CUBA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,618	1	22,079	- 12,461
Violence	2	9,074	32	584	+ 8,491
Kidney Disease	3	7,818	14	1,700	+ 6,118
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,000	3	8,564	- 4,564
Stroke	5	2,639	2	10,725	- 8,086
Lung Disease	6	2,469	6	5,492	- 3,023
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,292	13	1,791	+ 501
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,228	19	1,007	+ 1,221
HIV/AIDS	9	1,393	34	471	+ 922
Liver Disease	10	1,319	11	1,873	- 555
Stomach Cancer	11	1,161	20	991	+ 171
Alcohol	12	1,073	28	675	+ 397
Cervical Cancer	13	747	29	666	+ 81
Congenital Anomalies	14	743	37	368	+ 375
Suicide	15	646	16	1,638	- 992
Liver Cancer	16	588	24	815	- 228
Prostate Cancer	17	543	8	3,365	- 2,822
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	529	5	5,841	- 5,312
Low Birth Weight	19	524	48	98	+ 426
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	521	9	2,958	- 2,437
Leukemia	21	516	30	633	- 118
Breast Cancer	22	482	15	1,673	- 1,191
Lung Cancers	23	479	4	5,985	- 5,505
Falls	24	402	10	2,810	- 2,408
Endocrine Disorders	25	368	36	412	- 44
Malnutrition	26	355	55	64	+ 291
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	329	43	206	+ 123
Lymphomas	28	308	18	1,089	- 781
Pancreas Cancer	29	266	21	905	- 639
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	260	35	420	- 160
Hypertension	31	242	7	3,469	- 3,227
Other Neoplasms	32	240	25	769	- 529
Drownings	33	226	42	231	- 5
Anemia	34	217	52	77	+ 140
Asthma	35	202	40	301	- 99
Skin Disease	36	200	41	258	- 58
Birth Trauma	37	200	59	49	+ 151
Other Injuries	38	158	12	1,869	- 1,712
Oral Cancer	39	155	23	876	- 721
Ovary Cancer	40	154	39	323	- 169
Oesophagus Cancer	41	133	22	879	- 746
Inflammatory/Heart	42	128	17	1,156	- 1,028
Drug Use	43	122	51	82	+ 40
Parkinson's Disease	44	115	27	691	- 575
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	106	53	75	+ 30
Tuberculosis	46	99	60	45	+ 55
Skin Cancers	47	99	33	514	- 415
Epilepsy	48	84	46	108	- 25
Bladder Cancer	49	69	26	734	- 665
Uterin Cancer	50	65	31	602	- 537
Meningitis	51	59	50	83	- 24
Pertussis	52	53	73	0	+ 53
Maternal Conditions	53	44	61	43	+ 0
Fires	54	36	58	55	- 19
Chagas disease	55	30	79	0	+ 30
Appendicitis	56	30	47	104	- 74
Poisonings	57	25	62	17	+ 8
Syphilis	58	23	69	1	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	23	49	87	- 63
Tetanus	60	19	71	1	+ 18
Dengue	61	15	74	0	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	62	14	65	6	+ 9
Encephalitis	63	12	66	6	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	11	57	55	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	10	44	162	- 152
Hepatitis B	66	8	56	59	- 52
Schizophrenia	67	6	54	68	- 62
Oral conditions	68	4	64	6	- 2
Osteoarthritis	69	2	38	326	- 324
War	70	1	68	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	70	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	45	112	- 112
Measles	76	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	78	0	67	2	- 2
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

El Salvador

Cuba

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.