COMOROS VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	789	4	349	+ 441
Violence	2	745	20	63	+ 682
Kidney Disease	3	642	14	101	+ 540
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	328	1	594	- 266
Stroke	5	217	3	356	- 139
Lung Disease	6	203	17	83	+ 119
Diabetes Mellitus	7	188	9	136	+ 52
Road Traffic Accidents	8	183	6	226	- 43
HIV/AIDS	9	114	76	0	+ 114
Liver Disease	10	108	8	160	- 51
Stomach Cancer	11	95	45	11	+ 84
Alcohol	12	88	51	6	+ 82
Cervical Cancer	13	61	13	104	- 43
Congenital Anomalies	14	61	10	131	- 70
Suicide	15	53	24	46	+ 7
Liver Cancer	16	48	28	29	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	17	45	27	33	+ 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	43	23	46	- 3
Low Birth Weight	19	43	5	328	- 285
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	43	39	19	+ 24
Leukemia	21	42	57	3	+ 39
Breast Cancer	22	40	33	23	+ 17
Lung Cancers	23	39	60	1	+ 38
Falls	24	33	32	26	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	25	30	36	19	+ 11
Malnutrition	26	29	15	96	- 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	27	2	363	- 336
Lymphomas	28	25	37	19	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	29	22	82	0	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	21	34	21	+ 0
Hypertension	31	20	12	115	- 95
Other Neoplasms	32	20	59	1	+ 19
Drownings	33	19	25	35	- 16
Anemia	34	18	81	0	+ 18
Asthma	35	17	21	49	- 32
Skin Disease	36	16	48	9	+ 7
Birth Trauma	37	16	7	211	- 194
Other Injuries	38	13	16	90	- 77
Oral Cancer	39	13	41	15	- 3
Ovary Cancer	40	13	56	3	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	41	11	26	34	- 23
Inflammatory/Heart	42	11	31	26	- 16
Drug Use	43	10	49	7	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	44	9	44	11	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	9	85	0	+ 9
Tuberculosis	46	8	19	79	- 71
Skin Cancers	47	8	42	12	- 4
Epilepsy	48	7	40	17	- 10
Bladder Cancer	49	6	46	10	- 5
Uterin Cancer	50	5	55	3	+ 2
Meningitis	51	5	11	115	- 111
Pertussis	52	4	18	80	- 76
Maternal Conditions	53	4	22	47	- 43
Fires	54	3	30	27	- 24
Chagas disease	55	2	74	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	56	2	50	6	- 3
Poisonings	57	2	35	20	- 18
Syphilis	58	2	38	19	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	58	2	+ 0
Tetanus	60	2	43	12	- 10
Dengue	61	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	53	4	- 3
Encephalitis	63	1	54	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	62	1	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	1	47	10	- 9
Hepatitis B	66	1	52	5	- 5
Schizophrenia	67	1	83	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	0	86	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	69	0	84	0	+ 0
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	63	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	65	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	61	1	- 1
Measles	76	0	78	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	29	29	- 29
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.