AUSTRALIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,478	1	21,548	+ 1,929
Violence	2	22,151	44	243	+ 21,908
Kidney Disease	3	19,083	12	3,139	+ 15,944
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	9,764	8	4,446	+ 5,318
Stroke	5	6,442	3	10,331	- 3,889
Lung Disease	6	6,027	5	8,487	- 2,460
Diabetes Mellitus	7	5,594	7	4,471	+ 1,123
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,440	29	1,245	+ 4,195
HIV/AIDS	9	3,401	57	50	+ 3,351
Liver Disease	10	3,219	26	1,421	+ 1,798
Stomach Cancer	11	2,835	27	1,288	+ 1,547
Alcohol	12	2,618	37	380	+ 2,238
Cervical Cancer	13	1,823	39	342	+ 1,481
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,813	33	711	+ 1,103
Suicide	15	1,577	11	3,150	- 1,573
Liver Cancer	16	1,434	20	2,036	- 602
Prostate Cancer	17	1,326	9	3,766	- 2,440
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	1,292	2	15,588	- 14,297
Low Birth Weight	19	1,280	43	248	+ 1,032
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,271	6	6,209	- 4,938
Leukemia	21	1,259	18	2,126	- 867
Breast Cancer	22	1,177	10	3,405	- 2,229
Lung Cancers	23	1,170	4	8,769	- 7,598
Falls	24	981	14	3,116	- 2,135
Endocrine Disorders	25	899	16	2,328	- 1,429
Malnutrition	26	866	51	117	+ 749
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	803	40	296	+ 508
Lymphomas	28	752	15	3,039	- 2,287
Pancreas Cancer	29	649	13	3,118	- 2,468
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	635	42	276	+ 359
Hypertension	31	590	23	1,631	- 1,042
Other Neoplasms	32	586	28	1,252	- 667
Drownings	33	551	47	177	+ 374
Anemia	34	529	49	157	+ 372
Asthma	35	493	36	455	+ 37
Skin Disease	36	488	34	594	- 107
Birth Trauma	37	488	50	140	+ 348
Other Injuries	38	385	22	1,642	- 1,257
Oral Cancer	39	379	32	972	- 593
Ovary Cancer	40	376	31	1,003	- 626
Oesophagus Cancer	41	325	25	1,494	- 1,169
Inflammatory/Heart	42	313	24	1,571	- 1,258
Drug Use	43	297	21	1,783	- 1,486
Parkinson's Disease	44	282	19	2,036	- 1,755
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	258	53	71	+ 187
Tuberculosis	46	242	56	53	+ 190
Skin Cancers	47	241	17	2,319	- 2,078
Epilepsy	48	204	41	285	- 81
Bladder Cancer	49	168	30	1,187	- 1,019
Uterin Cancer	50	159	35	524	- 365
Meningitis	51	143	60	37	+ 106
Pertussis	52	130	69	1	+ 128
Maternal Conditions	53	107	63	20	+ 87
Fires	54	87	55	55	+ 32
Chagas disease	55	73	80	0	+ 73
Appendicitis	56	72	62	26	+ 46
Poisonings	57	60	61	35	+ 26
Syphilis	58	57	67	3	+ 54
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	57	45	229	- 172
Tetanus	60	45	70	1	+ 44
Dengue	61	36	72	0	+ 36
Upper Respiratory	62	35	64	17	+ 18
Encephalitis	63	29	68	3	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	64	28	46	188	- 160
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	25	38	379	- 354
Hepatitis B	66	18	58	41	- 23
Schizophrenia	67	15	54	64	- 48
Oral conditions	68	9	59	40	- 31
Osteoarthritis	69	6	52	114	- 108
War	70	3	65	8	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	48	173	- 173
Measles	76	0	78	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	66	6	- 6
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

El Salvador

Australia

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.