EL SALVADOR VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,641	1	5,814	+ 827
War	2	4,233	70	1	+ 4,232
Stroke	3	3,149	5	1,595	+ 1,554
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,420	4	2,418	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	5	2,087	19	317	+ 1,770
Birth Trauma	6	1,772	37	121	+ 1,651
Tuberculosis	7	1,626	46	60	+ 1,566
Hypertension	8	1,321	31	146	+ 1,175
Maternal Conditions	9	1,290	53	26	+ 1,263
Kidney Disease	10	1,089	3	4,726	- 3,637
Road Traffic Accidents	11	997	8	1,347	- 350
Diabetes Mellitus	12	950	7	1,385	- 435
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	918	27	199	+ 719
Congenital Anomalies	14	826	14	449	+ 377
Lung Disease	15	768	6	1,493	- 724
Liver Disease	16	760	10	797	- 37
Asthma	17	562	35	122	+ 440
Other Injuries	18	536	38	95	+ 440
Violence	19	531	2	5,485	- 4,954
Meningitis	20	434	51	36	+ 398
Pertussis	21	348	52	32	+ 316
Breast Cancer	22	301	22	291	+ 10
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	292	18	320	- 28
Suicide	24	260	15	391	- 131
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	249	30	157	+ 92
Stomach Cancer	26	248	11	702	- 454
Oral Cancer	27	242	39	94	+ 149
Endocrine Disorders	28	225	25	223	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	29	217	41	80	+ 137
Tetanus	30	207	60	11	+ 196
Encephalitis	31	197	63	7	+ 189
Lung Cancers	32	178	23	290	- 112
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	172	65	6	+ 166
Drownings	34	165	33	137	+ 28
Epilepsy	35	164	48	50	+ 114
Lymphomas	36	156	28	186	- 30
Falls	37	150	24	243	- 93
Hepatitis B	38	143	66	5	+ 138
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	122	20	315	- 192
Liver Cancer	40	109	16	355	- 247
Parkinson's Disease	41	104	44	70	+ 34
Leukemia	42	101	21	312	- 211
Malnutrition	43	97	26	214	- 117
Cervical Cancer	44	89	13	451	- 362
Inflammatory/Heart	45	87	42	78	+ 10
HIV/AIDS	46	77	9	842	- 766
Poisonings	47	63	57	15	+ 48
Ovary Cancer	48	61	40	93	- 32
Measles	49	58	76	0	+ 58
Fires	50	57	54	21	+ 36
Drug Use	51	54	43	74	- 19
Appendicitis	52	49	56	18	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	53	48	50	39	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	54	45	49	42	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	55	43	17	328	- 286
Pancreas Cancer	56	38	29	161	- 123
Malaria	57	31	80	0	+ 31
Alcohol	58	25	12	648	- 624
Skin Cancers	59	24	47	60	- 36
Syphilis	60	16	58	14	+ 1
Skin Disease	61	16	36	121	- 105
Multiple Sclerosis	62	14	64	7	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	63	5	32	145	- 140
Hepatitis C	64	5	75	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	59	14	- 10
Ascariasis	66	3	72	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	67	3	74	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	2	62	9	- 7
Chlamydia	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	67	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	34	131	- 131
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	45	64	- 64
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Afghanistan

El Salvador

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.