IRELAND VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,590	1	4,762	- 172
Violence	2	4,331	47	38	+ 4,293
Kidney Disease	3	3,731	10	566	+ 3,164
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,909	6	1,298	+ 611
Stroke	5	1,259	5	1,770	- 510
Lung Disease	6	1,178	4	1,915	- 737
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,094	16	414	+ 680
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,063	33	153	+ 910
HIV/AIDS	9	665	57	9	+ 656
Liver Disease	10	629	19	279	+ 350
Stomach Cancer	11	554	17	357	+ 198
Alcohol	12	512	39	64	+ 448
Cervical Cancer	13	356	35	103	+ 253
Congenital Anomalies	14	355	32	153	+ 202
Suicide	15	308	14	470	- 162
Liver Cancer	16	280	18	318	- 38
Prostate Cancer	17	259	9	585	- 326
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	253	2	3,209	- 2,957
Low Birth Weight	19	250	44	56	+ 195
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	248	7	1,095	- 847
Leukemia	21	246	20	274	- 28
Breast Cancer	22	230	8	760	- 530
Lung Cancers	23	229	3	1,916	- 1,687
Falls	24	192	25	247	- 55
Endocrine Disorders	25	176	24	249	- 73
Malnutrition	26	169	63	2	+ 168
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	157	45	53	+ 104
Lymphomas	28	147	13	513	- 366
Pancreas Cancer	29	127	11	530	- 404
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	124	38	67	+ 57
Hypertension	31	115	29	175	- 59
Other Neoplasms	32	114	27	218	- 103
Drownings	33	108	43	57	+ 51
Anemia	34	103	49	29	+ 75
Asthma	35	96	41	58	+ 38
Skin Disease	36	95	42	58	+ 38
Birth Trauma	37	95	56	10	+ 85
Other Injuries	38	75	30	171	- 96
Oral Cancer	39	74	28	183	- 109
Ovary Cancer	40	74	21	273	- 199
Oesophagus Cancer	41	63	15	419	- 355
Inflammatory/Heart	42	61	26	240	- 179
Drug Use	43	58	31	167	- 109
Parkinson's Disease	44	55	12	530	- 475
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	51	54	14	+ 37
Tuberculosis	46	47	50	23	+ 24
Skin Cancers	47	47	23	252	- 205
Epilepsy	48	40	36	85	- 45
Bladder Cancer	49	33	22	256	- 223
Uterin Cancer	50	31	34	126	- 95
Meningitis	51	28	58	7	+ 21
Pertussis	52	25	67	0	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	53	21	61	3	+ 18
Fires	54	17	48	30	- 13
Chagas disease	55	14	73	0	+ 14
Appendicitis	56	14	60	3	+ 11
Poisonings	57	12	53	14	- 2
Syphilis	58	11	68	0	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	11	40	59	- 48
Tetanus	60	9	81	0	+ 9
Dengue	61	7	78	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	62	7	64	1	+ 6
Encephalitis	63	6	66	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	37	83	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	5	46	50	- 45
Hepatitis B	66	4	59	6	- 2
Schizophrenia	67	3	55	12	- 9
Oral conditions	68	2	62	2	- 0
Osteoarthritis	69	1	51	20	- 18
War	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	82	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	52	19	- 19
Measles	76	0	83	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

El Salvador

Ireland

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.