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El Salvador
COUNTRY #1
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EL SALVADOR VS NICARAGUA

Compare El Salvador and Nicaragua 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.

Nicaragua
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
El Salvador Population Pyramid
6,936,792
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Nicaragua Population Pyramid
8,531,045
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
       
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
  
46.0
48.7
47.3
104
103
102
1970
55.3
59.5
57.3
89
89
90
  
52.4
55.5
53.9
102
103
104
1980
51.3
63.1
57.1
133
98
120
  
56.0
61.6
58.7
115
107
111
1990
61.6
69.8
65.6
114
93
107
  
61.7
67.4
64.5
113
109
111
2000
64.4
73.6
69.0
107
83
98
  
67.3
73.3
70.3
90
89
91
2010
67.4
76.3
72.0
103
82
97
  
70.2
76.1
73.2
83
83
85
2019
70.6
79.1
75.0
95
61
77
  
72.1
77.9
75.0
78
77
76
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.1
95
61
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age
70.6
79.1
95
61
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age 5
71.6
80.1
99
58
73.4
79.1
77
71
Age 10
71.7
80.1
99
58
73.5
79.2
77
71
Age 15
71.8
80.3
99
58
73.7
79.3
76
71
Age 20
72.4
80.4
97
57
73.9
79.4
76
71
Age 25
73.1
80.6
89
57
74.2
79.5
76
71
Age 30
73.8
80.7
88
57
74.5
79.6
77
71
Age 35
74.7
81.0
81
56
74.8
79.8
79
72
Age 40
76.0
81.3
71
54
75.1
80.0
81
72
Age 45
77.1
81.6
62
53
75.5
80.2
84
72
Age 50
78.1
82.1
54
52
76.1
80.6
84
74
Age 55
79.2
82.7
49
49
76.9
81.2
85
75
Age 60
80.4
83.6
46
46
78.0
81.9
87
78
Age 65
81.9
84.5
47
45
79.5
82.8
90
79
Age 70
83.5
85.8
46
43
81.4
84.1
96
81
Age 75
85.7
87.3
42
42
83.7
85.7
100
81
Age 80
87.4
89.0
59
47
86.5
87.8
106
84
Age 85
89.4
91.4
133
32
89.7
90.4
107
80
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Violence
86.75
1
9.50
55
2. Coronary Heart Disease
82.54
129
124.46
73
3. Kidney Disease
72.90
3
73.96
2
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
33.24
79
20.90
111
5. Stroke
22.58
163
47.78
132
6. Road Traffic Accidents
21.36
69
18.75
81
7. Diabetes Mellitus
20.97
106
44.63
48
8. Lung Disease
20.12
105
33.61
40
9. HIV/AIDS
14.60
49
2.39
101
10. Liver Disease
12.89
114
24.52
77
11. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
13.48
64
12. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
20.62
60
13. Alcohol
10.91
6
5.38
16
14. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
10.11
45
15. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
10.15
158
16. Suicide
6.11
126
4.66
146
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.99
88
6.84
56
18. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
10.93
25
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
6.63
125
20. Leukemia
4.80
25
3.91
74
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
4.47
168
3.05
173
22. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
5.94
131
23. Low Birth Weight
3.59
115
4.70
91
24. Falls
3.52
138
5.61
94
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.34
96
3.03
110
26. Malnutrition
2.96
69
2.89
72
27. Lymphomas
2.95
150
3.32
140
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.88
93
2.06
105
29. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
2.18
169
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
3.88
86
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.21
101
1.82
121
32. Other Neoplasms
2.19
49
3.94
22
33. Hypertension
2.11
175
23.51
64
34. Drownings
2.09
113
2.57
86
35. Anemia
1.92
7
0.57
20
36. Asthma
1.72
119
2.14
114
37. Skin Disease
1.72
82
3.39
24
38. Other Injuries
1.47
182
6.63
106
39. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
1.33
167
40. Birth Trauma
1.36
109
1.90
93
41. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
0.90
161
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1.19
181
2.78
143
43. Drug Use
1.15
97
0.86
127
44. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
1.51
139
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.95
176
1.49
168
46. Tuberculosis
0.90
131
2.20
107
47. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
1.27
128
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.85
9
0.38
18
49. Epilepsy
0.79
156
1.29
115
50. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
0.61
176
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,814
16.84
5,843
20.44
2. Violence
5,485
15.88
619
2.17
3. Kidney Disease
4,726
13.69
3,533
12.36
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,418
7.00
1,152
4.03
5. Stroke
1,595
4.62
2,225
7.78
6. Lung Disease
1,493
4.32
1,570
5.49
7. Diabetes Mellitus
1,385
4.01
2,068
7.23
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,347
3.90
1,109
3.88
9. HIV/AIDS
842
2.44
139
0.49
10. Liver Disease
797
2.31
1,203
4.21
11. Stomach Cancer
702
2.03
478
1.67
12. Alcohol
648
1.88
279
0.98
13. Cervical Cancer
451
1.31
374
1.31
14. Congenital Anomalies
449
1.30
571
2.00
15. Suicide
391
1.13
285
1.00
16. Liver Cancer
355
1.03
509
1.78
17. Prostate Cancer
328
0.95
386
1.35
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
320
0.93
149
0.52
19. Low Birth Weight
317
0.92
490
1.71
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
315
0.91
315
1.10
21. Leukemia
312
0.90
227
0.79
22. Breast Cancer
291
0.84
283
0.99
23. Lung Cancers
290
0.84
274
0.96
24. Falls
243
0.70
276
0.97
25. Endocrine Disorders
223
0.65
164
0.57
26. Malnutrition
214
0.62
163
0.57
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
199
0.58
122
0.43
28. Lymphomas
186
0.54
164
0.57
29. Pancreas Cancer
161
0.47
178
0.62
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
157
0.45
85
0.30
31. Hypertension
146
0.42
1,103
3.86
32. Other Neoplasms
145
0.42
192
0.67
33. Drownings
137
0.40
157
0.55
34. Anemia
131
0.38
28
0.10
35. Asthma
122
0.35
105
0.37
36. Birth Trauma
121
0.35
198
0.69
37. Skin Disease
121
0.35
162
0.57
38. Other Injuries
95
0.28
358
1.25
39. Oral Cancer
94
0.27
64
0.22
40. Ovary Cancer
93
0.27
61
0.21
41. Oesophagus Cancer
80
0.23
42
0.15
42. Inflammatory/Heart
78
0.23
139
0.49
43. Drug Use
74
0.21
50
0.17
44. Parkinson's Disease
70
0.20
67
0.23
45. Prostatic Hypertrophy
64
0.19
17
0.06
46. Tuberculosis
60
0.17
115
0.40
47. Skin Cancers
60
0.17
59
0.21
48. Epilepsy
50
0.14
74
0.26
49. Bladder Cancer
42
0.12
28
0.10
50. Uterin Cancer
39
0.11
39
0.14
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
13.48
64
2. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
20.62
60
3. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
10.11
45
4. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
10.15
158
5. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
10.93
25
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
6.63
125
7. Leukemia
4.80
25
3.91
74
8. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
5.94
131
9. Lymphomas
2.95
150
3.32
140
10. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
2.18
169
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
3.88
86
12. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
1.33
167
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
0.90
161
14. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
1.51
139
15. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
1.27
128
16. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
0.61
176
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.