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Sierra Leone
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Sierra Leone and El Salvador 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.

El Salvador
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
Sierra Leone Population Pyramid
12,944,875
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%
El Salvador Population Pyramid
6,936,792
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
31.0
33.7
32.3
172
170
171
 
49.4
52.4
50.8
91
92
90
1970
33.5
36.3
34.9
173
172
173
 
55.3
59.5
57.3
89
89
90
1980
36.4
39.2
37.8
175
174
175
 
51.3
63.1
57.1
133
98
120
1990
37.6
40.4
39.0
182
182
182
 
61.6
69.8
65.6
114
93
107
2000
38.4
39.5
39.0
183
183
183
 
64.4
73.6
69.0
107
83
98
2010
47.4
48.7
48.1
182
182
182
 
67.4
76.3
72.0
103
82
97
2019
59.6
61.9
60.8
171
178
174
 
70.6
79.1
75.0
95
61
77
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.6
61.9
171
178
70.6
79.1
95
61
Age 5
67.3
68.9
148
167
71.6
80.1
99
58
Age 10
68.1
69.7
145
165
71.7
80.1
99
58
Age 15
68.6
70.1
145
164
71.8
80.3
99
58
Age 20
69.0
70.5
143
164
72.4
80.4
97
57
Age 25
69.5
71.0
143
163
73.1
80.6
89
57
Age 30
70.0
71.5
143
163
73.8
80.7
88
57
Age 35
70.7
72.2
143
164
74.7
81.0
81
56
Age 40
71.4
73.0
138
164
76.0
81.3
71
54
Age 45
72.4
73.8
138
164
77.1
81.6
62
53
Age 50
73.5
74.8
135
165
78.1
82.1
54
52
Age 55
74.9
76.0
136
167
79.2
82.7
49
49
Age 60
76.4
77.4
135
166
80.4
83.6
46
46
Age 65
78.4
79.2
135
165
81.9
84.5
47
45
Age 70
80.6
81.3
130
162
83.5
85.8
46
43
Age 75
83.3
83.9
123
152
85.7
87.3
42
42
Age 80
86.3
86.7
120
138
87.4
89.0
59
47
Age 85
89.7
90.1
102
123
89.4
91.4
133
32
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
139.43
58
82.54
129
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
131.43
9
33.24
79
3. Stroke
120.14
40
22.58
163
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
91.13
8
2.88
93
5. Malaria
61.60
1
0.00
102
6. Tuberculosis
43.58
23
0.90
131
7. Road Traffic Accidents
41.61
21
21.36
69
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.99
62
20.97
106
9. HIV/AIDS
34.17
30
14.60
49
10. Liver Disease
33.30
49
12.89
114
11. Kidney Disease
30.17
59
72.90
3
12. Breast Cancer
28.09
16
8.03
175
13. Lung Disease
27.43
66
20.12
105
14. Prostate Cancer
25.99
38
11.03
128
15. Hypertension
20.30
81
2.11
175
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.29
62
4.47
168
17. Meningitis
18.76
7
0.53
112
18. Asthma
17.26
27
1.72
119
19. Other Injuries
15.78
17
1.47
182
20. Birth Trauma
13.12
8
1.36
109
21. Cervical Cancer
13.10
66
12.44
70
22. Low Birth Weight
12.61
15
3.59
115
23. Maternal Conditions
12.40
23
0.41
118
24. Suicide
11.25
56
6.11
126
25. Malnutrition
11.15
27
2.96
69
26. Congenital Anomalies
10.44
6
5.99
88
27. Liver Cancer
10.33
29
5.51
86
28. Endocrine Disorders
9.40
23
3.34
96
29. Falls
8.98
33
3.52
138
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.40
20
2.21
101
31. Violence
8.04
61
86.75
1
32. Stomach Cancer
6.96
78
10.79
33
33. Inflammatory/Heart
6.88
51
1.19
181
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.44
145
4.87
151
35. Parkinson's Disease
5.12
48
0.95
176
36. Fires
4.26
23
0.33
158
37. Drownings
3.97
47
2.09
113
38. Pertussis
3.69
19
0.49
78
39. Ovary Cancer
3.62
125
2.61
159
40. Epilepsy
3.49
16
0.79
156
41. Drug Use
3.17
24
1.15
97
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.14
39
0.09
182
43. Lymphomas
3.11
143
2.95
150
44. Poisonings
2.88
19
0.24
144
45. Skin Cancers
2.64
45
0.88
141
46. Schistosomiasis
2.53
14
0.00
107
47. Lung Cancers
2.37
169
4.43
141
48. Bladder Cancer
2.29
77
0.61
175
49. Oral Cancer
2.18
125
1.42
164
50. Skin Disease
2.01
67
1.72
82
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,420
12.24
2,418
7.00
2. Malaria
6,824
11.25
0
0.00
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,275
8.70
199
0.58
4. Coronary Heart Disease
4,027
6.64
5,814
16.84
5. Stroke
3,769
6.22
1,595
4.62
6. Birth Trauma
2,888
4.76
121
0.35
7. Low Birth Weight
2,791
4.60
317
0.92
8. Road Traffic Accidents
2,581
4.26
1,347
3.90
9. HIV/AIDS
2,546
4.20
842
2.44
10. Tuberculosis
2,414
3.98
60
0.17
11. Congenital Anomalies
1,532
2.53
449
1.30
12. Meningitis
1,415
2.33
36
0.10
13. Liver Disease
1,312
2.16
797
2.31
14. Diabetes Mellitus
1,190
1.96
1,385
4.01
15. Kidney Disease
1,082
1.78
4,726
13.69
16. Other Injuries
1,040
1.72
95
0.28
17. Malnutrition
924
1.52
214
0.62
18. Maternal Conditions
880
1.45
26
0.08
19. Endocrine Disorders
798
1.32
223
0.65
20. Lung Disease
791
1.30
1,493
4.32
21. Hypertension
623
1.03
146
0.42
22. Violence
618
1.02
5,485
15.88
23. Breast Cancer
615
1.01
291
0.84
24. Asthma
613
1.01
122
0.35
25. Suicide
521
0.86
391
1.13
26. Pertussis
469
0.77
32
0.09
27. Liver Cancer
400
0.66
355
1.03
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
373
0.62
320
0.93
29. Drownings
366
0.60
137
0.40
30. Falls
324
0.53
243
0.70
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
308
0.51
157
0.45
32. Inflammatory/Heart
288
0.47
78
0.23
33. Fires
275
0.45
21
0.06
34. Prostate Cancer
274
0.45
328
0.95
35. Cervical Cancer
264
0.44
451
1.31
36. Stomach Cancer
232
0.38
702
2.03
37. Epilepsy
230
0.38
50
0.14
38. Poisonings
218
0.36
15
0.04
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
192
0.32
315
0.91
40. Drug Use
185
0.31
74
0.21
41. Syphilis
180
0.30
14
0.04
42. Lymphomas
132
0.22
186
0.54
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
127
0.21
6
0.02
44. Parkinson's Disease
117
0.19
70
0.20
45. Tetanus
103
0.17
11
0.03
46. Schistosomiasis
101
0.17
0
0.00
47. Hepatitis B
92
0.15
5
0.01
48. Skin Cancers
86
0.14
60
0.17
49. Lung Cancers
85
0.14
290
0.84
50. Oral Cancer
82
0.14
94
0.27
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
28.09
16
8.03
175
2. Prostate Cancer
25.99
38
11.03
128
3. Cervical Cancer
13.10
66
12.44
70
4. Liver Cancer
10.33
29
5.51
86
5. Stomach Cancer
6.96
78
10.79
33
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.44
145
4.87
151
7. Ovary Cancer
3.62
125
2.61
159
8. Lymphomas
3.11
143
2.95
150
9. Skin Cancers
2.64
45
0.88
141
10. Lung Cancers
2.37
169
4.43
141
11. Bladder Cancer
2.29
77
0.61
175
12. Oral Cancer
2.18
125
1.42
164
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.68
150
2.49
129
14. Uterin Cancer
1.66
130
1.11
158
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.92
159
1.22
144
16. Leukemia
0.73
177
4.80
25
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.