GEORGIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,298	1	16,014	- 11,716
Violence	2	4,056	40	90	+ 3,965
Kidney Disease	3	3,494	10	826	+ 2,668
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,788	9	886	+ 902
Stroke	5	1,179	2	11,969	- 10,790
Lung Disease	6	1,104	7	1,158	- 55
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,024	6	1,621	- 597
Road Traffic Accidents	8	996	13	496	+ 500
HIV/AIDS	9	623	42	89	+ 534
Liver Disease	10	589	4	1,871	- 1,282
Stomach Cancer	11	519	12	533	- 14
Alcohol	12	479	45	49	+ 430
Cervical Cancer	13	334	27	187	+ 147
Congenital Anomalies	14	332	28	174	+ 158
Suicide	15	289	18	367	- 78
Liver Cancer	16	263	17	385	- 122
Prostate Cancer	17	243	22	290	- 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	236	5	1,826	- 1,590
Low Birth Weight	19	234	37	114	+ 120
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	233	14	444	- 211
Leukemia	21	230	30	171	+ 59
Breast Cancer	22	215	11	613	- 397
Lung Cancers	23	214	8	1,152	- 938
Falls	24	180	16	420	- 240
Endocrine Disorders	25	165	38	109	+ 56
Malnutrition	26	159	59	5	+ 154
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	147	50	19	+ 128
Lymphomas	28	138	25	208	- 71
Pancreas Cancer	29	119	23	227	- 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	116	24	226	- 110
Hypertension	31	108	3	4,387	- 4,279
Other Neoplasms	32	107	52	15	+ 93
Drownings	33	101	39	95	+ 6
Anemia	34	97	85	0	+ 97
Asthma	35	90	35	136	- 46
Skin Disease	36	89	51	17	+ 73
Birth Trauma	37	89	46	39	+ 50
Other Injuries	38	70	20	346	- 276
Oral Cancer	39	69	31	167	- 97
Ovary Cancer	40	69	29	174	- 105
Oesophagus Cancer	41	59	43	75	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	42	57	21	346	- 289
Drug Use	43	54	41	90	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	44	52	19	354	- 303
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	47	81	0	+ 47
Tuberculosis	46	44	32	153	- 108
Skin Cancers	47	44	33	149	- 105
Epilepsy	48	37	44	51	- 13
Bladder Cancer	49	31	26	205	- 174
Uterin Cancer	50	29	36	115	- 86
Meningitis	51	26	47	25	+ 2
Pertussis	52	24	67	0	+ 24
Maternal Conditions	53	20	53	13	+ 7
Fires	54	16	34	140	- 124
Chagas disease	55	13	72	0	+ 13
Appendicitis	56	13	55	10	+ 3
Poisonings	57	11	49	23	- 12
Syphilis	58	10	63	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	10	57	8	+ 3
Tetanus	60	8	62	0	+ 8
Dengue	61	7	76	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	62	6	60	1	+ 6
Encephalitis	63	5	48	24	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	54	12	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	5	15	426	- 422
Hepatitis B	66	3	58	7	- 4
Schizophrenia	67	3	83	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	68	2	82	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	69	1	80	0	+ 1
War	70	0	61	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	56	8	- 8
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	65	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

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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.