EL SALVADOR VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,603	4	2,418	+ 2,185
Malaria	2	3,174	80	0	+ 3,174
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,081	27	199	+ 2,882
Stroke	4	2,641	5	1,595	+ 1,045
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,434	1	5,814	- 3,379
Low Birth Weight	6	2,213	19	317	+ 1,896
Birth Trauma	7	1,781	37	121	+ 1,661
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,426	8	1,347	+ 79
Liver Disease	9	1,104	10	797	+ 306
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,021	14	449	+ 572
HIV/AIDS	11	1,021	9	842	+ 178
Meningitis	12	887	51	36	+ 852
Kidney Disease	13	870	3	4,726	- 3,856
Diabetes Mellitus	14	862	7	1,385	- 523
Other Injuries	15	691	38	95	+ 596
Endocrine Disorders	16	656	25	223	+ 433
Lung Disease	17	550	6	1,493	- 943
Pertussis	18	527	52	32	+ 494
Hypertension	19	491	31	146	+ 345
Maternal Conditions	20	469	53	26	+ 442
Malnutrition	21	418	26	214	+ 204
Suicide	22	416	15	391	+ 25
Tuberculosis	23	414	46	60	+ 354
Asthma	24	402	35	122	+ 280
Prostate Cancer	25	391	17	328	+ 63
Measles	26	355	76	0	+ 355
Breast Cancer	27	354	22	291	+ 62
Violence	28	328	2	5,485	- 5,158
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	323	18	320	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	30	302	13	451	- 150
Drownings	31	257	33	137	+ 121
Falls	32	245	24	243	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	33	206	42	78	+ 129
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	200	30	157	+ 42
Fires	35	194	54	21	+ 173
Lymphomas	36	174	28	186	- 12
Epilepsy	37	166	48	50	+ 116
Stomach Cancer	38	163	11	702	- 539
Oesophagus Cancer	39	147	41	80	+ 67
Liver Cancer	40	145	16	355	- 210
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	140	20	315	- 174
Poisonings	42	139	57	15	+ 124
Parkinson's Disease	43	95	44	70	+ 26
Drug Use	44	89	43	74	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	89	65	6	+ 83
Leukemia	46	88	21	312	- 224
Schistosomiasis	47	83	82	0	+ 83
Pancreas Cancer	48	80	29	161	- 81
Oral Cancer	49	71	39	94	- 23
Tetanus	50	70	60	11	+ 59
Syphilis	51	68	58	14	+ 54
Skin Disease	52	65	36	121	- 56
Hepatitis B	53	64	66	5	+ 60
Skin Cancers	54	46	47	60	- 14
Uterin Cancer	55	45	50	39	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	56	39	40	93	- 55
Encephalitis	57	38	63	7	+ 31
Alcohol	58	38	12	648	- 610
Lung Cancers	59	30	23	290	- 260
Appendicitis	60	20	56	18	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	61	20	49	42	- 22
Ascariasis	62	18	72	0	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	63	9	32	145	- 136
Upper Respiratory	64	8	62	9	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	8	75	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	66	7	64	7	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	59	14	- 9
Diphtheria	68	5	74	0	+ 5
War	69	1	70	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	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
Leishmaniasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	67	4	- 4
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	34	131	- 131
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	85	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Benin

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.