CENTRAL AFRICA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,956	7	2,900	+ 2,056
Violence	2	4,676	17	1,009	+ 3,668
Kidney Disease	3	4,029	21	710	+ 3,318
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,061	1	5,231	- 3,170
Stroke	5	1,360	5	3,284	- 1,924
Lung Disease	6	1,272	18	956	+ 316
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,181	15	1,141	+ 40
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,148	10	1,790	- 642
HIV/AIDS	9	718	4	3,753	- 3,035
Liver Disease	10	680	14	1,153	- 474
Stomach Cancer	11	598	49	65	+ 533
Alcohol	12	553	52	62	+ 491
Cervical Cancer	13	385	32	230	+ 155
Congenital Anomalies	14	383	19	776	- 393
Suicide	15	333	24	585	- 252
Liver Cancer	16	303	44	117	+ 186
Prostate Cancer	17	280	38	156	+ 124
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	273	33	204	+ 69
Low Birth Weight	19	270	8	2,228	- 1,958
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	268	45	116	+ 152
Leukemia	21	266	47	88	+ 178
Breast Cancer	22	248	26	344	- 96
Lung Cancers	23	247	55	47	+ 200
Falls	24	207	36	181	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	25	190	25	423	- 233
Malnutrition	26	183	22	691	- 508
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	170	3	4,684	- 4,514
Lymphomas	28	159	42	119	+ 40
Pancreas Cancer	29	137	60	37	+ 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	134	27	317	- 183
Hypertension	31	124	12	1,252	- 1,128
Other Neoplasms	32	124	70	5	+ 119
Drownings	33	116	34	202	- 86
Anemia	34	112	84	0	+ 112
Asthma	35	104	20	761	- 657
Skin Disease	36	103	54	48	+ 55
Birth Trauma	37	103	9	2,192	- 2,089
Other Injuries	38	81	23	621	- 539
Oral Cancer	39	80	46	91	- 11
Ovary Cancer	40	79	50	64	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	41	69	53	48	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	42	66	30	270	- 204
Drug Use	43	63	57	44	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	44	59	48	67	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	55	80	0	+ 55
Tuberculosis	46	51	2	4,704	- 4,653
Skin Cancers	47	51	58	43	+ 8
Epilepsy	48	43	43	119	- 76
Bladder Cancer	49	36	64	23	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	50	34	65	20	+ 14
Meningitis	51	30	16	1,015	- 984
Pertussis	52	27	31	265	- 238
Maternal Conditions	53	23	13	1,174	- 1,152
Fires	54	18	39	142	- 123
Chagas disease	55	15	79	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	56	15	51	62	- 47
Poisonings	57	13	40	134	- 121
Syphilis	58	12	41	120	- 108
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	12	66	15	- 3
Tetanus	60	10	29	280	- 271
Dengue	61	8	74	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	62	7	63	24	- 17
Encephalitis	63	6	62	28	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	72	4	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	5	35	194	- 189
Hepatitis B	66	4	61	33	- 29
Schizophrenia	67	3	86	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	68	2	82	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
War	70	1	28	314	- 313
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	71	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	73	0	56	46	- 45
Diphtheria	74	0	67	11	- 11
Hepatitis C	75	0	69	6	- 6
Measles	76	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Otitis Media	77	0	68	6	- 6
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	73	2	- 2
Malaria	80	0	6	3,279	- 3,279
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	59	40	- 40
Schistosomiasis	82	0	37	169	- 169
Hookworm Disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

El Salvador

Central Africa

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.