CHILE VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,370	1	10,685	+ 5,685
Violence	2	15,445	29	744	+ 14,701
Kidney Disease	3	13,306	3	4,065	+ 9,241
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,808	6	3,920	+ 2,888
Stroke	5	4,492	2	9,731	- 5,239
Lung Disease	6	4,203	4	4,062	+ 140
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,901	10	3,177	+ 724
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,793	12	2,826	+ 966
HIV/AIDS	9	2,371	33	539	+ 1,832
Liver Disease	10	2,245	13	2,647	- 403
Stomach Cancer	11	1,977	8	3,631	- 1,654
Alcohol	12	1,825	47	207	+ 1,618
Cervical Cancer	13	1,271	27	780	+ 492
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,264	25	858	+ 407
Suicide	15	1,100	15	1,700	- 601
Liver Cancer	16	1,000	19	1,369	- 369
Prostate Cancer	17	925	14	2,435	- 1,510
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	901	5	4,000	- 3,099
Low Birth Weight	19	893	36	437	+ 455
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	886	11	3,022	- 2,136
Leukemia	21	878	24	879	- 1
Breast Cancer	22	821	16	1,689	- 868
Lung Cancers	23	816	9	3,452	- 2,636
Falls	24	684	23	904	- 220
Endocrine Disorders	25	627	22	1,286	- 660
Malnutrition	26	604	37	420	+ 184
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	560	39	334	+ 226
Lymphomas	28	524	18	1,394	- 869
Pancreas Cancer	29	453	17	1,567	- 1,114
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	442	46	223	+ 219
Hypertension	31	411	7	3,817	- 3,406
Other Neoplasms	32	408	20	1,358	- 949
Drownings	33	385	44	283	+ 102
Anemia	34	369	49	180	+ 189
Asthma	35	344	42	295	+ 49
Skin Disease	36	340	28	763	- 423
Birth Trauma	37	340	54	87	+ 253
Other Injuries	38	268	21	1,310	- 1,042
Oral Cancer	39	264	40	307	- 43
Ovary Cancer	40	262	35	514	- 252
Oesophagus Cancer	41	226	30	722	- 496
Inflammatory/Heart	42	218	31	709	- 491
Drug Use	43	207	50	149	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	44	196	26	790	- 594
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	180	56	73	+ 107
Tuberculosis	46	169	38	410	- 241
Skin Cancers	47	168	34	526	- 358
Epilepsy	48	142	43	294	- 152
Bladder Cancer	49	117	32	641	- 524
Uterin Cancer	50	111	45	275	- 164
Meningitis	51	100	53	95	+ 5
Pertussis	52	91	68	3	+ 88
Maternal Conditions	53	74	63	24	+ 51
Fires	54	60	41	295	- 235
Chagas disease	55	51	55	79	- 28
Appendicitis	56	50	59	37	+ 14
Poisonings	57	42	57	68	- 26
Syphilis	58	40	66	5	+ 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	40	48	187	- 147
Tetanus	60	32	69	2	+ 30
Dengue	61	25	73	0	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	62	24	67	4	+ 20
Encephalitis	63	20	70	2	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	64	19	62	27	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	17	52	104	- 87
Hepatitis B	66	13	60	30	- 17
Schizophrenia	67	11	58	38	- 27
Oral conditions	68	7	65	5	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	69	4	51	131	- 127
War	70	2	64	14	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	61	27	- 27
Measles	76	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	71	2	- 2
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

El Salvador

Chile

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.