ESTONIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,047	1	3,009	- 1,962
Violence	2	988	42	28	+ 959
Kidney Disease	3	851	17	176	+ 675
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	435	6	349	+ 87
Stroke	5	287	3	1,116	- 829
Lung Disease	6	269	13	229	+ 40
Diabetes Mellitus	7	249	19	146	+ 103
Road Traffic Accidents	8	243	35	59	+ 183
HIV/AIDS	9	152	39	40	+ 111
Liver Disease	10	144	7	328	- 185
Stomach Cancer	11	126	9	290	- 163
Alcohol	12	117	18	148	- 32
Cervical Cancer	13	81	32	68	+ 14
Congenital Anomalies	14	81	43	25	+ 56
Suicide	15	70	16	197	- 127
Liver Cancer	16	64	26	107	- 43
Prostate Cancer	17	59	8	298	- 239
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	58	12	229	- 172
Low Birth Weight	19	57	55	7	+ 50
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	57	5	527	- 470
Leukemia	21	56	22	126	- 69
Breast Cancer	22	52	11	260	- 207
Lung Cancers	23	52	4	657	- 605
Falls	24	44	24	119	- 75
Endocrine Disorders	25	40	33	66	- 26
Malnutrition	26	39	79	0	+ 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	36	53	8	+ 28
Lymphomas	28	34	15	213	- 179
Pancreas Cancer	29	29	10	268	- 239
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	28	36	55	- 27
Hypertension	31	26	2	2,700	- 2,674
Other Neoplasms	32	26	23	123	- 97
Drownings	33	25	40	30	- 5
Anemia	34	24	51	9	+ 14
Asthma	35	22	44	24	- 2
Skin Disease	36	22	41	29	- 7
Birth Trauma	37	22	57	5	+ 17
Other Injuries	38	17	20	141	- 124
Oral Cancer	39	17	25	110	- 94
Ovary Cancer	40	17	28	87	- 70
Oesophagus Cancer	41	14	27	99	- 84
Inflammatory/Heart	42	14	14	217	- 203
Drug Use	43	13	31	75	- 62
Parkinson's Disease	44	13	29	82	- 69
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	12	49	12	- 1
Tuberculosis	46	11	47	16	- 6
Skin Cancers	47	11	30	79	- 68
Epilepsy	48	9	37	45	- 35
Bladder Cancer	49	8	21	126	- 118
Uterin Cancer	50	7	34	60	- 53
Meningitis	51	6	54	7	- 1
Pertussis	52	6	83	0	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	53	5	61	1	+ 4
Fires	54	4	38	41	- 37
Chagas disease	55	3	71	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	56	3	59	2	+ 1
Poisonings	57	3	52	8	- 6
Syphilis	58	3	62	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	46	17	- 15
Tetanus	60	2	81	0	+ 2
Dengue	61	2	75	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	66	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	1	63	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	48	16	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	1	45	22	- 20
Hepatitis B	66	1	65	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	67	1	56	6	- 5
Oral conditions	68	0	60	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	69	0	50	10	- 10
War	70	0	64	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	82	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	58	4	- 4
Measles	76	0	84	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.