CONGO VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,348	4	2,494	+ 2,854
Violence	2	5,046	18	539	+ 4,507
Kidney Disease	3	4,347	15	613	+ 3,734
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,224	3	2,576	- 352
Stroke	5	1,467	5	2,267	- 799
Lung Disease	6	1,373	17	541	+ 832
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,274	10	1,050	+ 225
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,239	7	1,598	- 359
HIV/AIDS	9	775	1	4,509	- 3,735
Liver Disease	10	733	13	931	- 197
Stomach Cancer	11	646	39	88	+ 558
Alcohol	12	596	49	46	+ 550
Cervical Cancer	13	415	29	196	+ 219
Congenital Anomalies	14	413	14	729	- 316
Suicide	15	359	19	349	+ 11
Liver Cancer	16	327	30	169	+ 157
Prostate Cancer	17	302	28	198	+ 104
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	294	25	230	+ 64
Low Birth Weight	19	292	9	1,283	- 991
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	289	38	89	+ 201
Leukemia	21	287	46	57	+ 229
Breast Cancer	22	268	32	159	+ 109
Lung Cancers	23	267	47	54	+ 213
Falls	24	223	33	149	+ 75
Endocrine Disorders	25	205	27	208	- 3
Malnutrition	26	197	24	272	- 74
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	183	8	1,304	- 1,121
Lymphomas	28	171	45	61	+ 110
Pancreas Cancer	29	148	52	42	+ 106
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	145	35	105	+ 39
Hypertension	31	134	12	933	- 798
Other Neoplasms	32	133	63	8	+ 126
Drownings	33	126	36	104	+ 22
Anemia	34	121	82	0	+ 121
Asthma	35	112	23	291	- 179
Skin Disease	36	111	50	46	+ 65
Birth Trauma	37	111	11	997	- 886
Other Injuries	38	88	20	333	- 245
Oral Cancer	39	86	54	33	+ 54
Ovary Cancer	40	86	48	49	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	41	74	57	19	+ 54
Inflammatory/Heart	42	71	26	220	- 148
Drug Use	43	68	44	65	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	44	64	42	69	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	59	84	0	+ 59
Tuberculosis	46	55	2	2,781	- 2,726
Skin Cancers	47	55	53	36	+ 19
Epilepsy	48	46	40	76	- 30
Bladder Cancer	49	38	61	15	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	50	36	60	15	+ 22
Meningitis	51	33	22	299	- 266
Pertussis	52	30	21	329	- 300
Maternal Conditions	53	24	16	578	- 553
Fires	54	20	37	90	- 71
Chagas disease	55	17	79	0	+ 17
Appendicitis	56	16	58	18	- 2
Poisonings	57	14	41	71	- 57
Syphilis	58	13	34	107	- 94
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	13	59	15	- 2
Tetanus	60	10	55	23	- 13
Dengue	61	8	73	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	62	8	64	7	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	7	56	20	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	66	4	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	6	43	67	- 61
Hepatitis B	66	4	62	14	- 10
Schizophrenia	67	4	81	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	68	2	86	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	69	1	85	0	+ 1
War	70	1	72	1	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	69	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	75	0	67	2	- 2
Measles	76	0	31	159	- 159
Otitis Media	77	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	70	1	- 1
Malaria	80	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	65	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	82	0	51	45	- 45
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

El Salvador

Congo

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.