EL SALVADOR VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,795	1	5,814	- 2,019
Stroke	2	3,456	5	1,595	+ 1,861
Kidney Disease	3	1,444	3	4,726	- 3,282
Lung Disease	4	1,443	6	1,493	- 50
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,421	18	320	+ 1,101
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,392	4	2,418	- 1,026
Hypertension	7	1,355	31	146	+ 1,209
Stomach Cancer	8	1,289	11	702	+ 587
Lung Cancers	9	1,226	23	290	+ 936
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,128	7	1,385	- 257
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,073	20	315	+ 759
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,004	8	1,347	- 343
Liver Disease	13	940	10	797	+ 143
Prostate Cancer	14	865	17	328	+ 536
Suicide	15	604	15	391	+ 213
Breast Cancer	16	600	22	291	+ 308
Pancreas Cancer	17	556	29	161	+ 396
Lymphomas	18	495	28	186	+ 309
Liver Cancer	19	486	16	355	+ 131
Other Neoplasms	20	482	32	145	+ 337
Other Injuries	21	465	38	95	+ 370
Endocrine Disorders	22	457	25	223	+ 234
Falls	23	321	24	243	+ 78
Leukemia	24	312	21	312	+ 1
Congenital Anomalies	25	305	14	449	- 144
Parkinson's Disease	26	281	44	70	+ 211
Cervical Cancer	27	277	13	451	- 175
Skin Disease	28	271	36	121	+ 150
Violence	29	264	2	5,485	- 5,221
Oesophagus Cancer	30	256	41	80	+ 176
Inflammatory/Heart	31	252	42	78	+ 174
Bladder Cancer	32	228	49	42	+ 186
HIV/AIDS	33	192	9	842	- 651
Skin Cancers	34	187	47	60	+ 127
Ovary Cancer	35	183	40	93	+ 89
Low Birth Weight	36	155	19	317	- 162
Malnutrition	37	149	26	214	- 65
Tuberculosis	38	146	46	60	+ 86
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	119	27	199	- 80
Oral Cancer	40	109	39	94	+ 15
Fires	41	105	54	21	+ 83
Asthma	42	105	35	122	- 17
Epilepsy	43	105	48	50	+ 54
Drownings	44	101	33	137	- 36
Uterin Cancer	45	98	50	39	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	79	30	157	- 78
Alcohol	47	74	12	648	- 575
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	66	59	14	+ 52
Anemia	49	64	34	131	- 67
Drug Use	50	53	43	74	- 21
Osteoarthritis	51	47	69	1	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	37	65	6	+ 31
Meningitis	53	34	51	36	- 2
Birth Trauma	54	31	37	121	- 90
Chagas disease	55	28	55	18	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	26	45	64	- 38
Poisonings	57	24	57	15	+ 9
Schizophrenia	58	13	67	4	+ 10
Appendicitis	59	13	56	18	- 5
Hepatitis B	60	11	66	5	+ 6
Hepatitis C	61	9	75	0	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	62	9	64	7	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	63	8	53	26	- 18
War	64	5	70	1	+ 4
Oral conditions	65	2	68	2	- 0
Syphilis	66	2	58	14	- 12
Upper Respiratory	67	2	62	9	- 7
Pertussis	68	1	52	32	- 31
Tetanus	69	1	60	11	- 11
Encephalitis	70	1	63	7	- 7
Otitis Media	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	61	9	- 9
Diphtheria	74	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Chile

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.