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El Salvador
COUNTRY #1
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Compare El Salvador and Bulgaria 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.

Bulgaria
COUNTRY #2
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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%
Bulgaria Population Pyramid
5,385,444
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   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Bulgaria BULGARIA
       
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
 
67.6
71.0
69.2
12
29
20
1970
55.3
59.5
57.3
89
89
90
 
69.1
73.5
71.3
12
25
15
1980
51.3
63.1
57.1
133
98
120
 
68.5
74.0
71.2
35
40
32
1990
61.6
69.8
65.6
114
93
107
 
68.3
75.2
71.6
52
47
46
2000
64.4
73.6
69.0
107
83
98
 
67.8
74.7
71.1
84
71
78
2010
67.4
76.3
72.0
103
82
97
 
69.9
76.9
73.4
89
73
82
2019
70.6
79.1
75.0
95
61
77
 
71.6
78.6
75.1
82
68
75
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Bulgaria BULGARIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.1
95
61
71.6
78.6
82
68
Age
70.6
79.1
95
61
71.6
78.6
82
68
Age 5
71.6
80.1
99
58
72.2
79.1
89
72
Age 10
71.7
80.1
99
58
72.2
79.1
92
72
Age 15
71.8
80.3
99
58
72.3
79.2
93
72
Age 20
72.4
80.4
97
57
72.5
79.3
96
72
Age 25
73.1
80.6
89
57
72.6
79.3
99
73
Age 30
73.8
80.7
88
57
72.9
79.5
100
74
Age 35
74.7
81.0
81
56
73.1
79.6
101
75
Age 40
76.0
81.3
71
54
73.5
79.8
103
75
Age 45
77.1
81.6
62
53
74.0
80.1
105
78
Age 50
78.1
82.1
54
52
74.8
80.5
108
78
Age 55
79.2
82.7
49
49
75.9
81.1
107
76
Age 60
80.4
83.6
46
46
77.4
82.0
103
74
Age 65
81.9
84.5
47
45
79.3
83.0
97
73
Age 70
83.5
85.8
46
43
81.5
84.1
92
77
Age 75
85.7
87.3
42
42
83.9
85.6
88
84
Age 80
87.4
89.0
59
47
86.5
87.5
104
96
Age 85
89.4
91.4
133
32
89.6
90.1
121
125
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Bulgaria BULGARIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Violence
86.75
1
1.00
155
2. Coronary Heart Disease
82.54
129
210.78
26
3. Kidney Disease
72.90
3
11.77
137
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
33.24
79
10.70
157
5. Stroke
22.58
163
116.86
50
6. Road Traffic Accidents
21.36
69
8.59
129
7. Diabetes Mellitus
20.97
106
8.11
153
8. Lung Disease
20.12
105
22.97
89
9. HIV/AIDS
14.60
49
0.31
134
10. Liver Disease
12.89
114
15.44
106
11. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
6.87
108
12. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
14.25
109
13. Alcohol
10.91
6
0.43
148
14. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
7.80
66
15. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
17.57
86
16. Suicide
6.11
126
6.50
122
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.99
88
3.67
141
18. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
4.53
114
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
16.50
18
20. Leukemia
4.80
25
3.61
89
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
4.47
168
0.79
182
22. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
23.63
32
23. Low Birth Weight
3.59
115
2.58
133
24. Falls
3.52
138
2.99
149
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.34
96
1.33
168
26. Malnutrition
2.96
69
0.02
175
27. Lymphomas
2.95
150
3.82
127
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.88
93
0.40
165
29. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
5.80
39
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
7.11
42
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.21
101
1.76
125
32. Other Neoplasms
2.19
49
0.66
72
33. Hypertension
2.11
175
32.82
39
34. Drownings
2.09
113
1.55
128
35. Anemia
1.92
7
0.15
49
36. Asthma
1.72
119
0.20
182
37. Skin Disease
1.72
82
0.39
149
38. Other Injuries
1.47
182
4.55
141
39. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
3.32
74
40. Birth Trauma
1.36
109
0.87
130
41. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
1.46
129
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1.19
181
4.28
100
43. Drug Use
1.15
97
0.87
126
44. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
4.59
23
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.95
176
1.44
169
46. Tuberculosis
0.90
131
0.95
130
47. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
2.17
72
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.85
9
0.03
59
49. Epilepsy
0.79
156
1.03
133
50. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
3.82
30
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,814
16.84
36,513
38.86
2. Violence
5,485
15.88
84
0.09
3. Kidney Disease
4,726
13.69
1,855
1.97
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,418
7.00
1,396
1.49
5. Stroke
1,595
4.62
21,347
22.72
6. Lung Disease
1,493
4.32
3,993
4.25
7. Diabetes Mellitus
1,385
4.01
1,344
1.43
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,347
3.90
647
0.69
9. HIV/AIDS
842
2.44
20
0.02
10. Liver Disease
797
2.31
1,804
1.92
11. Stomach Cancer
702
2.03
1,175
1.25
12. Alcohol
648
1.88
44
0.05
13. Cervical Cancer
451
1.31
422
0.45
14. Congenital Anomalies
449
1.30
160
0.17
15. Suicide
391
1.13
681
0.72
16. Liver Cancer
355
1.03
664
0.71
17. Prostate Cancer
328
0.95
1,016
1.08
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
320
0.93
147
0.16
19. Low Birth Weight
317
0.92
116
0.12
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
315
0.91
2,591
2.76
21. Leukemia
312
0.90
460
0.49
22. Breast Cancer
291
0.84
1,358
1.45
23. Lung Cancers
290
0.84
3,288
3.50
24. Falls
243
0.70
381
0.41
25. Endocrine Disorders
223
0.65
146
0.16
26. Malnutrition
214
0.62
1
0.00
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
199
0.58
27
0.03
28. Lymphomas
186
0.54
499
0.53
29. Pancreas Cancer
161
0.47
1,063
1.13
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
157
0.45
276
0.29
31. Hypertension
146
0.42
5,916
6.30
32. Other Neoplasms
145
0.42
93
0.10
33. Drownings
137
0.40
129
0.14
34. Anemia
131
0.38
25
0.03
35. Asthma
122
0.35
28
0.03
36. Skin Disease
121
0.35
53
0.06
37. Birth Trauma
121
0.35
40
0.04
38. Other Injuries
95
0.28
437
0.47
39. Oral Cancer
94
0.27
408
0.43
40. Ovary Cancer
93
0.27
420
0.45
41. Oesophagus Cancer
80
0.23
195
0.21
42. Inflammatory/Heart
78
0.23
409
0.44
43. Drug Use
74
0.21
76
0.08
44. Parkinson's Disease
70
0.20
284
0.30
45. Prostatic Hypertrophy
64
0.19
6
0.01
46. Tuberculosis
60
0.17
104
0.11
47. Skin Cancers
60
0.17
328
0.35
48. Epilepsy
50
0.14
93
0.10
49. Bladder Cancer
42
0.12
637
0.68
50. Uterin Cancer
39
0.11
369
0.39
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
6.87
108
2. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
14.25
109
3. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
7.80
66
4. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
17.57
86
5. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
4.53
114
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
16.50
18
7. Leukemia
4.80
25
3.61
89
8. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
23.63
32
9. Lymphomas
2.95
150
3.82
127
10. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
5.80
39
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
7.11
42
12. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
3.32
74
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
1.46
129
14. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
4.59
23
15. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
2.17
72
16. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
3.82
30
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.