BULGARIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,949	1	36,513	- 30,564
Violence	2	5,613	41	84	+ 5,528
Kidney Disease	3	4,835	7	1,855	+ 2,981
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,474	9	1,396	+ 1,078
Stroke	5	1,632	2	21,347	- 19,715
Lung Disease	6	1,527	4	3,993	- 2,466
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,418	11	1,344	+ 73
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,378	17	647	+ 731
HIV/AIDS	9	862	54	20	+ 842
Liver Disease	10	816	8	1,804	- 988
Stomach Cancer	11	718	12	1,175	- 456
Alcohol	12	663	46	44	+ 619
Cervical Cancer	13	462	22	422	+ 40
Congenital Anomalies	14	460	32	160	+ 300
Suicide	15	400	15	681	- 281
Liver Cancer	16	363	16	664	- 300
Prostate Cancer	17	336	14	1,016	- 679
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	327	33	147	+ 180
Low Birth Weight	19	324	37	116	+ 208
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	322	6	2,591	- 2,269
Leukemia	21	319	20	460	- 141
Breast Cancer	22	298	10	1,358	- 1,059
Lung Cancers	23	297	5	3,288	- 2,991
Falls	24	249	26	381	- 133
Endocrine Disorders	25	228	34	146	+ 82
Malnutrition	26	219	67	1	+ 218
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	204	51	27	+ 177
Lymphomas	28	191	19	499	- 309
Pancreas Cancer	29	165	13	1,063	- 898
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	161	30	276	- 115
Hypertension	31	149	3	5,916	- 5,767
Other Neoplasms	32	148	40	93	+ 55
Drownings	33	140	35	129	+ 11
Anemia	34	134	52	25	+ 109
Asthma	35	125	50	28	+ 97
Skin Disease	36	124	44	53	+ 71
Birth Trauma	37	124	47	40	+ 84
Other Injuries	38	98	21	437	- 340
Oral Cancer	39	96	25	408	- 312
Ovary Cancer	40	95	23	420	- 325
Oesophagus Cancer	41	82	31	195	- 113
Inflammatory/Heart	42	79	24	409	- 330
Drug Use	43	75	42	76	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	44	71	29	284	- 212
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	65	58	6	+ 59
Tuberculosis	46	61	38	104	- 42
Skin Cancers	47	61	28	328	- 267
Epilepsy	48	52	39	93	- 42
Bladder Cancer	49	43	18	637	- 594
Uterin Cancer	50	40	27	369	- 329
Meningitis	51	36	49	31	+ 5
Pertussis	52	33	72	0	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	53	27	59	6	+ 21
Fires	54	22	36	124	- 102
Chagas disease	55	18	82	0	+ 18
Appendicitis	56	18	57	7	+ 12
Poisonings	57	15	48	38	- 23
Syphilis	58	15	66	2	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	14	60	5	+ 10
Tetanus	60	12	69	0	+ 11
Dengue	61	9	77	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	62	9	61	4	+ 5
Encephalitis	63	7	63	3	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	64	7	45	52	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	6	43	56	- 50
Hepatitis B	66	5	53	22	- 17
Schizophrenia	67	4	55	15	- 11
Oral conditions	68	2	62	4	- 2
Osteoarthritis	69	1	65	2	- 0
War	70	1	64	3	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	56	10	- 10
Measles	76	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

El Salvador

Bulgaria

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.