GHANA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,337	3	14,103	+ 16,234
Violence	2	28,623	27	1,857	+ 26,765
Kidney Disease	3	24,658	13	4,161	+ 20,497
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	12,617	1	16,262	- 3,645
Stroke	5	8,324	2	15,163	- 6,839
Lung Disease	6	7,788	15	3,120	+ 4,669
Diabetes Mellitus	7	7,229	12	5,929	+ 1,300
Road Traffic Accidents	8	7,029	7	7,808	- 779
HIV/AIDS	9	4,394	4	13,565	- 9,171
Liver Disease	10	4,160	11	6,053	- 1,894
Stomach Cancer	11	3,663	33	870	+ 2,793
Alcohol	12	3,383	54	244	+ 3,139
Cervical Cancer	13	2,356	20	2,161	+ 195
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,343	14	3,935	- 1,592
Suicide	15	2,038	21	1,993	+ 45
Liver Cancer	16	1,853	17	2,851	- 998
Prostate Cancer	17	1,714	31	1,031	+ 683
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	1,669	29	1,294	+ 375
Low Birth Weight	19	1,654	8	6,662	- 5,008
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,642	34	803	+ 839
Leukemia	21	1,627	45	340	+ 1,287
Breast Cancer	22	1,521	25	1,937	- 417
Lung Cancers	23	1,512	55	237	+ 1,275
Falls	24	1,267	30	1,168	+ 100
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,162	24	1,965	- 803
Malnutrition	26	1,119	26	1,868	- 749
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,038	9	6,538	- 5,500
Lymphomas	28	972	32	875	+ 97
Pancreas Cancer	29	839	46	334	+ 505
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	820	48	321	+ 499
Hypertension	31	762	19	2,231	- 1,469
Other Neoplasms	32	757	63	48	+ 709
Drownings	33	713	36	740	- 28
Anemia	34	684	83	0	+ 684
Asthma	35	637	23	1,979	- 1,342
Skin Disease	36	630	50	264	+ 366
Birth Trauma	37	630	10	6,194	- 5,564
Other Injuries	38	498	18	2,433	- 1,935
Oral Cancer	39	490	42	483	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	40	486	38	698	- 212
Oesophagus Cancer	41	419	49	285	+ 134
Inflammatory/Heart	42	405	28	1,615	- 1,210
Drug Use	43	384	39	630	- 246
Parkinson's Disease	44	364	43	387	- 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	334	85	0	+ 334
Tuberculosis	46	313	6	10,214	- 9,901
Skin Cancers	47	311	58	214	+ 97
Epilepsy	48	263	47	329	- 66
Bladder Cancer	49	217	53	245	- 28
Uterin Cancer	50	206	57	219	- 13
Meningitis	51	185	16	2,983	- 2,798
Pertussis	52	168	35	744	- 577
Maternal Conditions	53	138	22	1,991	- 1,853
Fires	54	112	37	729	- 617
Chagas disease	55	94	76	0	+ 94
Appendicitis	56	93	59	146	- 52
Poisonings	57	78	40	522	- 443
Syphilis	58	74	41	483	- 409
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	73	67	16	+ 57
Tetanus	60	59	56	220	- 161
Dengue	61	47	71	0	+ 47
Upper Respiratory	62	45	66	16	+ 28
Encephalitis	63	38	44	357	- 319
Multiple Sclerosis	64	36	61	113	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	32	52	256	- 224
Hepatitis B	66	24	62	101	- 77
Schizophrenia	67	20	81	0	+ 20
Oral conditions	68	12	86	0	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	69	7	84	0	+ 7
War	70	3	64	29	- 26
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	79	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	72	1	68	12	- 12
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	28	- 28
Measles	76	0	60	135	- 135
Otitis Media	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	70	3	- 3
Malaria	80	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	51	257	- 257
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

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Ghana

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.