GREECE VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,175	1	21,124	- 11,949
Violence	2	8,657	42	104	+ 8,553
Kidney Disease	3	7,458	6	4,759	+ 2,699
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,816	3	8,282	- 4,466
Stroke	5	2,518	2	14,077	- 11,560
Lung Disease	6	2,356	5	5,526	- 3,171
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,186	20	1,266	+ 921
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,126	22	870	+ 1,255
HIV/AIDS	9	1,329	50	47	+ 1,282
Liver Disease	10	1,258	23	809	+ 449
Stomach Cancer	11	1,108	16	1,535	- 427
Alcohol	12	1,023	49	50	+ 973
Cervical Cancer	13	712	36	243	+ 469
Congenital Anomalies	14	709	38	174	+ 535
Suicide	15	616	28	533	+ 84
Liver Cancer	16	561	14	1,566	- 1,005
Prostate Cancer	17	518	12	2,023	- 1,505
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	505	7	3,940	- 3,435
Low Birth Weight	19	500	41	127	+ 373
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	497	8	3,264	- 2,767
Leukemia	21	492	18	1,354	- 862
Breast Cancer	22	460	11	2,520	- 2,060
Lung Cancers	23	457	4	7,355	- 6,898
Falls	24	383	21	1,245	- 862
Endocrine Disorders	25	351	29	526	- 175
Malnutrition	26	338	66	1	+ 338
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	314	44	95	+ 219
Lymphomas	28	294	19	1,268	- 975
Pancreas Cancer	29	254	13	1,904	- 1,650
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	248	26	611	- 363
Hypertension	31	230	9	2,922	- 2,692
Other Neoplasms	32	229	25	679	- 450
Drownings	33	216	32	435	- 220
Anemia	34	207	51	47	+ 160
Asthma	35	193	55	27	+ 165
Skin Disease	36	191	47	56	+ 134
Birth Trauma	37	191	57	17	+ 174
Other Injuries	38	150	17	1,453	- 1,303
Oral Cancer	39	148	30	440	- 292
Ovary Cancer	40	147	27	557	- 410
Oesophagus Cancer	41	127	35	246	- 119
Inflammatory/Heart	42	122	24	725	- 603
Drug Use	43	116	37	193	- 77
Parkinson's Disease	44	110	10	2,646	- 2,536
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	101	86	0	+ 101
Tuberculosis	46	95	46	66	+ 28
Skin Cancers	47	94	31	438	- 344
Epilepsy	48	80	34	249	- 169
Bladder Cancer	49	66	15	1,551	- 1,485
Uterin Cancer	50	62	33	373	- 310
Meningitis	51	56	53	33	+ 23
Pertussis	52	51	69	0	+ 51
Maternal Conditions	53	42	61	2	+ 40
Fires	54	34	39	146	- 112
Chagas disease	55	28	77	0	+ 28
Appendicitis	56	28	58	9	+ 19
Poisonings	57	24	56	19	+ 4
Syphilis	58	22	65	1	+ 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	22	45	67	- 45
Tetanus	60	18	62	2	+ 16
Dengue	61	14	71	0	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	62	14	59	8	+ 6
Encephalitis	63	11	67	1	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	64	11	40	135	- 124
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	10	43	100	- 90
Hepatitis B	66	7	48	56	- 49
Schizophrenia	67	6	54	27	- 21
Oral conditions	68	4	63	2	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	69	2	85	0	+ 2
War	70	1	64	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	60	4	- 4
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	52	38	- 38
Measles	76	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

El Salvador

Greece

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.