FINLAND VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,935	2	9,831	- 4,896
Violence	2	4,656	43	64	+ 4,592
Kidney Disease	3	4,011	26	342	+ 3,669
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,052	21	436	+ 1,616
Stroke	5	1,354	3	4,115	- 2,761
Lung Disease	6	1,267	8	1,289	- 22
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,176	22	418	+ 758
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,143	33	215	+ 928
HIV/AIDS	9	715	59	6	+ 709
Liver Disease	10	677	10	1,068	- 391
Stomach Cancer	11	596	19	447	+ 149
Alcohol	12	550	18	464	+ 86
Cervical Cancer	13	383	44	62	+ 321
Congenital Anomalies	14	381	35	192	+ 189
Suicide	15	331	15	846	- 515
Liver Cancer	16	301	16	545	- 244
Prostate Cancer	17	279	11	970	- 691
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	272	1	11,120	- 10,849
Low Birth Weight	19	269	48	26	+ 243
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	267	6	1,433	- 1,166
Leukemia	21	265	24	371	- 107
Breast Cancer	22	247	12	948	- 701
Lung Cancers	23	246	4	2,312	- 2,066
Falls	24	206	7	1,325	- 1,119
Endocrine Disorders	25	189	31	257	- 68
Malnutrition	26	182	57	7	+ 175
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	169	52	15	+ 154
Lymphomas	28	158	14	851	- 693
Pancreas Cancer	29	136	9	1,247	- 1,111
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	133	36	151	- 18
Hypertension	31	124	5	2,030	- 1,906
Other Neoplasms	32	123	23	377	- 254
Drownings	33	116	37	106	+ 10
Anemia	34	111	58	6	+ 106
Asthma	35	104	40	85	+ 19
Skin Disease	36	103	47	27	+ 75
Birth Trauma	37	103	56	8	+ 95
Other Injuries	38	81	20	437	- 356
Oral Cancer	39	80	34	207	- 127
Ovary Cancer	40	79	25	344	- 265
Oesophagus Cancer	41	68	27	320	- 252
Inflammatory/Heart	42	66	17	518	- 452
Drug Use	43	62	30	269	- 207
Parkinson's Disease	44	59	13	853	- 794
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	54	53	11	+ 43
Tuberculosis	46	51	46	32	+ 19
Skin Cancers	47	51	29	297	- 247
Epilepsy	48	43	38	104	- 61
Bladder Cancer	49	35	28	308	- 273
Uterin Cancer	50	33	32	225	- 192
Meningitis	51	30	55	9	+ 21
Pertussis	52	27	69	0	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	53	22	64	2	+ 21
Fires	54	18	45	62	- 43
Chagas disease	55	15	76	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	56	15	54	10	+ 6
Poisonings	57	13	49	25	- 12
Syphilis	58	12	67	0	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	12	41	83	- 71
Tetanus	60	10	70	0	+ 10
Dengue	61	8	82	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	62	7	62	2	+ 5
Encephalitis	63	6	66	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	42	80	- 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	5	50	19	- 14
Hepatitis B	66	4	63	2	+ 2
Schizophrenia	67	3	39	93	- 90
Oral conditions	68	2	61	4	- 2
Osteoarthritis	69	1	51	17	- 16
War	70	1	65	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	60	5	- 5
Measles	76	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

El Salvador

Finland

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.