EL SALVADOR VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,757	1	5,814	- 57
Violence	2	2,576	2	5,485	- 2,910
Stroke	3	2,215	5	1,595	+ 620
Lung Disease	4	2,129	6	1,493	+ 637
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,440	4	2,418	- 978
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,038	8	1,347	- 309
Kidney Disease	7	914	3	4,726	- 3,812
Hypertension	8	855	31	146	+ 709
Stomach Cancer	9	817	11	702	+ 115
Lung Cancers	10	702	23	290	+ 412
Diabetes Mellitus	11	672	7	1,385	- 713
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	584	20	315	+ 270
Breast Cancer	13	490	22	291	+ 199
Prostate Cancer	14	479	17	328	+ 151
Other Neoplasms	15	428	32	145	+ 283
Congenital Anomalies	16	396	14	449	- 53
HIV/AIDS	17	359	9	842	- 483
Lymphomas	18	348	28	186	+ 162
Liver Disease	19	324	10	797	- 473
Cervical Cancer	20	303	13	451	- 149
Leukemia	21	295	21	312	- 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	288	18	320	- 32
Low Birth Weight	23	280	19	317	- 37
Liver Cancer	24	276	16	355	- 79
Pancreas Cancer	25	270	29	161	+ 110
Suicide	26	263	15	391	- 128
Malnutrition	27	251	26	214	+ 37
Other Injuries	28	213	38	95	+ 118
Falls	29	203	24	243	- 40
Endocrine Disorders	30	183	25	223	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	31	178	42	78	+ 100
Tuberculosis	32	170	46	60	+ 110
Ovary Cancer	33	150	40	93	+ 57
Skin Disease	34	147	36	121	+ 27
Skin Cancers	35	137	47	60	+ 78
Oesophagus Cancer	36	112	41	80	+ 31
Oral Cancer	37	108	39	94	+ 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	100	27	199	- 99
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	93	30	157	- 64
Drownings	40	92	33	137	- 44
Birth Trauma	41	87	37	121	- 34
Bladder Cancer	42	81	49	42	+ 40
Epilepsy	43	80	48	50	+ 29
Drug Use	44	66	43	74	- 8
Uterin Cancer	45	57	50	39	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	46	53	53	26	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	47	51	44	70	- 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	45	45	64	- 19
War	49	35	70	1	+ 34
Meningitis	50	33	51	36	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	32	59	14	+ 18
Appendicitis	52	28	56	18	+ 11
Chagas disease	53	27	55	18	+ 9
Asthma	54	26	35	122	- 96
Dengue	55	18	61	9	+ 9
Fires	56	17	54	21	- 5
Anemia	57	13	34	131	- 118
Osteoarthritis	58	9	69	1	+ 8
Hepatitis C	59	9	75	0	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	64	7	+ 1
Poisonings	61	8	57	15	- 7
Hepatitis B	62	7	66	5	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	5	65	6	- 1
Encephalitis	64	5	63	7	- 2
Syphilis	65	4	58	14	- 10
Upper Respiratory	66	4	62	9	- 5
Malaria	67	3	80	0	+ 3
Alcohol	68	3	12	648	- 645
Pertussis	69	2	52	32	- 30
Schizophrenia	70	2	67	4	- 1
Tetanus	71	2	60	11	- 9
Leprosy	72	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	77	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	73	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	68	2	- 1
Ascariasis	76	1	72	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Colombia

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.