GUINEA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,267	6	5,665	+ 6,601
Violence	2	11,574	26	1,128	+ 10,446
Kidney Disease	3	9,971	16	1,939	+ 8,031
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,102	1	12,790	- 7,688
Stroke	5	3,366	5	5,777	- 2,411
Lung Disease	6	3,149	20	1,373	+ 1,776
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,923	15	2,138	+ 785
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,842	9	3,788	- 946
HIV/AIDS	9	1,777	10	3,020	- 1,243
Liver Disease	10	1,682	12	2,550	- 868
Stomach Cancer	11	1,481	41	245	+ 1,236
Alcohol	12	1,368	55	83	+ 1,285
Cervical Cancer	13	953	19	1,491	- 539
Congenital Anomalies	14	948	14	2,181	- 1,233
Suicide	15	824	29	892	- 68
Liver Cancer	16	749	23	1,167	- 418
Prostate Cancer	17	693	32	525	+ 168
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	675	30	579	+ 96
Low Birth Weight	19	669	8	4,319	- 3,650
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	664	53	100	+ 564
Leukemia	21	658	67	17	+ 641
Breast Cancer	22	615	38	345	+ 270
Lung Cancers	23	611	50	128	+ 483
Falls	24	512	33	480	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	25	470	25	1,140	- 670
Malnutrition	26	452	28	1,032	- 580
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	420	3	6,788	- 6,368
Lymphomas	28	393	48	158	+ 235
Pancreas Cancer	29	339	65	19	+ 320
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	332	34	448	- 116
Hypertension	31	308	21	1,348	- 1,040
Other Neoplasms	32	306	68	16	+ 290
Drownings	33	288	31	528	- 240
Anemia	34	276	83	0	+ 276
Asthma	35	257	22	1,179	- 922
Skin Disease	36	255	51	127	+ 128
Birth Trauma	37	255	7	4,797	- 4,542
Other Injuries	38	201	18	1,504	- 1,303
Oral Cancer	39	198	52	122	+ 76
Ovary Cancer	40	197	54	93	+ 104
Oesophagus Cancer	41	170	63	20	+ 150
Inflammatory/Heart	42	164	35	439	- 276
Drug Use	43	155	46	169	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	44	147	44	212	- 65
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	135	84	0	+ 135
Tuberculosis	46	127	13	2,369	- 2,242
Skin Cancers	47	126	49	152	- 26
Epilepsy	48	106	37	350	- 243
Bladder Cancer	49	88	60	32	+ 56
Uterin Cancer	50	83	59	38	+ 46
Meningitis	51	75	11	2,633	- 2,558
Pertussis	52	68	24	1,165	- 1,097
Maternal Conditions	53	56	17	1,793	- 1,737
Fires	54	45	36	410	- 365
Chagas disease	55	38	77	0	+ 38
Appendicitis	56	38	57	41	- 3
Poisonings	57	32	40	295	- 263
Syphilis	58	30	39	328	- 298
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	30	70	13	+ 17
Tetanus	60	24	45	170	- 146
Dengue	61	19	73	0	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	62	18	69	15	+ 3
Encephalitis	63	15	56	81	- 65
Multiple Sclerosis	64	14	66	18	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	13	42	238	- 225
Hepatitis B	66	10	47	162	- 152
Schizophrenia	67	8	81	0	+ 8
Oral conditions	68	5	86	0	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	69	3	85	0	+ 3
War	70	1	64	20	- 18
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	62	22	- 22
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	58	40	- 39
Hepatitis C	75	0	61	22	- 22
Measles	76	0	4	6,025	- 6,025
Otitis Media	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	71	3	- 3
Malaria	80	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Schistosomiasis	82	0	43	232	- 232
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 GUINEA

El Salvador

Guinea

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.