BELGIUM VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,505	1	15,281	- 4,776
Violence	2	9,912	44	149	+ 9,762
Kidney Disease	3	8,539	8	2,952	+ 5,587
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,369	6	5,677	- 1,308
Stroke	5	2,883	3	7,408	- 4,525
Lung Disease	6	2,697	5	6,438	- 3,741
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,503	20	1,269	+ 1,234
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,434	29	666	+ 1,768
HIV/AIDS	9	1,522	57	36	+ 1,486
Liver Disease	10	1,440	17	1,433	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	11	1,269	26	863	+ 405
Alcohol	12	1,171	32	500	+ 672
Cervical Cancer	13	816	41	243	+ 573
Congenital Anomalies	14	811	40	282	+ 530
Suicide	15	706	10	2,111	- 1,405
Liver Cancer	16	642	24	976	- 334
Prostate Cancer	17	593	13	1,824	- 1,231
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	578	2	9,416	- 8,838
Low Birth Weight	19	573	50	70	+ 503
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	569	7	3,329	- 2,760
Leukemia	21	563	21	1,199	- 636
Breast Cancer	22	527	9	2,587	- 2,060
Lung Cancers	23	524	4	6,777	- 6,253
Falls	24	439	15	1,756	- 1,317
Endocrine Disorders	25	402	18	1,432	- 1,029
Malnutrition	26	387	38	291	+ 97
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	359	33	418	- 58
Lymphomas	28	336	16	1,552	- 1,216
Pancreas Cancer	29	291	14	1,809	- 1,519
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	284	42	213	+ 71
Hypertension	31	264	27	740	- 476
Other Neoplasms	32	262	12	1,828	- 1,566
Drownings	33	247	47	79	+ 168
Anemia	34	237	43	199	+ 38
Asthma	35	221	46	128	+ 93
Skin Disease	36	218	35	380	- 161
Birth Trauma	37	218	53	47	+ 171
Other Injuries	38	172	11	2,006	- 1,834
Oral Cancer	39	170	28	675	- 505
Ovary Cancer	40	168	30	653	- 484
Oesophagus Cancer	41	145	25	898	- 753
Inflammatory/Heart	42	140	23	1,060	- 920
Drug Use	43	133	39	287	- 155
Parkinson's Disease	44	126	19	1,378	- 1,252
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	116	60	20	+ 96
Tuberculosis	46	109	54	46	+ 63
Skin Cancers	47	108	31	522	- 414
Epilepsy	48	91	36	348	- 257
Bladder Cancer	49	75	22	1,078	- 1,003
Uterin Cancer	50	71	34	384	- 313
Meningitis	51	64	58	28	+ 36
Pertussis	52	58	68	1	+ 57
Maternal Conditions	53	48	64	6	+ 42
Fires	54	39	48	75	- 36
Chagas disease	55	33	77	0	+ 33
Appendicitis	56	32	62	17	+ 16
Poisonings	57	27	55	41	- 14
Syphilis	58	26	70	0	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	25	49	73	- 47
Tetanus	60	20	78	0	+ 20
Dengue	61	16	83	0	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	62	15	59	22	- 7
Encephalitis	63	13	66	1	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	64	12	45	147	- 135
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	11	37	293	- 282
Hepatitis B	66	8	63	17	- 8
Schizophrenia	67	7	56	40	- 33
Oral conditions	68	4	61	19	- 15
Osteoarthritis	69	3	51	59	- 56
War	70	1	67	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	52	53	- 53
Measles	76	0	79	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

El Salvador

Belgium

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.