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El Salvador
COUNTRY #1
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EL SALVADOR VS ICELAND

Compare El Salvador and Iceland 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.

Iceland
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%
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Iceland Population Pyramid
376,683
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   Iceland ICELAND
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Iceland ICELAND
       
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
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
55.3
59.5
57.3
89
89
90
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
51.3
63.1
57.1
133
98
120
  
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
1990
61.6
69.8
65.6
114
93
107
  
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
2000
64.4
73.6
69.0
107
83
98
  
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
2010
67.4
76.3
72.0
103
82
97
  
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
2019
70.6
79.1
75.0
95
61
77
  
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Iceland ICELAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.1
95
61
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age
70.6
79.1
95
61
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age 5
71.6
80.1
99
58
81.0
84.0
10
23
Age 10
71.7
80.1
99
58
81.0
84.1
10
22
Age 15
71.8
80.3
99
58
81.1
84.1
10
23
Age 20
72.4
80.4
97
57
81.2
84.1
9
23
Age 25
73.1
80.6
89
57
81.4
84.2
10
23
Age 30
73.8
80.7
88
57
81.6
84.3
9
23
Age 35
74.7
81.0
81
56
81.9
84.4
4
23
Age 40
76.0
81.3
71
54
82.1
84.5
4
22
Age 45
77.1
81.6
62
53
82.4
84.6
4
25
Age 50
78.1
82.1
54
52
82.7
84.8
5
26
Age 55
79.2
82.7
49
49
83.1
85.1
7
26
Age 60
80.4
83.6
46
46
83.7
85.5
7
27
Age 65
81.9
84.5
47
45
84.4
86.1
11
28
Age 70
83.5
85.8
46
43
85.4
86.7
12
34
Age 75
85.7
87.3
42
42
86.7
87.7
15
36
Age 80
87.4
89.0
59
47
88.4
89.2
24
39
Age 85
89.4
91.4
133
32
90.7
91.3
39
42
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Iceland ICELAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Violence
86.75
1
1.08
149
2. Coronary Heart Disease
82.54
129
54.46
157
3. Kidney Disease
72.90
3
4.00
177
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
33.24
79
9.67
161
5. Stroke
22.58
163
18.39
176
6. Road Traffic Accidents
21.36
69
1.78
178
7. Diabetes Mellitus
20.97
106
4.22
176
8. Lung Disease
20.12
105
17.98
117
9. HIV/AIDS
14.60
49
0.09
158
10. Liver Disease
12.89
114
1.72
183
11. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
3.29
142
12. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
18.78
71
13. Alcohol
10.91
6
3.14
32
14. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
3.12
154
15. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
18.02
78
16. Suicide
6.11
126
11.15
59
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.99
88
1.96
177
18. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
3.82
140
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
12.15
49
20. Leukemia
4.80
25
2.88
125
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
4.47
168
35.59
5
22. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
21.77
41
23. Low Birth Weight
3.59
115
1.13
164
24. Falls
3.52
138
3.23
143
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.34
96
2.31
139
26. Malnutrition
2.96
69
0.06
166
27. Lymphomas
2.95
150
5.87
49
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.88
93
0.16
176
29. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
5.09
62
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
7.25
37
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.21
101
0.47
178
32. Other Neoplasms
2.19
49
1.53
57
33. Hypertension
2.11
175
2.87
168
34. Drownings
2.09
113
0.36
179
35. Anemia
1.92
7
0.42
30
36. Asthma
1.72
119
0.26
178
37. Skin Disease
1.72
82
0.39
150
38. Other Injuries
1.47
182
7.88
87
39. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
1.55
158
40. Birth Trauma
1.36
109
1.05
121
41. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
3.70
50
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1.19
181
3.42
124
43. Drug Use
1.15
97
4.41
12
44. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
2.12
102
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.95
176
7.15
12
46. Tuberculosis
0.90
131
0.00
183
47. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
2.01
85
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.85
9
0.14
33
49. Epilepsy
0.79
156
1.27
116
50. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
3.04
53
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Iceland ICELAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,814
16.84
403
20.10
2. Violence
5,485
15.88
4
0.20
3. Kidney Disease
4,726
13.69
33
1.65
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,418
7.00
82
4.09
5. Stroke
1,595
4.62
141
7.03
6. Lung Disease
1,493
4.32
129
6.43
7. Diabetes Mellitus
1,385
4.01
30
1.50
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,347
3.90
7
0.35
9. HIV/AIDS
842
2.44
0
0.00
10. Liver Disease
797
2.31
9
0.45
11. Stomach Cancer
702
2.03
18
0.90
12. Alcohol
648
1.88
14
0.70
13. Cervical Cancer
451
1.31
9
0.45
14. Congenital Anomalies
449
1.30
7
0.35
15. Suicide
391
1.13
40
2.00
16. Liver Cancer
355
1.03
22
1.10
17. Prostate Cancer
328
0.95
61
3.04
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
320
0.93
295
14.71
19. Low Birth Weight
317
0.92
3
0.15
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
315
0.91
73
3.64
21. Leukemia
312
0.90
19
0.95
22. Breast Cancer
291
0.84
53
2.64
23. Lung Cancers
290
0.84
134
6.68
24. Falls
243
0.70
24
1.20
25. Endocrine Disorders
223
0.65
16
0.80
26. Malnutrition
214
0.62
1
0.05
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
199
0.58
1
0.05
28. Lymphomas
186
0.54
37
1.85
29. Pancreas Cancer
161
0.47
43
2.14
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
157
0.45
3
0.15
31. Hypertension
146
0.42
24
1.20
32. Other Neoplasms
145
0.42
10
0.50
33. Drownings
137
0.40
1
0.05
34. Anemia
131
0.38
4
0.20
35. Asthma
122
0.35
2
0.10
36. Birth Trauma
121
0.35
2
0.10
37. Skin Disease
121
0.35
3
0.15
38. Other Injuries
95
0.28
50
2.49
39. Oral Cancer
94
0.27
9
0.45
40. Ovary Cancer
93
0.27
16
0.80
41. Oesophagus Cancer
80
0.23
23
1.15
42. Inflammatory/Heart
78
0.23
16
0.80
43. Drug Use
74
0.21
17
0.85
44. Parkinson's Disease
70
0.20
53
2.64
45. Prostatic Hypertrophy
64
0.19
1
0.05
46. Tuberculosis
60
0.17
0
0.00
47. Skin Cancers
60
0.17
13
0.65
48. Epilepsy
50
0.14
5
0.25
49. Bladder Cancer
42
0.12
20
1.00
50. Uterin Cancer
39
0.11
7
0.35
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Iceland ICELAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
3.29
142
2. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
18.78
71
3. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
3.12
154
4. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
18.02
78
5. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
3.82
140
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
12.15
49
7. Leukemia
4.80
25
2.88
125
8. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
21.77
41
9. Lymphomas
2.95
150
5.87
49
10. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
5.09
62
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
7.25
37
12. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
1.55
158
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
3.70
50
14. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
2.12
102
15. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
2.01
85
16. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
3.04
53
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.