FIJI VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	835	2	1,481	- 647
Violence	2	787	40	19	+ 768
Kidney Disease	3	678	4	277	+ 401
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	347	5	228	+ 119
Stroke	5	229	3	583	- 354
Lung Disease	6	214	9	141	+ 74
Diabetes Mellitus	7	199	1	1,628	- 1,429
Road Traffic Accidents	8	193	11	120	+ 73
HIV/AIDS	9	121	31	30	+ 91
Liver Disease	10	114	15	82	+ 33
Stomach Cancer	11	101	37	23	+ 77
Alcohol	12	93	57	2	+ 91
Cervical Cancer	13	65	13	86	- 22
Congenital Anomalies	14	64	10	129	- 65
Suicide	15	56	16	80	- 24
Liver Cancer	16	51	18	68	- 17
Prostate Cancer	17	47	25	41	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	46	19	63	- 17
Low Birth Weight	19	46	14	86	- 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	45	24	45	- 0
Leukemia	21	45	30	31	+ 14
Breast Cancer	22	42	8	162	- 121
Lung Cancers	23	42	22	48	- 6
Falls	24	35	36	27	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	25	32	34	28	+ 4
Malnutrition	26	31	45	14	+ 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	29	12	96	- 68
Lymphomas	28	27	35	27	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	29	23	38	21	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	23	29	34	- 11
Hypertension	31	21	7	170	- 149
Other Neoplasms	32	21	53	3	+ 18
Drownings	33	20	21	60	- 40
Anemia	34	19	82	0	+ 19
Asthma	35	18	6	226	- 208
Skin Disease	36	17	41	19	- 2
Birth Trauma	37	17	28	36	- 19
Other Injuries	38	14	17	77	- 63
Oral Cancer	39	13	46	13	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	40	13	32	29	- 16
Oesophagus Cancer	41	12	42	18	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	42	11	23	45	- 34
Drug Use	43	11	52	4	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	44	10	26	40	- 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	9	84	0	+ 9
Tuberculosis	46	9	27	39	- 31
Skin Cancers	47	9	61	1	+ 8
Epilepsy	48	7	44	16	- 9
Bladder Cancer	49	6	50	8	- 2
Uterin Cancer	50	6	39	20	- 14
Meningitis	51	5	43	17	- 12
Pertussis	52	5	48	10	- 5
Maternal Conditions	53	4	49	9	- 5
Fires	54	3	33	28	- 25
Chagas disease	55	3	76	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	56	3	54	3	- 0
Poisonings	57	2	56	2	- 0
Syphilis	58	2	47	11	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	62	0	+ 2
Tetanus	60	2	58	1	+ 0
Dengue	61	1	55	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	69	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	1	51	7	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	60	1	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	1	20	62	- 61
Hepatitis B	66	1	59	1	- 0
Schizophrenia	67	1	81	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	0	86	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	69	0	85	0	+ 0
War	70	0	66	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	64	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

El Salvador

Fiji

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.