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Turkey
COUNTRY #1
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

Compare Turkey 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
Turkey Population Pyramid
21,408,398
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
2,199,903
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
  Turkey TURKEY   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  Turkey TURKEY   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.9
52.1
50.5
94
94
93
 
49.4
52.4
50.8
91
92
90
1970
54.9
58.6
56.7
93
92
91
 
55.3
59.5
57.3
89
89
90
1980
59.2
63.8
61.4
96
93
94
 
51.3
63.1
57.1
133
98
120
1990
63.8
68.3
66.0
99
103
101
 
61.6
69.8
65.6
114
93
107
2000
67.1
73.8
70.4
93
80
89
 
64.4
73.6
69.0
107
83
98
2010
70.9
77.6
74.2
73
59
65
 
67.4
76.3
72.0
103
82
97
2019
76.4
80.7
78.6
38
43
39
 
70.6
79.1
75.0
95
61
77
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Turkey TURKEY   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.4
80.7
38
43
70.6
79.1
95
61
Age 5
77.3
81.4
40
42
71.6
80.1
99
58
Age 10
77.3
81.5
40
42
71.7
80.1
99
58
Age 15
77.4
81.6
40
42
71.8
80.3
99
58
Age 20
77.5
81.6
40
42
72.4
80.4
97
57
Age 25
77.7
81.7
41
43
73.1
80.6
89
57
Age 30
77.8
81.8
42
43
73.8
80.7
88
57
Age 35
78.0
81.9
42
44
74.7
81.0
81
56
Age 40
78.2
82.0
43
45
76.0
81.3
71
54
Age 45
78.5
82.2
43
45
77.1
81.6
62
53
Age 50
79.0
82.4
43
45
78.1
82.1
54
52
Age 55
79.7
82.8
43
48
79.2
82.7
49
49
Age 60
80.6
83.2
43
50
80.4
83.6
46
46
Age 65
81.9
83.9
43
54
81.9
84.5
47
45
Age 70
83.6
84.9
45
58
83.5
85.8
46
43
Age 75
85.7
86.4
43
60
85.7
87.3
42
42
Age 80
88.2
88.4
33
59
87.4
89.0
59
47
Age 85
90.8
90.9
37
58
89.4
91.4
133
32
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Turkey TURKEY   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
95.94
117
82.54
129
2. Stroke
49.06
129
22.58
163
3. Lung Cancers
39.65
3
4.43
141
4. Lung Disease
28.02
63
20.12
105
5. Diabetes Mellitus
20.07
109
20.97
106
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.07
69
4.47
168
7. Kidney Disease
19.06
111
72.90
3
8. Hypertension
16.35
100
2.11
175
9. Prostate Cancer
15.64
94
11.03
128
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.42
140
33.24
79
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
53
4.87
151
12. Breast Cancer
11.74
142
8.03
175
13. Stomach Cancer
11.66
25
10.79
33
14. Pancreas Cancer
7.76
26
2.49
129
15. Liver Disease
7.14
150
12.89
114
16. Road Traffic Accidents
6.52
145
21.36
69
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.98
89
5.99
88
18. Leukemia
5.60
13
4.80
25
19. Lymphomas
5.51
62
2.95
150
20. Liver Cancer
5.13
96
5.51
86
21. Bladder Cancer
5.04
8
0.61
175
22. Falls
4.90
105
3.52
138
23. Violence
4.73
90
86.75
1
24. Ovary Cancer
4.73
78
2.61
159
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.81
109
0.95
176
26. Low Birth Weight
3.74
108
3.59
115
27. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
108
3.34
96
28. Asthma
2.72
104
1.72
119
29. Cervical Cancer
2.71
153
12.44
70
30. Suicide
2.34
174
6.11
126
31. Uterin Cancer
2.20
98
1.11
158
32. Other Injuries
1.96
181
1.47
182
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.86
164
1.19
181
34. Skin Cancers
1.73
103
0.88
141
35. Oesophagus Cancer
1.49
128
1.22
144
36. Oral Cancer
1.48
163
1.42
164
37. Epilepsy
1.35
112
0.79
156
38. Drug Use
1.13
100
1.15
97
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.88
154
2.21
101
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.87
145
2.88
93
41. Birth Trauma
0.79
134
1.36
109
42. Other Neoplasms
0.73
68
2.19
49
43. Drownings
0.66
164
2.09
113
44. Malnutrition
0.66
110
2.96
69
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.51
156
0.09
182
46. Poisonings
0.43
105
0.24
144
47. Fires
0.40
155
0.33
158
48. War
0.38
30
0.01
165
49. Skin Disease
0.36
153
1.72
82
50. Tuberculosis
0.35
145
0.90
131
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Turkey TURKEY   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
85,905
22.08
5,814
16.84
2. Stroke
44,006
11.31
1,595
4.62
3. Lung Cancers
35,070
9.01
290
0.84
4. Lung Disease
25,088
6.45
1,493
4.32
5. Diabetes Mellitus
17,900
4.60
1,385
4.01
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17,308
4.45
320
0.93
7. Kidney Disease
17,021
4.37
4,726
13.69
8. Hypertension
14,763
3.79
146
0.42
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
12,845
3.30
2,418
7.00
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,606
2.73
315
0.91
11. Stomach Cancer
10,333
2.66
702
2.03
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,882
1.77
161
0.47
13. Liver Disease
6,340
1.63
797
2.31
14. Breast Cancer
5,643
1.45
291
0.84
15. Prostate Cancer
5,608
1.44
328
0.95
16. Road Traffic Accidents
5,573
1.43
1,347
3.90
17. Congenital Anomalies
4,966
1.28
449
1.30
18. Leukemia
4,870
1.25
312
0.90
19. Lymphomas
4,849
1.25
186
0.54
20. Liver Cancer
4,542
1.17
355
1.03
21. Bladder Cancer
4,485
1.15
42
0.12
22. Falls
4,373
1.12
243
0.70
23. Violence
4,010
1.03
5,485
15.88
24. Low Birth Weight
3,478
0.89
317
0.92
25. Parkinson's Disease
3,439
0.88
70
0.20
26. Endocrine Disorders
2,612
0.67
223
0.65
27. Asthma
2,434
0.63
122
0.35
28. Ovary Cancer
2,287
0.59
93
0.27
29. Suicide
2,003
0.51
391
1.13
30. Other Injuries
1,678
0.43
95
0.28
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,632
0.42
78
0.23
32. Skin Cancers
1,548
0.40
60
0.17
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1,321
0.34
80
0.23
34. Cervical Cancer
1,311
0.34
451
1.31
35. Oral Cancer
1,305
0.34
94
0.27
36. Epilepsy
1,147
0.29
50
0.14
37. Uterin Cancer
1,090
0.28
39
0.11
38. Drug Use
972
0.25
74
0.21
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
789
0.20
157
0.45
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
741
0.19
199
0.58
41. Birth Trauma
720
0.19
121
0.35
42. Other Neoplasms
646
0.17
145
0.42
43. Malnutrition
588
0.15
214
0.62
44. Drownings
549
0.14
137
0.40
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
452
0.12
6
0.02
46. Poisonings
369
0.09
15
0.04
47. Fires
343
0.09
21
0.06
48. Skin Disease
324
0.08
121
0.35
49. War
318
0.08
1
0.00
50. Tuberculosis
303
0.08
60
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Turkey TURKEY   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
39.65
3
4.43
141
2. Prostate Cancer
15.64
94
11.03
128
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
53
4.87
151
4. Breast Cancer
11.74
142
8.03
175
5. Stomach Cancer
11.66
25
10.79
33
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.76
26
2.49
129
7. Leukemia
5.60
13
4.80
25
8. Lymphomas
5.51
62
2.95
150
9. Liver Cancer
5.13
96
5.51
86
10. Bladder Cancer
5.04
8
0.61
175
11. Ovary Cancer
4.73
78
2.61
159
12. Cervical Cancer
2.71
153
12.44
70
13. Uterin Cancer
2.20
98
1.11
158
14. Skin Cancers
1.73
103
0.88
141
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.49
128
1.22
144
16. Oral Cancer
1.48
163
1.42
164
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.