COLOMBIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,492	1	43,066	+ 426
Violence	2	41,035	2	19,268	+ 21,766
Kidney Disease	3	35,351	7	6,834	+ 28,517
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	18,088	5	10,773	+ 7,315
Stroke	5	11,934	3	16,573	- 4,639
Lung Disease	6	11,166	4	15,928	- 4,762
Diabetes Mellitus	7	10,364	11	5,028	+ 5,335
Road Traffic Accidents	8	10,077	6	7,765	+ 2,312
HIV/AIDS	9	6,300	17	2,683	+ 3,617
Liver Disease	10	5,964	19	2,426	+ 3,537
Stomach Cancer	11	5,252	9	6,112	- 860
Alcohol	12	4,850	68	23	+ 4,827
Cervical Cancer	13	3,377	20	2,266	+ 1,111
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,359	16	2,963	+ 397
Suicide	15	2,921	26	1,965	+ 957
Liver Cancer	16	2,657	24	2,065	+ 592
Prostate Cancer	17	2,457	14	3,584	- 1,127
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	2,393	22	2,157	+ 236
Low Birth Weight	19	2,372	23	2,095	+ 276
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	2,354	12	4,371	- 2,017
Leukemia	21	2,332	21	2,208	+ 124
Breast Cancer	22	2,180	13	3,669	- 1,489
Lung Cancers	23	2,168	10	5,250	- 3,082
Falls	24	1,817	29	1,518	+ 299
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,666	30	1,367	+ 298
Malnutrition	26	1,604	27	1,878	- 274
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,488	38	747	+ 740
Lymphomas	28	1,393	18	2,603	- 1,210
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,203	25	2,022	- 819
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	1,175	39	698	+ 477
Hypertension	31	1,092	8	6,400	- 5,307
Other Neoplasms	32	1,085	15	3,205	- 2,120
Drownings	33	1,022	40	689	+ 333
Anemia	34	980	57	101	+ 880
Asthma	35	913	54	191	+ 722
Skin Disease	36	904	34	1,102	- 198
Birth Trauma	37	904	41	648	+ 255
Other Injuries	38	713	28	1,592	- 879
Oral Cancer	39	702	37	807	- 105
Ovary Cancer	40	697	33	1,122	- 425
Oesophagus Cancer	41	601	36	835	- 234
Inflammatory/Heart	42	580	31	1,329	- 749
Drug Use	43	550	44	492	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	44	522	47	383	+ 139
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	479	48	333	+ 146
Tuberculosis	46	449	32	1,272	- 823
Skin Cancers	47	446	35	1,028	- 582
Epilepsy	48	378	43	597	- 220
Bladder Cancer	49	312	42	609	- 297
Uterin Cancer	50	295	45	423	- 128
Meningitis	51	266	50	244	+ 22
Pertussis	52	241	69	18	+ 222
Maternal Conditions	53	198	46	394	- 196
Fires	54	161	56	127	+ 34
Chagas disease	55	135	53	203	- 68
Appendicitis	56	134	52	213	- 79
Poisonings	57	112	61	61	+ 51
Syphilis	58	106	65	30	+ 76
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	105	51	242	- 137
Tetanus	60	84	71	14	+ 70
Dengue	61	67	55	133	- 66
Upper Respiratory	62	64	66	27	+ 37
Encephalitis	63	54	64	38	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	64	51	60	62	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	46	63	38	+ 8
Hepatitis B	66	34	62	50	- 16
Schizophrenia	67	29	70	18	+ 11
Oral conditions	68	17	75	7	+ 10
Osteoarthritis	69	10	58	67	- 56
War	70	5	49	260	- 255
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	82	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	72	1	76	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	73	1	74	7	- 7
Diphtheria	74	0	80	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	59	65	- 65
Measles	76	0	78	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	73	7	- 7
Leprosy	78	0	72	8	- 8
Chlamydia	79	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	67	26	- 26
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	77	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

El Salvador

Colombia

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.