
161
162
Age 40
76.0
81.3
71
54
69.9
73.1
164
162
Age 45
77.1
81.6
62
53
70.9
73.9
162
163
Age 50
78.1
82.1
54
52
72.1
75.0
161
163
Age 55
79.2
82.7
49
49
73.6
76.2
161
164
Age 60
80.4
83.6
46
46
75.4
77.6
159
163
Age 65
81.9
84.5
47
45
77.5
79.3
157
163
Age 70
83.5
85.8
46
43
80.0
81.3
154
161
Age 75
85.7
87.3
42
42
82.9
83.8
148
157
Age 80
87.4
89.0
59
47
86.0
86.6
146
156
Age 85
89.4
91.4
133
32
89.4
89.8
143
146
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Violence
86.75
1
12.19
39
2. Coronary Heart Disease
82.54
129
152.96
47
3. Kidney Disease
72.90
3
13.07
128
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
33.24
79
41.97
66
5. Stroke
22.58
163
118.90
43
6. Road Traffic Accidents
21.36
69
14.45
99
7. Diabetes Mellitus
20.97
106
96.77
10
8. Lung Disease
20.12
105
122.46
2
9. HIV/AIDS
14.60
49
7.23
65
10. Liver Disease
12.89
114
10.10
127
11. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
21.97
33
12. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
21.28
54
13. Alcohol
10.91
6
1.41
87
14. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
10.61
36
15. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
28.94
13
16. Suicide
6.11
126
3.57
157
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.99
88
6.28
80
18. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
12.14
22
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
10.80
64
20. Leukemia
4.80
25
4.25
57
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
4.47
168
14.47
138
22. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
13.71
82
23. Low Birth Weight
3.59
115
8.64
49
24. Falls
3.52
138
13.87
8
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.34
96
2.76
123
26. Malnutrition
2.96
69
3.38
64
27. Lymphomas
2.95
150
6.83
21
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.88
93
48.64
36
29. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
5.99
34
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
2.21
136
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.21
101
6.32
40
32. Other Neoplasms
2.19
49
0.37
113
33. Hypertension
2.11
175
25.98
53
34. Drownings
2.09
113
2.58
85
35. Anemia
1.92
7
0.00
145
36. Asthma
1.72
119
47.57
2
37. Skin Disease
1.72
82
2.76
33
38. Other Injuries
1.47
182
8.96
77
39. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
12.56
2
40. Birth Trauma
1.36
109
7.75
44
41. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
4.59
38
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1.19
181
4.35
97
43. Drug Use
1.15
97
0.20
180
44. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
3.18
48
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.95
176
6.12
20
46. Tuberculosis
0.90
131
46.96
20
47. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
9.28
1
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.85
9
0.00
145
49. Epilepsy
0.79
156
1.37
111
50. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
2.00
96
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,814
16.84
6,835
12.17
2. Violence
5,485
15.88
969
1.73
3. Kidney Disease
4,726
13.69
687
1.22
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,418
7.00
2,595
4.62
5. Stroke
1,595
4.62
5,095
9.08
6. Lung Disease
1,493
4.32
4,538
8.08
7. Diabetes Mellitus
1,385
4.01
4,533
8.07
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,347
3.90
1,105
1.97
9. HIV/AIDS
842
2.44
611
1.09
10. Liver Disease
797
2.31
624
1.11
11. Stomach Cancer
702
2.03
447
0.80
12. Alcohol
648
1.88
93
0.17
13. Cervical Cancer
451
1.31
665
1.18
14. Congenital Anomalies
449
1.30
951
1.69
15. Suicide
391
1.13
259
0.46
16. Liver Cancer
355
1.03
644
1.15
17. Prostate Cancer
328
0.95
285
0.51
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
320
0.93
343
0.61
19. Low Birth Weight
317
0.92
1,661
2.96
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
315
0.91
445
0.79
21. Leukemia
312
0.90
253
0.45
22. Breast Cancer
291
0.84
764
1.36
23. Lung Cancers
290
0.84
622
1.11
24. Falls
243
0.70
502
0.89
25. Endocrine Disorders
223
0.65
153
0.27
26. Malnutrition
214
0.62
134
0.24
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
199
0.58
2,295
4.09
28. Lymphomas
186
0.54
353
0.63
29. Pancreas Cancer
161
0.47
107
0.19
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
157
0.45
301
0.54
31. Hypertension
146
0.42
1,096
1.95
32. Other Neoplasms
145
0.42
15
0.03
33. Drownings
137
0.40
240
0.43
34. Anemia
131
0.38
0
0.00
35. Asthma
122
0.35
1,842
3.28
36. Birth Trauma
121
0.35
1,504
2.68
37. Skin Disease
121
0.35
126
0.22
38. Other Injuries
95
0.28
647
1.15
39. Oral Cancer
94
0.27
580
1.03
40. Ovary Cancer
93
0.27
179
0.32
41. Oesophagus Cancer
80
0.23
199
0.35
42. Inflammatory/Heart
78
0.23
229
0.41
43. Drug Use
74
0.21
13
0.02
44. Parkinson's Disease
70
0.20
185
0.33
45. Prostatic Hypertrophy
64
0.19
0
0.00
46. Tuberculosis
60
0.17
3,969
7.07
47. Skin Cancers
60
0.17
417
0.74
48. Epilepsy
50
0.14
111
0.20
49. Bladder Cancer
42
0.12
82
0.15
50. Uterin Cancer
39
0.11
81
0.14
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   New Guinea NEW GUINEA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
21.97
33
2. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
21.28
54
3. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
10.61
36
4. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
28.94
13
5. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
12.14
22
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
10.80
64
7. Leukemia
4.80
25
4.25
57
8. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
13.71
82
9. Lymphomas
2.95
150
6.83
21
10. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
5.99
34
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
2.21
136
12. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
12.56
2
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
4.59
38
14. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
3.18
48
15. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
9.28
1
16. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
2.00
96
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.