BOLIVIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,798	1	11,051	- 253
Violence	2	10,188	14	1,097	+ 9,091
Kidney Disease	3	8,777	4	5,879	+ 2,898
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,491	2	8,069	- 3,578
Stroke	5	2,963	3	7,206	- 4,243
Lung Disease	6	2,772	7	3,735	- 963
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,573	5	4,927	- 2,354
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,502	9	2,430	+ 72
HIV/AIDS	9	1,564	45	174	+ 1,390
Liver Disease	10	1,481	6	3,987	- 2,507
Stomach Cancer	11	1,304	23	785	+ 519
Alcohol	12	1,204	33	384	+ 820
Cervical Cancer	13	839	16	1,071	- 233
Congenital Anomalies	14	834	15	1,080	- 246
Suicide	15	725	26	715	+ 10
Liver Cancer	16	660	25	720	- 61
Prostate Cancer	17	610	28	550	+ 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	594	8	2,479	- 1,885
Low Birth Weight	19	589	12	1,265	- 676
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	584	30	407	+ 177
Leukemia	21	579	34	380	+ 199
Breast Cancer	22	541	29	482	+ 59
Lung Cancers	23	538	20	901	- 363
Falls	24	451	17	1,066	- 615
Endocrine Disorders	25	414	32	384	+ 29
Malnutrition	26	398	18	1,031	- 633
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	369	21	883	- 514
Lymphomas	28	346	41	219	+ 126
Pancreas Cancer	29	299	36	332	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	292	27	678	- 386
Hypertension	31	271	10	1,927	- 1,655
Other Neoplasms	32	269	58	43	+ 226
Drownings	33	254	31	406	- 152
Anemia	34	243	84	0	+ 243
Asthma	35	227	38	258	- 32
Skin Disease	36	224	55	101	+ 124
Birth Trauma	37	224	19	984	- 760
Other Injuries	38	177	11	1,279	- 1,102
Oral Cancer	39	174	56	91	+ 83
Ovary Cancer	40	173	54	102	+ 71
Oesophagus Cancer	41	149	48	133	+ 16
Inflammatory/Heart	42	144	35	374	- 230
Drug Use	43	137	40	244	- 107
Parkinson's Disease	44	129	22	852	- 723
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	119	81	0	+ 119
Tuberculosis	46	112	13	1,187	- 1,075
Skin Cancers	47	111	43	190	- 79
Epilepsy	48	94	42	199	- 106
Bladder Cancer	49	77	59	43	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	50	73	47	151	- 78
Meningitis	51	66	49	128	- 62
Pertussis	52	60	50	121	- 61
Maternal Conditions	53	49	39	245	- 196
Fires	54	40	44	181	- 141
Chagas disease	55	34	24	755	- 721
Appendicitis	56	33	46	156	- 123
Poisonings	57	28	57	66	- 38
Syphilis	58	26	53	105	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	26	51	111	- 85
Tetanus	60	21	60	31	- 10
Dengue	61	17	66	4	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	62	16	62	15	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	13	52	110	- 96
Multiple Sclerosis	64	13	61	22	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	11	37	292	- 281
Hepatitis B	66	8	64	6	+ 3
Schizophrenia	67	7	85	0	+ 7
Oral conditions	68	4	80	0	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	69	3	82	0	+ 3
War	70	1	63	9	- 8
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	69	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	73	0	65	5	- 5
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	67	3	- 3
Measles	76	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	68	2	- 2
Malaria	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

El Salvador

Bolivia

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.