ALBANIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,725	1	8,797	- 6,072
Violence	2	2,571	27	103	+ 2,469
Kidney Disease	3	2,215	11	399	+ 1,816
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,133	6	634	+ 500
Stroke	5	748	2	8,790	- 8,043
Lung Disease	6	700	5	876	- 177
Diabetes Mellitus	7	649	19	208	+ 441
Road Traffic Accidents	8	631	14	337	+ 294
HIV/AIDS	9	395	42	26	+ 369
Liver Disease	10	374	12	376	- 2
Stomach Cancer	11	329	7	493	- 164
Alcohol	12	304	48	18	+ 285
Cervical Cancer	13	212	36	48	+ 164
Congenital Anomalies	14	210	28	102	+ 108
Suicide	15	183	24	125	+ 58
Liver Cancer	16	166	9	434	- 267
Prostate Cancer	17	154	16	311	- 157
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	150	3	1,827	- 1,677
Low Birth Weight	19	149	25	106	+ 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	147	20	197	- 50
Leukemia	21	146	22	131	+ 15
Breast Cancer	22	137	17	229	- 93
Lung Cancers	23	136	4	1,026	- 890
Falls	24	114	23	125	- 11
Endocrine Disorders	25	104	29	91	+ 14
Malnutrition	26	101	58	3	+ 98
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	93	52	9	+ 84
Lymphomas	28	87	31	69	+ 19
Pancreas Cancer	29	75	18	225	- 149
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	74	33	57	+ 17
Hypertension	31	68	10	425	- 357
Other Neoplasms	32	68	47	19	+ 49
Drownings	33	64	43	25	+ 39
Anemia	34	61	86	0	+ 61
Asthma	35	57	21	193	- 135
Skin Disease	36	57	55	6	+ 51
Birth Trauma	37	57	41	32	+ 24
Other Injuries	38	45	26	105	- 61
Oral Cancer	39	44	30	90	- 46
Ovary Cancer	40	44	39	39	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	41	38	34	52	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	42	36	8	465	- 429
Drug Use	43	34	44	25	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	44	33	13	369	- 336
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	30	80	0	+ 30
Tuberculosis	46	28	54	8	+ 20
Skin Cancers	47	28	32	64	- 36
Epilepsy	48	24	37	44	- 20
Bladder Cancer	49	20	15	330	- 310
Uterin Cancer	50	18	38	42	- 23
Meningitis	51	17	49	14	+ 3
Pertussis	52	15	60	1	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	53	12	59	2	+ 10
Fires	54	10	45	20	- 10
Chagas disease	55	8	73	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	56	8	56	5	+ 3
Poisonings	57	7	53	9	- 2
Syphilis	58	7	62	1	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	7	51	11	- 4
Tetanus	60	5	57	3	+ 3
Dengue	61	4	76	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	4	50	12	- 8
Encephalitis	63	3	46	20	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	40	39	- 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	3	35	50	- 47
Hepatitis B	66	2	63	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	67	2	83	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
War	70	0	64	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	61	1	- 1
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

El Salvador

Albania

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.