ECUADOR VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,059	1	9,805	+ 6,254
Violence	2	15,152	15	1,210	+ 13,942
Kidney Disease	3	13,053	2	6,184	+ 6,869
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,679	4	5,083	+ 1,596
Stroke	5	4,406	3	5,429	- 1,023
Lung Disease	6	4,123	8	2,576	+ 1,547
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,827	5	4,321	- 494
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,721	6	3,490	+ 230
HIV/AIDS	9	2,326	27	609	+ 1,717
Liver Disease	10	2,202	7	3,330	- 1,128
Stomach Cancer	11	1,939	11	2,089	- 150
Alcohol	12	1,791	39	280	+ 1,511
Cervical Cancer	13	1,247	24	840	+ 407
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,240	13	1,335	- 95
Suicide	15	1,079	14	1,326	- 248
Liver Cancer	16	981	21	954	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	17	907	12	1,362	- 455
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	884	9	2,565	- 1,681
Low Birth Weight	19	876	16	1,172	- 296
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	869	19	1,109	- 240
Leukemia	21	861	23	882	- 21
Breast Cancer	22	805	25	825	- 20
Lung Cancers	23	800	20	1,075	- 274
Falls	24	671	18	1,114	- 443
Endocrine Disorders	25	615	31	507	+ 108
Malnutrition	26	592	28	578	+ 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	549	34	410	+ 139
Lymphomas	28	514	22	883	- 369
Pancreas Cancer	29	444	30	562	- 118
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	434	33	417	+ 17
Hypertension	31	403	10	2,507	- 2,104
Other Neoplasms	32	401	57	64	+ 336
Drownings	33	377	32	470	- 93
Anemia	34	362	82	0	+ 362
Asthma	35	337	53	85	+ 252
Skin Disease	36	334	51	103	+ 231
Birth Trauma	37	334	38	302	+ 31
Other Injuries	38	263	17	1,161	- 897
Oral Cancer	39	259	45	166	+ 93
Ovary Cancer	40	257	35	322	- 65
Oesophagus Cancer	41	222	42	180	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	42	214	36	308	- 94
Drug Use	43	203	41	214	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	44	193	26	658	- 465
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	177	86	0	+ 177
Tuberculosis	46	166	29	574	- 408
Skin Cancers	47	165	37	308	- 143
Epilepsy	48	139	40	273	- 133
Bladder Cancer	49	115	44	168	- 53
Uterin Cancer	50	109	48	129	- 20
Meningitis	51	98	52	90	+ 9
Pertussis	52	89	56	79	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	53	73	46	164	- 91
Fires	54	59	43	175	- 116
Chagas disease	55	50	59	21	+ 29
Appendicitis	56	49	50	110	- 61
Poisonings	57	41	58	59	- 17
Syphilis	58	39	54	85	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	39	49	124	- 85
Tetanus	60	31	62	9	+ 22
Dengue	61	25	61	10	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	62	24	63	8	+ 15
Encephalitis	63	20	55	82	- 62
Multiple Sclerosis	64	19	60	18	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	17	47	163	- 146
Hepatitis B	66	13	64	3	+ 10
Schizophrenia	67	11	83	0	+ 11
Oral conditions	68	6	84	0	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	69	4	85	0	+ 4
War	70	2	66	2	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	65	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	76	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	68	1	- 1
Malaria	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

El Salvador

Ecuador

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.