EQU. GUINEA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,575	7	419	+ 1,156
Violence	2	1,486	33	45	+ 1,441
Kidney Disease	3	1,280	14	198	+ 1,082
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	655	2	913	- 258
Stroke	5	432	6	437	- 5
Lung Disease	6	404	20	120	+ 284
Diabetes Mellitus	7	375	11	299	+ 76
Road Traffic Accidents	8	365	8	368	- 4
HIV/AIDS	9	228	1	1,838	- 1,610
Liver Disease	10	216	13	199	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	11	190	49	16	+ 175
Alcohol	12	176	53	12	+ 164
Cervical Cancer	13	122	28	56	+ 66
Congenital Anomalies	14	122	12	249	- 128
Suicide	15	106	22	107	- 1
Liver Cancer	16	96	34	43	+ 53
Prostate Cancer	17	89	35	43	+ 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	87	29	55	+ 31
Low Birth Weight	19	86	4	457	- 371
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	85	40	29	+ 57
Leukemia	21	84	61	4	+ 81
Breast Cancer	22	79	24	84	- 5
Lung Cancers	23	79	41	27	+ 52
Falls	24	66	32	46	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	25	60	25	73	- 13
Malnutrition	26	58	31	48	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	54	9	349	- 295
Lymphomas	28	50	45	19	+ 31
Pancreas Cancer	29	44	55	11	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	43	43	22	+ 21
Hypertension	31	40	16	165	- 126
Other Neoplasms	32	39	63	3	+ 36
Drownings	33	37	36	39	- 2
Anemia	34	36	85	0	+ 36
Asthma	35	33	26	65	- 32
Skin Disease	36	33	51	13	+ 20
Birth Trauma	37	33	5	441	- 408
Other Injuries	38	26	23	105	- 79
Oral Cancer	39	25	37	35	- 9
Ovary Cancer	40	25	52	13	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	41	22	54	12	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	42	21	27	63	- 42
Drug Use	43	20	30	50	- 30
Parkinson's Disease	44	19	46	18	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	17	82	0	+ 17
Tuberculosis	46	16	10	321	- 305
Skin Cancers	47	16	48	16	- 0
Epilepsy	48	14	38	32	- 19
Bladder Cancer	49	11	56	9	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	50	11	58	8	+ 3
Meningitis	51	10	19	127	- 117
Pertussis	52	9	21	109	- 100
Maternal Conditions	53	7	17	139	- 132
Fires	54	6	39	30	- 24
Chagas disease	55	5	77	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	56	5	59	6	- 1
Poisonings	57	4	44	21	- 17
Syphilis	58	4	18	134	- 130
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	4	62	4	+ 0
Tetanus	60	3	42	23	- 20
Dengue	61	2	73	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	66	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	2	57	8	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	67	1	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	2	50	14	- 13
Hepatitis B	66	1	65	3	- 2
Schizophrenia	67	1	86	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	80	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	69	0	81	0	+ 0
War	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	64	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	75	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	15	181	- 181
Otitis Media	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	3	668	- 668
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	47	16	- 16
Schistosomiasis	82	0	60	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

El Salvador

Equ. Guinea

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.