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El Salvador
COUNTRY #1
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Compare El Salvador and Nepal 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.

Nepal
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
El Salvador Population Pyramid
6,936,792
Nepal Population Pyramid
35,323,925
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Nepal NEPAL
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Nepal NEPAL
       
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
 
39.0
38.4
38.7
148
156
154
1970
55.3
59.5
57.3
89
89
90
 
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
1980
51.3
63.1
57.1
133
98
120
 
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
1990
61.6
69.8
65.6
114
93
107
 
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
2000
64.4
73.6
69.0
107
83
98
 
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
2010
67.4
76.3
72.0
103
82
97
 
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
2019
70.6
79.1
75.0
95
61
77
 
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Nepal NEPAL
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.1
95
61
68.9
72.7
113
119
Age
70.6
79.1
95
61
68.9
72.7
113
119
Age 5
71.6
80.1
99
58
71.2
74.9
102
118
Age 10
71.7
80.1
99
58
71.4
75.1
103
117
Age 15
71.8
80.3
99
58
71.6
75.2
104
118
Age 20
72.4
80.4
97
57
71.8
75.4
104
119
Age 25
73.1
80.6
89
57
72.2
75.6
105
119
Age 30
73.8
80.7
88
57
72.5
75.8
106
118
Age 35
74.7
81.0
81
56
72.9
76.0
106
118
Age 40
76.0
81.3
71
54
73.3
76.3
107
118
Age 45
77.1
81.6
62
53
73.8
76.8
111
117
Age 50
78.1
82.1
54
52
74.5
77.4
112
118
Age 55
79.2
82.7
49
49
75.5
78.2
118
117
Age 60
80.4
83.6
46
46
76.8
79.2
123
120
Age 65
81.9
84.5
47
45
78.5
80.4
123
124
Age 70
83.5
85.8
46
43
80.7
82.0
129
134
Age 75
85.7
87.3
42
42
83.2
84.1
133
137
Age 80
87.4
89.0
59
47
86.1
86.7
132
146
Age 85
89.4
91.4
133
32
89.4
89.8
145
151
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Nepal NEPAL
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Violence
86.75
1
2.57
119
2. Coronary Heart Disease
82.54
129
102.19
104
3. Kidney Disease
72.90
3
21.28
103
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
33.24
79
29.37
86
5. Stroke
22.58
163
67.32
106
6. Road Traffic Accidents
21.36
69
20.65
72
7. Diabetes Mellitus
20.97
106
16.12
117
8. Lung Disease
20.12
105
149.01
1
9. HIV/AIDS
14.60
49
3.15
91
10. Liver Disease
12.89
114
30.02
57
11. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
15.27
52
12. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
0.95
182
13. Alcohol
10.91
6
0.74
129
14. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
6.79
79
15. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
8.50
172
16. Suicide
6.11
126
9.77
74
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.99
88
4.79
117
18. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
1.19
183
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
5.77
137
20. Leukemia
4.80
25
2.61
139
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
4.47
168
13.60
145
22. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
18.16
65
23. Low Birth Weight
3.59
115
8.46
51
24. Falls
3.52
138
15.55
5
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.34
96
1.14
171
26. Malnutrition
2.96
69
4.05
59
27. Lymphomas
2.95
150
3.51
134
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.88
93
29.68
51
29. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
4.60
83
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
2.18
138
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.21
101
1.16
144
32. Other Neoplasms
2.19
49
0.26
148
33. Hypertension
2.11
175
11.58
122
34. Drownings
2.09
113
5.38
23
35. Anemia
1.92
7
0.00
140
36. Asthma
1.72
119
30.93
6
37. Skin Disease
1.72
82
0.09
176
38. Other Injuries
1.47
182
7.36
96
39. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
6.52
23
40. Birth Trauma
1.36
109
6.00
55
41. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
2.40
92
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1.19
181
1.08
183
43. Drug Use
1.15
97
0.42
167
44. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
0.48
176
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.95
176
4.37
77
46. Tuberculosis
0.90
131
72.19
12
47. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
2.13
76
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.85
9
0.00
140
49. Epilepsy
0.79
156
3.57
12
50. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
1.62
119
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Nepal NEPAL
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,814
16.84
19,677
12.26
2. Violence
5,485
15.88
704
0.44
3. Kidney Disease
4,726
13.69
4,284
2.67
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,418
7.00
6,237
3.88
5. Stroke
1,595
4.62
12,909
8.04
6. Lung Disease
1,493
4.32
27,027
16.83
7. Diabetes Mellitus
1,385
4.01
2,929
1.82
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,347
3.90
4,654
2.90
9. HIV/AIDS
842
2.44
737
0.46
10. Liver Disease
797
2.31
6,383
3.98
11. Stomach Cancer
702
2.03
1,379
0.86
12. Alcohol
648
1.88
168
0.10
13. Cervical Cancer
451
1.31
1,969
1.23
14. Congenital Anomalies
449
1.30
1,949
1.21
15. Suicide
391
1.13
2,571
1.60
16. Liver Cancer
355
1.03
256
0.16
17. Prostate Cancer
328
0.95
85
0.05
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
320
0.93
2,022
1.26
19. Low Birth Weight
317
0.92
3,822
2.38
20. Colon-Rectum Cancers
315
0.91
1,167
0.73
21. Leukemia
312
0.90
668
0.42
22. Breast Cancer
291
0.84
1,038
0.65
23. Lung Cancers
290
0.84
3,586
2.23
24. Falls
243
0.70
3,321
2.07
25. Endocrine Disorders
223
0.65
257
0.16
26. Malnutrition
214
0.62
845
0.53
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
199
0.58
6,071
3.78
28. Lymphomas
186
0.54
768
0.48
29. Pancreas Cancer
161
0.47
445
0.28
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
157
0.45
191
0.12
31. Hypertension
146
0.42
2,092
1.30
32. Other Neoplasms
145
0.42
50
0.03
33. Drownings
137
0.40
1,505
0.94
34. Anemia
131
0.38
0
0.00
35. Asthma
122
0.35
5,930
3.69
36. Skin Disease
121
0.35
17
0.01
37. Birth Trauma
121
0.35
2,676
1.67
38. Other Injuries
95
0.28
1,655
1.03
39. Oral Cancer
94
0.27
1,389
0.87
40. Ovary Cancer
93
0.27
585
0.36
41. Oesophagus Cancer
80
0.23
491
0.31
42. Inflammatory/Heart
78
0.23
217
0.14
43. Drug Use
74
0.21
93
0.06
44. Parkinson's Disease
70
0.20
760
0.47
45. Prostatic Hypertrophy
64
0.19
0
0.00
46. Tuberculosis
60
0.17
16,535
10.30
47. Skin Cancers
60
0.17
400
0.25
48. Epilepsy
50
0.14
874
0.54
49. Bladder Cancer
42
0.12
325
0.20
50. Uterin Cancer
39
0.11
56
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  El Salvador EL SALVADOR   Nepal NEPAL
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
12.44
70
15.27
52
2. Prostate Cancer
11.03
128
0.95
182
3. Stomach Cancer
10.79
33
6.79
79
4. Breast Cancer
8.03
175
8.50
172
5. Liver Cancer
5.51
86
1.19
183
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.87
151
5.77
137
7. Leukemia
4.80
25
2.61
139
8. Lung Cancers
4.43
141
18.16
65
9. Lymphomas
2.95
150
3.51
134
10. Ovary Cancer
2.61
159
4.60
83
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
129
2.18
138
12. Oral Cancer
1.42
164
6.52
23
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.22
144
2.40
92
14. Uterin Cancer
1.11
158
0.48
176
15. Skin Cancers
0.88
141
2.13
76
16. Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
1.62
119
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.