COSTA RICA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,618	1	2,639	+ 1,979
Violence	2	4,357	11	635	+ 3,722
Kidney Disease	3	3,754	3	1,482	+ 2,272
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,921	7	836	+ 1,085
Stroke	5	1,267	2	1,624	- 357
Lung Disease	6	1,186	4	1,046	+ 139
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,100	5	953	+ 147
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,070	9	746	+ 324
HIV/AIDS	9	669	25	192	+ 477
Liver Disease	10	633	18	370	+ 264
Stomach Cancer	11	558	10	661	- 103
Alcohol	12	515	33	126	+ 389
Cervical Cancer	13	359	29	159	+ 200
Congenital Anomalies	14	357	21	315	+ 41
Suicide	15	310	15	407	- 97
Liver Cancer	16	282	17	382	- 100
Prostate Cancer	17	261	14	448	- 187
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	254	8	818	- 564
Low Birth Weight	19	252	28	178	+ 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	250	12	621	- 371
Leukemia	21	248	24	262	- 14
Breast Cancer	22	232	16	384	- 153
Lung Cancers	23	230	20	343	- 113
Falls	24	193	35	116	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	25	177	27	183	- 6
Malnutrition	26	170	48	37	+ 134
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	158	39	87	+ 71
Lymphomas	28	148	19	356	- 208
Pancreas Cancer	29	128	22	294	- 166
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	125	42	74	+ 51
Hypertension	31	116	6	863	- 747
Other Neoplasms	32	115	23	266	- 150
Drownings	33	108	37	97	+ 12
Anemia	34	104	51	25	+ 79
Asthma	35	97	45	60	+ 36
Skin Disease	36	96	32	126	- 30
Birth Trauma	37	96	47	48	+ 48
Other Injuries	38	76	13	571	- 495
Oral Cancer	39	75	38	96	- 21
Ovary Cancer	40	74	40	80	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	41	64	44	61	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	42	62	26	191	- 130
Drug Use	43	58	43	63	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	44	55	30	138	- 83
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	51	56	13	+ 38
Tuberculosis	46	48	50	32	+ 16
Skin Cancers	47	47	31	137	- 89
Epilepsy	48	40	34	116	- 76
Bladder Cancer	49	33	36	100	- 67
Uterin Cancer	50	31	41	80	- 49
Meningitis	51	28	54	18	+ 10
Pertussis	52	26	69	0	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	53	21	55	17	+ 4
Fires	54	17	58	10	+ 7
Chagas disease	55	14	79	0	+ 14
Appendicitis	56	14	52	22	- 7
Poisonings	57	12	60	5	+ 7
Syphilis	58	11	65	1	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	11	46	55	- 44
Tetanus	60	9	74	0	+ 9
Dengue	61	7	70	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	62	7	62	3	+ 4
Encephalitis	63	6	63	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	57	11	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	5	49	32	- 27
Hepatitis B	66	4	59	7	- 3
Schizophrenia	67	3	53	21	- 18
Oral conditions	68	2	66	1	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	69	1	61	5	- 4
War	70	0	68	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	1	- 1
Measles	76	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

El Salvador

Costa Rica

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.