El Salvador vs Sweden: Death rate from rheumatic heart diseases

El Salvador
0.292 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2021
Sweden
0.2205 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2021
El Salvador rank
181st
Sweden rank
183rd

Death rate from rheumatic heart diseases over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sweden
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.292 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.2205 deaths per 100,000 people in Sweden, a difference of 0.0715 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.3 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sweden ahead.

El Salvador ranks 181st and Sweden ranks 183rd of 194 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sweden Difference Ahead
2000s 0.4712 deaths per 100,000 people 0.6283 deaths per 100,000 people 0.1571 deaths per 100,000 people Sweden
2010s 0.3264 deaths per 100,000 people 0.4238 deaths per 100,000 people 0.0974 deaths per 100,000 people Sweden
2020s 0.2911 deaths per 100,000 people 0.2462 deaths per 100,000 people 0.0449 deaths per 100,000 people El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate from rheumatic heart diseases, El Salvador or Sweden?
El Salvador, at 0.292 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.2205 deaths per 100,000 people in Sweden as of 2021.
What is the difference in death rate from rheumatic heart diseases between El Salvador and Sweden?
0.0715 deaths per 100,000 people, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sweden?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do El Salvador and Sweden rank globally for death rate from rheumatic heart diseases?
El Salvador ranks 181st and Sweden ranks 183rd of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Death rate from rheumatic heart diseases. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Death rate from rheumatic heart diseases
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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Estimated number of age-standardized deaths from rheumatic heart disease in both sexes, per 100,000 people.