DENMARK VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,239	1	5,341	- 103
Violence	2	4,943	47	63	+ 4,880
Kidney Disease	3	4,258	12	911	+ 3,347
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,179	6	2,244	- 65
Stroke	5	1,437	5	3,662	- 2,225
Lung Disease	6	1,345	3	4,387	- 3,042
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,248	10	1,284	- 35
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,214	33	213	+ 1,000
HIV/AIDS	9	759	55	23	+ 736
Liver Disease	10	718	14	692	+ 26
Stomach Cancer	11	633	23	484	+ 149
Alcohol	12	584	18	598	- 14
Cervical Cancer	13	407	37	153	+ 254
Congenital Anomalies	14	405	36	153	+ 252
Suicide	15	352	16	617	- 265
Liver Cancer	16	320	25	464	- 144
Prostate Cancer	17	296	8	1,480	- 1,184
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	288	2	5,218	- 4,929
Low Birth Weight	19	286	41	116	+ 169
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	284	7	2,147	- 1,863
Leukemia	21	281	20	558	- 277
Breast Cancer	22	263	9	1,299	- 1,036
Lung Cancers	23	261	4	3,721	- 3,460
Falls	24	219	22	541	- 322
Endocrine Disorders	25	201	19	575	- 374
Malnutrition	26	193	59	14	+ 179
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	179	38	145	+ 35
Lymphomas	28	168	13	730	- 562
Pancreas Cancer	29	145	11	1,096	- 951
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	142	32	216	- 75
Hypertension	31	132	15	642	- 511
Other Neoplasms	32	131	27	378	- 247
Drownings	33	123	50	37	+ 86
Anemia	34	118	46	73	+ 45
Asthma	35	110	44	82	+ 28
Skin Disease	36	109	45	79	+ 30
Birth Trauma	37	109	56	21	+ 88
Other Injuries	38	86	30	347	- 261
Oral Cancer	39	85	28	371	- 286
Ovary Cancer	40	84	29	367	- 283
Oesophagus Cancer	41	72	24	477	- 404
Inflammatory/Heart	42	70	31	284	- 215
Drug Use	43	66	34	197	- 131
Parkinson's Disease	44	63	17	600	- 537
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	58	53	25	+ 33
Tuberculosis	46	54	57	16	+ 39
Skin Cancers	47	54	26	388	- 335
Epilepsy	48	45	40	125	- 80
Bladder Cancer	49	38	21	545	- 508
Uterin Cancer	50	36	35	156	- 120
Meningitis	51	32	52	25	+ 7
Pertussis	52	29	72	0	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	53	24	64	2	+ 22
Fires	54	19	49	53	- 33
Chagas disease	55	16	77	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	56	16	54	23	- 7
Poisonings	57	13	62	6	+ 8
Syphilis	58	13	70	0	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	13	43	84	- 72
Tetanus	60	10	68	0	+ 10
Dengue	61	8	83	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	62	8	58	15	- 8
Encephalitis	63	7	67	1	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	39	132	- 126
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	6	42	96	- 91
Hepatitis B	66	4	61	6	- 2
Schizophrenia	67	3	48	57	- 53
Oral conditions	68	2	63	4	- 2
Osteoarthritis	69	1	51	25	- 24
War	70	1	66	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	60	9	- 9
Measles	76	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

El Salvador

Denmark

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.