PEOPLE & SOCIETY

POPULATION

As of July 2012 the total population within the country is around 6,090,646 people. However, there are many age structures to consider, but the majority of the population is between the ages 25 to 54 years of age. Based on the CIA world factbook the population growth is at 0.303% as of 2012. The birth rate is determined by every 1,000 people, meaning it is 17.44 births for every 1,000 people, and with that being established they have determined that there are 2 children born for every woman.  The death rate is 5.63 deaths for every 1,000 people. The net migration is calculated the same way -8.78 migrants/1,000 people. The total sex ratio is calculated by males over females and in this case it is 0.93 males for every female as of 2011. The expectancy of life isn’t as high as that of the United States still it stays average as for males its life expectancy is at an average of 70 years of age and for females it is 77 years of age. The population has many ways of changing as it also depends of natural disasters, famine, diseases, climate and many other factors which help determine the population in the end.

 

ETHNIC GROUPS & LANGUAGE

The ethnic groups vary since of the history the country contains, meaning there are 86.3% mestizo, meaning a mixture between the Spanish, as in Spain, and the original people from the land, as in the Indigenous people. Therefore, the person that is mestizo is neither whole European nor Indigenous. The other 12.7%  is white and the 1% is Amerindian as of 2007 from the census. The official language is Spanish but among some Amerindians the language spoken is Nahua. Languages will vary according from country to country, but primarily the official language in  Central America is Spanish.

 

DIEASES

There is always a risk of getting any kind of disease, however some countries risk of obtaining a particular disease is high and that is the case for El Salvador, as there are many ways of obtaining a disease. One way would be food or waterborne diseases, since the water system isn’t built properly in the poorer countryside and with that there is a chance of bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever; these diseases are only through food and waterborne. The vector borne diseases would be the dengue fever that is transported by mosquitoes, since El Salvador is abundant in mosquitoes, especially during nighttime. The water contact disease most common is Leptospirosis as it is a severe bacterial infection that occurs when people are exposed to certain environments. Last but not lease is AIDS and HIV as it is common in every country even Salvador which has an estimated of 34,000 people living with HIV and AIDS as of 2009. Diseases are everywhere but every country has certain diseases it is most known for.

 

EDUCATION & JOBS

Education is very important no matter where you go, but still there are countries that lack the ability to educate its society and a portion of the illiteracy is why El Salvador is known to be a third world country. The total school life expectancy is up to 12 years of academics as it is not required but the basic as what High school is to the U.S. Many kids drop out of school as the interest in academics is not high as they rather be working and receiving money. But it’s not only because they need to start working, it’s also because the tuition to attend a University is to high and an unreachable goal for many. The lack of education then leads to unemployment as for men it is 13% are unemployed and for women 8.3% are unemployed; for a grand total of 11.4% unemployed. However, that percentage given before was only for the youth ages between 15 and 24; meaning there are more as we widen the age group.