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El Salvador
COUNTRY #1
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Compare El Salvador and Kuwait 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.

Kuwait
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%
Kuwait Population Pyramid
5,393,471
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   Kuwait KUWAIT
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Kuwait KUWAIT
       
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
 
58.1
61.5
59.8
63
65
64
1970
55.3
59.5
57.3
89
89
90
 
64.8
68.8
66.8
48
51
52
1980
51.3
63.1
57.1
133
98
120
 
68.7
72.9
70.8
34
48
34
1990
61.6
69.8
65.6
114
93
107
 
73.2
76.9
75.0
16
31
24
2000
64.4
73.6
69.0
107
83
98
 
72.4
74.4
73.2
36
74
48
2010
67.4
76.3
72.0
103
82
97
 
73.2
75.2
74.0
47
91
69
2019
70.6
79.1
75.0
95
61
77
 
79.3
83.9
81.0
24
19
29
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Kuwait KUWAIT
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.1
95
61
79.3
83.9
24
19
Age
70.6
79.1
95
61
79.3
83.9
24
19
Age 5
71.6
80.1
99
58
79.9
84.5
21
13
Age 10
71.7
80.1
99
58
80.0
84.6
21
13
Age 15
71.8
80.3
99
58
80.1
84.7
21
13
Age 20
72.4
80.4
97
57
80.2
84.7
21
13
Age 25
73.1
80.6
89
57
80.4
84.8
20
13
Age 30
73.8
80.7
88
57
80.6
84.8
19
13
Age 35
74.7
81.0
81
56
80.8
84.9
22
14
Age 40
76.0
81.3
71
54
81.0
84.9
23
14
Age 45
77.1
81.6
62
53
81.2
85.1
23
15
Age 50
78.1
82.1
54
52
81.6
85.2
23
15
Age 55
79.2
82.7
49
49
82.1
85.5
23
15
Age 60
80.4
83.6
46
46
82.8
85.9
23
16
Age 65
81.9
84.5
47
45
83.8
86.5
22
17
Age 70
83.5
85.8
46
43
85.0
87.4
21
16
Age 75
85.7
87.3
42
42
86.7
88.5
17
15
Age 80
87.4
89.0
59
47
88.7
90.0
17
13
Age 85
89.4
91.4
133
32
91.1
92.0
18
12
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Kuwait KUWAIT
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Violence
86.75
1
1.82
135
2. Coronary Heart Disease
82.54
129
94.14
119
3. Kidney Disease
72.90
3
12.44
132
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
33.24
79
26.91
93
5. Stroke
22.58
163
37.49
140
6. Road Traffic Accidents
21.36
69
18.99
80
7. Diabetes Mellitus
20.97
106
14.78
127
8. Lung Disease
20.12
105
6.49
182
9. HIV/AIDS
14.60
49
0.11
156
10. Liver Disease
12.89
114
6.90
153
11. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
2.99
146
12. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
10.40
133
13. Alcohol
10.91
6
0.24
168
14. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
3.19
151
15. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
25.21
27
16. Suicide
6.11
126
2.66
167
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.99
88
5.27
105
18. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
6.12
72
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
9.88
77
20. Leukemia
4.80
25
4.74
29
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
4.47
168
17.42
96
22. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
8.20
113
23. Low Birth Weight
3.59
115
3.94
106
24. Falls
3.52
138
2.93
152
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.34
96
1.67
157
26. Malnutrition
2.96
69
0.01
177
27. Lymphomas
2.95
150
6.31
32
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.88
93
0.24
172
29. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
4.56
85
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
4.60
74
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.21
101
0.96
150
32. Other Neoplasms
2.19
49
0.20
164
33. Hypertension
2.11
175
15.74
106
34. Drownings
2.09
113
0.52
169
35. Anemia
1.92
7
0.00
120
36. Asthma
1.72
119
1.12
126
37. Skin Disease
1.72
82
0.28
163
38. Other Injuries
1.47
182
2.62
174
39. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
2.60
100
40. Birth Trauma
1.36
109
0.18
179
41. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
2.17
102
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1.19
181
1.37
177
43. Drug Use
1.15
97
1.35
78
44. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
4.90
19
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.95
176
2.84
148
46. Tuberculosis
0.90
131
0.71
134
47. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
1.24
129
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.85
9
0.00
120
49. Epilepsy
0.79
156
0.61
169
50. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
3.76
33
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Kuwait KUWAIT
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,814
16.84
2,325
30.48
2. Violence
5,485
15.88
75
0.98
3. Kidney Disease
4,726
13.69
204
2.67
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,418
7.00
340
4.46
5. Stroke
1,595
4.62
599
7.85
6. Lung Disease
1,493
4.32
84
1.10
7. Diabetes Mellitus
1,385
4.01
242
3.17
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,347
3.90
649
8.51
9. HIV/AIDS
842
2.44
7
0.09
10. Liver Disease
797
2.31
192
2.52
11. Stomach Cancer
702
2.03
72
0.94
12. Alcohol
648
1.88
12
0.16
13. Cervical Cancer
451
1.31
32
0.42
14. Congenital Anomalies
449
1.30
202
2.65
15. Suicide
391
1.13
122
1.60
16. Liver Cancer
355
1.03
129
1.69
17. Prostate Cancer
328
0.95
58
0.76
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
320
0.93
139
1.82
19. Low Birth Weight
317
0.92
158
2.07
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
315
0.91
198
2.60
21. Leukemia
312
0.90
123
1.61
22. Breast Cancer
291
0.84
230
3.01
23. Lung Cancers
290
0.84
161
2.11
24. Falls
243
0.70
102
1.34
25. Endocrine Disorders
223
0.65
44
0.58
26. Malnutrition
214
0.62
0
0.00
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
199
0.58
6
0.08
28. Lymphomas
186
0.54
132
1.73
29. Pancreas Cancer
161
0.47
89
1.17
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
157
0.45
14
0.18
31. Hypertension
146
0.42
256
3.36
32. Other Neoplasms
145
0.42
4
0.05
33. Drownings
137
0.40
19
0.25
34. Anemia
131
0.38
0
0.00
35. Asthma
122
0.35
21
0.28
36. Skin Disease
121
0.35
4
0.05
37. Birth Trauma
121
0.35
7
0.09
38. Other Injuries
95
0.28
83
1.09
39. Oral Cancer
94
0.27
74
0.97
40. Ovary Cancer
93
0.27
41
0.54
41. Oesophagus Cancer
80
0.23
35
0.46
42. Inflammatory/Heart
78
0.23
36
0.47
43. Drug Use
74
0.21
38
0.50
44. Parkinson's Disease
70
0.20
29
0.38
45. Prostatic Hypertrophy
64
0.19
0
0.00
46. Tuberculosis
60
0.17
31
0.41
47. Skin Cancers
60
0.17
28
0.37
48. Epilepsy
50
0.14
22
0.29
49. Bladder Cancer
42
0.12
52
0.68
50. Uterin Cancer
39
0.11
31
0.41
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Kuwait KUWAIT
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
2.99
146
2. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
10.40
133
3. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
3.19
151
4. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
25.21
27
5. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
6.12
72
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
9.88
77
7. Leukemia
4.80
25
4.74
29
8. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
8.20
113
9. Lymphomas
2.95
150
6.31
32
10. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
4.56
85
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
4.60
74
12. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
2.60
100
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
2.17
102
14. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
4.90
19
15. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
1.24
129
16. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
3.76
33
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.