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Namibia
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Namibia 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
Namibia Population Pyramid
3,981,125
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
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Namibia NAMIBIA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  Namibia NAMIBIA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.0
49.3
47.1
113
100
105
 
49.4
52.4
50.8
91
92
90
1970
50.8
54.8
52.8
114
105
110
 
55.3
59.5
57.3
89
89
90
1980
56.0
60.0
57.9
114
113
114
 
51.3
63.1
57.1
133
98
120
1990
59.5
63.7
61.5
123
122
124
 
61.6
69.8
65.6
114
93
107
2000
56.2
58.5
57.4
142
147
144
 
64.4
73.6
69.0
107
83
98
2010
61.3
64.6
63.0
139
140
138
 
67.4
76.3
72.0
103
82
97
2019
60.6
68.4
64.6
165
142
152
 
70.6
79.1
75.0
95
61
77
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Namibia NAMIBIA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.6
68.4
165
142
70.6
79.1
95
61
Age
60.6
68.4
165
142
70.6
79.1
95
61
Age 5
63.5
71.1
173
148
71.6
80.1
99
58
Age 10
63.8
71.5
173
149
71.7
80.1
99
58
Age 15
64.1
71.7
173
149
71.8
80.3
99
58
Age 20
64.6
72.0
173
149
72.4
80.4
97
57
Age 25
65.2
72.4
173
150
73.1
80.6
89
57
Age 30
65.8
72.8
173
150
73.8
80.7
88
57
Age 35
66.6
73.5
173
149
74.7
81.0
81
56
Age 40
67.6
74.4
173
148
76.0
81.3
71
54
Age 45
69.0
75.5
172
143
77.1
81.6
62
53
Age 50
70.7
76.7
171
138
78.1
82.1
54
52
Age 55
72.6
78.0
171
125
79.2
82.7
49
49
Age 60
74.7
79.3
170
118
80.4
83.6
46
46
Age 65
77.0
80.7
170
113
81.9
84.5
47
45
Age 70
79.5
82.3
169
114
83.5
85.8
46
43
Age 75
82.4
84.4
165
119
85.7
87.3
42
42
Age 80
85.7
87.0
158
126
87.4
89.0
59
47
Age 85
89.2
90.0
153
131
89.4
91.4
133
32
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Namibia NAMIBIA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
147.62
7
14.60
49
2. Stroke
117.61
46
22.58
163
3. Coronary Heart Disease
105.72
98
82.54
129
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
94.17
31
33.24
79
5. Tuberculosis
74.32
11
0.90
131
6. Diabetes Mellitus
61.52
25
20.97
106
7. Road Traffic Accidents
44.05
14
21.36
69
8. Lung Disease
40.96
26
20.12
105
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
38.12
45
2.88
93
10. Hypertension
37.70
28
2.11
175
11. Prostate Cancer
25.79
40
11.03
128
12. Kidney Disease
25.76
73
72.90
3
13. Liver Disease
23.50
80
12.89
114
14. Violence
20.18
18
86.75
1
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.25
79
4.47
168
16. Cervical Cancer
16.57
48
12.44
70
17. Asthma
15.49
38
1.72
119
18. Breast Cancer
14.84
120
8.03
175
19. Suicide
13.51
36
6.11
126
20. Inflammatory/Heart
12.49
19
1.19
181
21. Other Injuries
10.07
66
1.47
182
22. Malnutrition
9.45
32
2.96
69
23. Low Birth Weight
9.38
39
3.59
115
24. Skin Cancers
9.09
2
0.88
141
25. Oral Cancer
7.84
12
1.42
164
26. Congenital Anomalies
6.25
81
5.99
88
27. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.23
44
2.21
101
28. Birth Trauma
6.21
53
1.36
109
29. Fires
5.58
8
0.33
158
30. Meningitis
5.31
47
0.53
112
31. Maternal Conditions
4.80
51
0.41
118
32. Endocrine Disorders
4.68
70
3.34
96
33. Lung Cancers
4.38
143
4.43
141
34. Falls
4.37
118
3.52
138
35. Parkinson's Disease
4.18
87
0.95
176
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
166
4.87
151
37. Drownings
4.09
43
2.09
113
38. Lymphomas
3.10
144
2.95
150
39. Liver Cancer
3.04
164
5.51
86
40. Ovary Cancer
3.01
146
2.61
159
41. Skin Disease
2.57
36
1.72
82
42. Epilepsy
2.41
49
0.79
156
43. Stomach Cancer
2.39
172
10.79
33
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.22
61
0.09
182
45. Alcohol
1.87
64
10.91
6
46. Poisonings
1.74
51
0.24
144
47. Drug Use
1.74
57
1.15
97
48. Leukemia
1.66
158
4.80
25
49. Oesophagus Cancer
1.65
120
1.22
144
50. Uterin Cancer
1.63
131
1.11
158
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Namibia NAMIBIA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
2,928
17.28
842
2.44
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,464
8.64
2,418
7.00
3. Tuberculosis
1,416
8.35
60
0.17
4. Stroke
1,333
7.86
1,595
4.62
5. Coronary Heart Disease
1,221
7.20
5,814
16.84
6. Road Traffic Accidents
868
5.12
1,347
3.90
7. Diabetes Mellitus
724
4.27
1,385
4.01
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
645
3.81
199
0.58
9. Low Birth Weight
516
3.04
317
0.92
10. Lung Disease
461
2.72
1,493
4.32
11. Violence
450
2.66
5,485
15.88
12. Hypertension
428
2.53
146
0.42
13. Birth Trauma
345
2.04
121
0.35
14. Liver Disease
336
1.98
797
2.31
15. Kidney Disease
322
1.90
4,726
13.69
16. Congenital Anomalies
283
1.67
449
1.30
17. Suicide
243
1.43
391
1.13
18. Malnutrition
224
1.32
214
0.62
19. Other Injuries
207
1.22
95
0.28
20. Asthma
200
1.18
122
0.35
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
176
1.04
320
0.93
22. Inflammatory/Heart
162
0.96
78
0.23
23. Cervical Cancer
133
0.78
451
1.31
24. Breast Cancer
121
0.71
291
0.84
25. Drownings
110
0.65
137
0.40
26. Maternal Conditions
110
0.65
26
0.08
27. Fires
109
0.64
21
0.06
28. Meningitis
109
0.64
36
0.10
29. Skin Cancers
108
0.64
60
0.17
30. Oral Cancer
100
0.59
94
0.27
31. Prostate Cancer
94
0.55
328
0.95
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
76
0.45
157
0.45
33. Endocrine Disorders
73
0.43
223
0.65
34. Falls
62
0.37
243
0.70
35. Lung Cancers
59
0.35
290
0.84
36. Pertussis
54
0.32
32
0.09
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
54
0.32
315
0.91
38. Epilepsy
49
0.29
50
0.14
39. Poisonings
46
0.27
15
0.04
40. Lymphomas
46
0.27
186
0.54
41. Liver Cancer
45
0.27
355
1.03
42. Parkinson's Disease
43
0.25
70
0.20
43. Syphilis
35
0.21
14
0.04
44. Stomach Cancer
33
0.19
702
2.03
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
33
0.19
6
0.02
46. Drug Use
32
0.19
74
0.21
47. Skin Disease
31
0.18
121
0.35
48. Alcohol
28
0.17
648
1.88
49. Leukemia
24
0.14
312
0.90
50. Ovary Cancer
23
0.14
93
0.27
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Namibia NAMIBIA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
25.79
40
11.03
128
2. Cervical Cancer
16.57
48
12.44
70
3. Breast Cancer
14.84
120
8.03
175
4. Skin Cancers
9.09
2
0.88
141
5. Oral Cancer
7.84
12
1.42
164
6. Lung Cancers
4.38
143
4.43
141
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
166
4.87
151
8. Lymphomas
3.10
144
2.95
150
9. Liver Cancer
3.04
164
5.51
86
10. Ovary Cancer
3.01
146
2.61
159
11. Stomach Cancer
2.39
172
10.79
33
12. Leukemia
1.66
158
4.80
25
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.65
120
1.22
144
14. Uterin Cancer
1.63
131
1.11
158
15. Bladder Cancer
1.39
134
0.61
175
16. Pancreas Cancer
1.37
158
2.49
129
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.