GUYANA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	696	1	1,335	- 638
Violence	2	657	10	194	+ 464
Kidney Disease	3	566	8	233	+ 333
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	290	6	302	- 12
Stroke	5	191	2	1,022	- 831
Lung Disease	6	179	13	174	+ 5
Diabetes Mellitus	7	166	3	579	- 413
Road Traffic Accidents	8	161	11	175	- 13
HIV/AIDS	9	101	7	256	- 155
Liver Disease	10	95	9	197	- 101
Stomach Cancer	11	84	31	34	+ 50
Alcohol	12	78	57	3	+ 75
Cervical Cancer	13	54	21	91	- 37
Congenital Anomalies	14	54	23	69	- 15
Suicide	15	47	5	315	- 269
Liver Cancer	16	43	34	29	+ 14
Prostate Cancer	17	39	17	123	- 84
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	38	38	23	+ 15
Low Birth Weight	19	38	22	89	- 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	38	25	59	- 21
Leukemia	21	37	39	21	+ 16
Breast Cancer	22	35	19	96	- 61
Lung Cancers	23	35	29	38	- 3
Falls	24	29	48	11	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	25	27	12	174	- 148
Malnutrition	26	26	30	37	- 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	24	27	48	- 24
Lymphomas	28	22	32	32	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	29	19	42	19	+ 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	19	26	54	- 35
Hypertension	31	17	4	320	- 303
Other Neoplasms	32	17	28	40	- 23
Drownings	33	16	15	145	- 128
Anemia	34	16	18	99	- 83
Asthma	35	15	36	25	- 11
Skin Disease	36	14	56	3	+ 11
Birth Trauma	37	14	24	64	- 50
Other Injuries	38	11	14	167	- 156
Oral Cancer	39	11	40	20	- 9
Ovary Cancer	40	11	43	18	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	41	10	51	8	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	42	9	20	92	- 82
Drug Use	43	9	45	16	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	44	8	49	9	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	8	52	8	- 0
Tuberculosis	46	7	16	137	- 130
Skin Cancers	47	7	55	5	+ 2
Epilepsy	48	6	37	24	- 18
Bladder Cancer	49	5	50	8	- 3
Uterin Cancer	50	5	46	13	- 8
Meningitis	51	4	44	17	- 13
Pertussis	52	4	73	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	53	3	35	28	- 25
Fires	54	3	41	19	- 17
Chagas disease	55	2	81	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	56	2	54	6	- 4
Poisonings	57	2	65	1	+ 1
Syphilis	58	2	71	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	63	1	+ 1
Tetanus	60	1	72	0	+ 1
Dengue	61	1	60	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	66	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	1	53	7	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	61	1	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	1	47	13	- 12
Hepatitis B	66	1	59	2	- 1
Schizophrenia	67	0	62	1	- 1
Oral conditions	68	0	67	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	69	0	58	3	- 3
War	70	0	64	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	85	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	33	30	- 30
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

El Salvador

Guyana

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.