EL SALVADOR VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,994	1	5,814	- 820
Stroke	2	3,711	5	1,595	+ 2,116
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,853	4	2,418	+ 435
Violence	4	2,072	2	5,485	- 3,413
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,796	7	1,385	+ 410
Lung Disease	6	1,789	6	1,493	+ 296
Kidney Disease	7	1,135	3	4,726	- 3,590
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,020	8	1,347	- 327
Lung Cancers	9	954	23	290	+ 664
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	925	18	320	+ 605
Hypertension	11	868	31	146	+ 722
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	698	20	315	+ 383
Liver Disease	13	645	10	797	- 152
Breast Cancer	14	625	22	291	+ 334
Prostate Cancer	15	572	17	328	+ 244
Falls	16	568	24	243	+ 325
Stomach Cancer	17	542	11	702	- 160
Inflammatory/Heart	18	527	42	78	+ 450
Endocrine Disorders	19	510	25	223	+ 287
Suicide	20	438	15	391	+ 47
Other Injuries	21	416	38	95	+ 321
HIV/AIDS	22	378	9	842	- 464
Congenital Anomalies	23	371	14	449	- 78
Pancreas Cancer	24	361	29	161	+ 201
Liver Cancer	25	347	16	355	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	26	315	41	80	+ 235
Lymphomas	27	313	28	186	+ 126
Oral Cancer	28	300	39	94	+ 206
Cervical Cancer	29	286	13	451	- 165
Leukemia	30	257	21	312	- 55
Skin Disease	31	216	36	121	+ 95
Alcohol	32	215	12	648	- 434
Low Birth Weight	33	207	19	317	- 110
Malnutrition	34	202	26	214	- 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	170	27	199	- 28
Bladder Cancer	36	160	49	42	+ 118
Chagas disease	37	152	55	18	+ 134
Skin Cancers	38	152	47	60	+ 92
Drownings	39	149	33	137	+ 12
Tuberculosis	40	147	46	60	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	41	144	44	70	+ 74
Other Neoplasms	42	141	32	145	- 5
Ovary Cancer	43	131	40	93	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	128	30	157	- 29
Birth Trauma	45	114	37	121	- 7
Epilepsy	46	98	48	50	+ 48
Uterin Cancer	47	84	50	39	+ 44
Asthma	48	78	35	122	- 44
Drug Use	49	74	43	74	+ 1
Anemia	50	73	34	131	- 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	66	65	6	+ 60
Hepatitis C	52	59	75	0	+ 59
Maternal Conditions	53	45	53	26	+ 19
Meningitis	54	41	51	36	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	33	45	64	- 31
War	56	33	70	1	+ 32
Appendicitis	57	32	56	18	+ 14
Fires	58	31	54	21	+ 9
Hepatitis B	59	23	66	5	+ 19
Schizophrenia	60	20	67	4	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	18	59	14	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	62	18	82	0	+ 18
Leishmaniasis	63	13	73	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	64	11	64	7	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	65	10	69	1	+ 9
Poisonings	66	10	57	15	- 5
Upper Respiratory	67	8	62	9	- 1
Syphilis	68	7	58	14	- 7
Leprosy	69	5	78	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	70	3	77	0	+ 3
Tetanus	71	3	60	11	- 9
Encephalitis	72	2	63	7	- 5
Oral conditions	73	2	68	2	- 0
Malaria	74	1	80	0	+ 1
Pertussis	75	1	52	32	- 31
Dengue	76	0	61	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	78	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	76	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	81	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Brazil

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.