GUATEMALA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,011	1	9,825	+ 6,186
Violence	2	15,106	7	4,411	+ 10,696
Kidney Disease	3	13,014	4	6,277	+ 6,737
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,659	2	9,245	- 2,586
Stroke	5	4,393	6	4,849	- 455
Lung Disease	6	4,111	13	1,901	+ 2,209
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,815	3	6,932	- 3,117
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,710	8	4,026	- 317
HIV/AIDS	9	2,319	21	1,173	+ 1,147
Liver Disease	10	2,195	5	5,684	- 3,489
Stomach Cancer	11	1,933	17	1,570	+ 363
Alcohol	12	1,785	14	1,799	- 14
Cervical Cancer	13	1,243	25	808	+ 436
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,237	18	1,517	- 280
Suicide	15	1,075	22	1,039	+ 36
Liver Cancer	16	978	15	1,765	- 787
Prostate Cancer	17	905	24	846	+ 59
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	881	12	1,957	- 1,076
Low Birth Weight	19	873	16	1,658	- 785
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	866	31	464	+ 402
Leukemia	21	859	27	601	+ 258
Breast Cancer	22	803	28	495	+ 307
Lung Cancers	23	798	35	391	+ 407
Falls	24	669	20	1,371	- 703
Endocrine Disorders	25	613	29	486	+ 128
Malnutrition	26	591	11	1,981	- 1,390
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	548	9	2,617	- 2,070
Lymphomas	28	513	43	229	+ 284
Pancreas Cancer	29	443	38	282	+ 161
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	433	23	1,029	- 597
Hypertension	31	402	26	679	- 277
Other Neoplasms	32	399	56	42	+ 357
Drownings	33	376	32	463	- 87
Anemia	34	361	83	0	+ 361
Asthma	35	336	36	335	+ 1
Skin Disease	36	333	42	232	+ 101
Birth Trauma	37	333	19	1,466	- 1,133
Other Injuries	38	263	10	2,466	- 2,203
Oral Cancer	39	258	49	142	+ 116
Ovary Cancer	40	257	50	133	+ 124
Oesophagus Cancer	41	221	48	144	+ 77
Inflammatory/Heart	42	213	44	225	- 12
Drug Use	43	202	40	272	- 69
Parkinson's Disease	44	192	34	393	- 201
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	176	85	0	+ 176
Tuberculosis	46	165	37	301	- 136
Skin Cancers	47	164	46	195	- 31
Epilepsy	48	139	33	463	- 324
Bladder Cancer	49	115	55	57	+ 57
Uterin Cancer	50	109	59	27	+ 81
Meningitis	51	98	41	271	- 173
Pertussis	52	89	53	70	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	53	73	30	468	- 396
Fires	54	59	45	207	- 148
Chagas disease	55	50	61	19	+ 31
Appendicitis	56	49	47	164	- 114
Poisonings	57	41	39	275	- 234
Syphilis	58	39	64	3	+ 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	39	52	82	- 43
Tetanus	60	31	62	10	+ 21
Dengue	61	25	58	33	- 8
Upper Respiratory	62	24	57	34	- 11
Encephalitis	63	20	51	104	- 84
Multiple Sclerosis	64	19	60	21	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	17	54	62	- 45
Hepatitis B	66	13	65	2	+ 10
Schizophrenia	67	11	80	0	+ 11
Oral conditions	68	6	86	0	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	69	4	84	0	+ 4
War	70	2	68	2	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	63	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	1	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	66	2	- 2
Measles	76	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	67	2	- 2
Malaria	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

El Salvador

Guatemala

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.