EL SALVADOR VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,950	1	5,814	+ 136
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,344	4	2,418	+ 1,926
Stroke	3	3,880	5	1,595	+ 2,285
Kidney Disease	4	3,165	3	4,726	- 1,561
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,653	7	1,385	+ 1,267
Liver Disease	6	2,147	10	797	+ 1,350
Lung Disease	7	2,011	6	1,493	+ 519
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,335	18	320	+ 1,015
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,308	8	1,347	- 39
Hypertension	10	1,037	31	146	+ 891
Other Injuries	11	689	38	95	+ 593
Low Birth Weight	12	681	19	317	+ 364
Tuberculosis	13	639	46	60	+ 579
Violence	14	590	2	5,485	- 4,895
Congenital Anomalies	15	582	14	449	+ 133
Cervical Cancer	16	577	13	451	+ 125
Falls	17	574	24	243	+ 331
Malnutrition	18	555	26	214	+ 341
Birth Trauma	19	530	37	121	+ 409
Lung Cancers	20	485	23	290	+ 196
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	475	27	199	+ 276
Parkinson's Disease	22	459	44	70	+ 389
Stomach Cancer	23	423	11	702	- 279
Chagas disease	24	406	55	18	+ 388
Liver Cancer	25	388	16	355	+ 33
Suicide	26	385	15	391	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	365	30	157	+ 208
Prostate Cancer	28	296	17	328	- 32
Breast Cancer	29	259	22	291	- 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	219	20	315	- 95
Drownings	31	219	33	137	+ 82
Endocrine Disorders	32	207	25	223	- 16
Alcohol	33	207	12	648	- 442
Leukemia	34	204	21	312	- 107
Inflammatory/Heart	35	201	42	78	+ 124
Pancreas Cancer	36	179	29	161	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	157	65	6	+ 151
Asthma	38	139	35	122	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	39	132	53	26	+ 106
Drug Use	40	131	43	74	+ 58
Lymphomas	41	118	28	186	- 68
Epilepsy	42	107	48	50	+ 57
Skin Cancers	43	102	47	60	+ 43
Fires	44	98	54	21	+ 76
HIV/AIDS	45	94	9	842	- 748
Appendicitis	46	84	56	18	+ 66
Uterin Cancer	47	81	50	39	+ 42
Oesophagus Cancer	48	72	41	80	- 9
Meningitis	49	69	51	36	+ 33
Pertussis	50	65	52	32	+ 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	60	59	14	+ 46
Encephalitis	52	59	63	7	+ 52
Syphilis	53	57	58	14	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	54	55	40	93	- 38
Skin Disease	55	54	36	121	- 67
Oral Cancer	56	49	39	94	- 45
Poisonings	57	35	57	15	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	58	23	32	145	- 122
Bladder Cancer	59	23	49	42	- 19
Tetanus	60	17	60	11	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	12	64	7	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	62	8	62	9	- 0
War	63	5	70	1	+ 4
Hepatitis B	64	3	66	5	- 2
Leishmaniasis	65	3	73	0	+ 3
Dengue	66	2	61	9	- 7
Hepatitis C	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	68	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	82	0	69	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	34	131	- 131
Schizophrenia	85	0	67	4	- 4
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Bolivia

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.