ERITREA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,564	4	2,154	+ 3,410
Violence	2	5,250	20	384	+ 4,865
Kidney Disease	3	4,523	12	578	+ 3,945
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,314	1	3,277	- 963
Stroke	5	1,527	2	2,564	- 1,037
Lung Disease	6	1,428	9	662	+ 767
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,326	7	944	+ 381
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,289	5	1,326	- 37
HIV/AIDS	9	806	25	308	+ 498
Liver Disease	10	763	6	1,215	- 452
Stomach Cancer	11	672	48	48	+ 624
Alcohol	12	620	49	45	+ 575
Cervical Cancer	13	432	30	132	+ 300
Congenital Anomalies	14	430	18	432	- 2
Suicide	15	374	21	382	- 8
Liver Cancer	16	340	45	69	+ 271
Prostate Cancer	17	314	47	54	+ 260
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	306	24	310	- 4
Low Birth Weight	19	303	16	531	- 228
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	301	35	113	+ 188
Leukemia	21	298	29	144	+ 154
Breast Cancer	22	279	23	311	- 33
Lung Cancers	23	277	46	62	+ 216
Falls	24	232	26	168	+ 64
Endocrine Disorders	25	213	43	71	+ 142
Malnutrition	26	205	10	660	- 454
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	190	3	2,292	- 2,102
Lymphomas	28	178	28	147	+ 31
Pancreas Cancer	29	154	58	20	+ 134
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	150	27	147	+ 3
Hypertension	31	140	8	926	- 786
Other Neoplasms	32	139	66	6	+ 133
Drownings	33	131	33	118	+ 13
Anemia	34	125	81	0	+ 125
Asthma	35	117	22	326	- 209
Skin Disease	36	116	50	45	+ 71
Birth Trauma	37	116	11	616	- 501
Other Injuries	38	91	15	540	- 449
Oral Cancer	39	90	44	71	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	40	89	40	79	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	41	77	39	81	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	42	74	32	123	- 49
Drug Use	43	70	53	36	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	44	67	37	85	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	61	84	0	+ 61
Tuberculosis	46	57	14	543	- 486
Skin Cancers	47	57	56	30	+ 27
Epilepsy	48	48	38	81	- 33
Bladder Cancer	49	40	51	42	- 2
Uterin Cancer	50	38	61	18	+ 20
Meningitis	51	34	19	404	- 370
Pertussis	52	31	36	90	- 59
Maternal Conditions	53	25	13	544	- 518
Fires	54	21	31	132	- 111
Chagas disease	55	17	77	0	+ 17
Appendicitis	56	17	55	31	- 14
Poisonings	57	14	34	114	- 100
Syphilis	58	14	54	35	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	13	64	12	+ 2
Tetanus	60	11	52	37	- 27
Dengue	61	9	73	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	62	8	60	18	- 10
Encephalitis	63	7	62	16	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	64	7	67	4	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	6	41	77	- 71
Hepatitis B	66	4	57	28	- 23
Schizophrenia	67	4	83	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	68	2	86	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	69	1	85	0	+ 1
War	70	1	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	68	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	73	0	59	19	- 19
Diphtheria	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	6	- 6
Measles	76	0	63	13	- 13
Otitis Media	77	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	70	1	- 1
Malaria	80	0	17	437	- 437
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	42	73	- 73
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

El Salvador

Eritrea

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.