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Rwanda
COUNTRY #1
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RWANDA VS EL SALVADOR

Compare Rwanda 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
Rwanda Population Pyramid
23,048,001
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El Salvador Population Pyramid
6,936,792
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
40.8
44.0
42.4
137
132
134
  
49.4
52.4
50.8
91
92
90
1970
42.8
46.0
44.4
148
143
145
  
55.3
59.5
57.3
89
89
90
1980
44.0
47.4
45.6
158
157
158
  
51.3
63.1
57.1
133
98
120
1990
29.9
33.8
31.8
183
183
183
  
61.6
69.8
65.6
114
93
107
2000
43.3
53.8
48.3
179
154
171
  
64.4
73.6
69.0
107
83
98
2010
57.5
68.1
62.8
156
130
139
  
67.4
76.3
72.0
103
82
97
2019
66.9
71.2
69.1
127
127
127
  
70.6
79.1
75.0
95
61
77
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.9
71.2
127
127
70.6
79.1
95
61
Age
66.9
71.2
127
127
70.6
79.1
95
61
Age 5
69.5
73.5
130
130
71.6
80.1
99
58
Age 10
69.8
73.8
129
129
71.7
80.1
99
58
Age 15
70.1
74.1
127
128
71.8
80.3
99
58
Age 20
70.4
74.3
127
128
72.4
80.4
97
57
Age 25
70.8
74.5
125
128
73.1
80.6
89
57
Age 30
71.3
74.9
126
128
73.8
80.7
88
57
Age 35
71.7
75.2
124
128
74.7
81.0
81
56
Age 40
72.3
75.7
125
126
76.0
81.3
71
54
Age 45
73.0
76.4
126
126
77.1
81.6
62
53
Age 50
74.0
77.1
125
124
78.1
82.1
54
52
Age 55
75.2
78.1
126
123
79.2
82.7
49
49
Age 60
76.7
79.2
127
119
80.4
83.6
46
46
Age 65
78.5
80.6
127
116
81.9
84.5
47
45
Age 70
80.7
82.3
126
118
83.5
85.8
46
43
Age 75
83.3
84.4
128
117
85.7
87.3
42
42
Age 80
86.2
87.0
123
116
87.4
89.0
59
47
Age 85
89.6
90.2
120
110
89.4
91.4
133
32
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
105.76
62
22.58
163
2. Coronary Heart Disease
77.83
135
82.54
129
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
74.70
45
33.24
79
4. Road Traffic Accidents
43.89
15
21.36
69
5. Liver Disease
41.22
23
12.89
114
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
39.89
44
2.88
93
7. Diabetes Mellitus
36.55
70
20.97
106
8. Malaria
35.78
26
0.00
102
9. Lung Disease
33.52
41
20.12
105
10. Hypertension
30.17
44
2.11
175
11. HIV/AIDS
29.44
34
14.60
49
12. Cervical Cancer
26.00
22
12.44
70
13. Prostate Cancer
25.46
43
11.03
128
14. Kidney Disease
23.20
92
72.90
3
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.49
55
4.47
168
16. Breast Cancer
15.96
102
8.03
175
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.27
45
4.87
151
18. Malnutrition
12.03
23
2.96
69
19. Asthma
11.90
53
1.72
119
20. Liver Cancer
11.48
24
5.51
86
21. Stomach Cancer
10.60
37
10.79
33
22. Other Injuries
10.27
62
1.47
182
23. Suicide
9.45
81
6.11
126
24. Meningitis
8.67
38
0.53
112
25. Falls
7.68
61
3.52
138
26. Congenital Anomalies
7.02
52
5.99
88
27. Low Birth Weight
6.97
65
3.59
115
28. Tuberculosis
6.68
78
0.90
131
29. Maternal Conditions
6.57
42
0.41
118
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.24
43
2.21
101
31. Birth Trauma
6.06
54
1.36
109
32. Lymphomas
5.66
58
2.95
150
33. Inflammatory/Heart
5.09
86
1.19
181
34. Violence
4.56
91
86.75
1
35. Lung Cancers
4.46
140
4.43
141
36. Leukemia
3.96
73
4.80
25
37. Pancreas Cancer
3.86
87
2.49
129
38. Parkinson's Disease
3.83
107
0.95
176
39. Oesophagus Cancer
3.59
52
1.22
144
40. Oral Cancer
3.02
84
1.42
164
41. Fires
2.90
52
0.33
158
42. Endocrine Disorders
2.79
121
3.34
96
43. Ovary Cancer
2.74
155
2.61
159
44. Poisonings
2.31
40
0.24
144
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.15
64
0.09
182
46. Drownings
2.14
108
2.09
113
47. Epilepsy
2.08
60
0.79
156
48. Alcohol
1.99
60
10.91
6
49. Skin Cancers
1.89
91
0.88
141
50. Uterin Cancer
1.84
115
1.11
158
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Rwanda RWANDA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,280
9.10
2,418
7.00
2. Stroke
5,060
8.72
1,595
4.62
3. Road Traffic Accidents
3,718
6.41
1,347
3.90
4. Coronary Heart Disease
3,605
6.21
5,814
16.84
5. Malaria
3,298
5.69
0
0.00
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
3,121
5.38
199
0.58
7. HIV/AIDS
2,826
4.87
842
2.44
8. Liver Disease
2,548
4.39
797
2.31
9. Low Birth Weight
2,193
3.78
317
0.92
10. Birth Trauma
1,888
3.25
121
0.35
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,858
3.20
1,385
4.01
12. Congenital Anomalies
1,777
3.06
449
1.30
13. Lung Disease
1,555
2.68
1,493
4.32
14. Hypertension
1,357
2.34
146
0.42
15. Kidney Disease
1,206
2.08
4,726
13.69
16. Malnutrition
1,168
2.01
214
0.62
17. Other Injuries
944
1.63
95
0.28
18. Cervical Cancer
941
1.62
451
1.31
19. Meningitis
847
1.46
36
0.10
20. Stomach Cancer
780
1.34
702
2.03
21. Maternal Conditions
722
1.24
26
0.08
22. Asthma
717
1.24
122
0.35
23. Liver Cancer
706
1.22
355
1.03
24. Suicide
704
1.21
391
1.13
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
657
1.13
320
0.93
26. Tuberculosis
625
1.08
60
0.17
27. Breast Cancer
600
1.03
291
0.84
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
591
1.02
315
0.91
29. Violence
548
0.94
5,485
15.88
30. Lymphomas
450
0.78
186
0.54
31. Falls
412
0.71
243
0.70
32. Prostate Cancer
396
0.68
328
0.95
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
362
0.62
157
0.45
34. Inflammatory/Heart
347
0.60
78
0.23
35. Leukemia
317
0.55
312
0.90
36. Drownings
285
0.49
137
0.40
37. Oral Cancer
272
0.47
94
0.27
38. Fires
270
0.47
21
0.06
39. Lung Cancers
234
0.40
290
0.84
40. Poisonings
220
0.38
15
0.04
41. Endocrine Disorders
219
0.38
223
0.65
42. Pertussis
218
0.38
32
0.09
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.37
161
0.47
44. Oesophagus Cancer
213
0.37
80
0.23
45. Epilepsy
191
0.33
50
0.14
46. Syphilis
173
0.30
14
0.04
47. Parkinson's Disease
146
0.25
70
0.20
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
136
0.23
6
0.02
49. Alcohol
125
0.22
648
1.88
50. Skin Cancers
113
0.19
60
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   El Salvador EL SALVADOR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
26.00
22
12.44
70
2. Prostate Cancer
25.46
43
11.03
128
3. Breast Cancer
15.96
102
8.03
175
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.27
45
4.87
151
5. Liver Cancer
11.48
24
5.51
86
6. Stomach Cancer
10.60
37
10.79
33
7. Lymphomas
5.66
58
2.95
150
8. Lung Cancers
4.46
140
4.43
141
9. Leukemia
3.96
73
4.80
25
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.86
87
2.49
129
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.59
52
1.22
144
12. Oral Cancer
3.02
84
1.42
164
13. Ovary Cancer
2.74
155
2.61
159
14. Skin Cancers
1.89
91
0.88
141
15. Uterin Cancer
1.84
115
1.11
158
16. Bladder Cancer
0.66
173
0.61
175
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.