ITALY VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	53,470	1	97,116	- 43,646
Violence	2	50,449	50	409	+ 50,040
Kidney Disease	3	43,461	11	12,726	+ 30,736
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	22,238	9	16,339	+ 5,900
Stroke	5	14,672	2	62,633	- 47,962
Lung Disease	6	13,728	5	32,382	- 18,655
Diabetes Mellitus	7	12,741	8	19,836	- 7,095
Road Traffic Accidents	8	12,388	30	3,221	+ 9,168
HIV/AIDS	9	7,745	46	520	+ 7,226
Liver Disease	10	7,332	23	5,559	+ 1,772
Stomach Cancer	11	6,457	14	10,252	- 3,796
Alcohol	12	5,963	55	277	+ 5,686
Cervical Cancer	13	4,152	40	1,154	+ 2,998
Congenital Anomalies	14	4,130	37	1,443	+ 2,687
Suicide	15	3,592	26	4,042	- 450
Liver Cancer	16	3,267	17	9,620	- 6,353
Prostate Cancer	17	3,021	20	8,409	- 5,388
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	2,942	3	41,445	- 38,503
Low Birth Weight	19	2,916	51	357	+ 2,558
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	2,894	7	21,254	- 18,360
Leukemia	21	2,867	21	6,728	- 3,861
Breast Cancer	22	2,680	10	13,868	- 11,188
Lung Cancers	23	2,665	4	34,152	- 31,487
Falls	24	2,234	25	4,222	- 1,989
Endocrine Disorders	25	2,048	18	8,431	- 6,383
Malnutrition	26	1,972	41	775	+ 1,197
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,829	36	1,622	+ 207
Lymphomas	28	1,713	16	9,670	- 7,958
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,479	13	12,095	- 10,616
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	1,445	43	690	+ 755
Hypertension	31	1,343	6	29,931	- 28,588
Other Neoplasms	32	1,334	15	9,984	- 8,650
Drownings	33	1,256	52	344	+ 912
Anemia	34	1,205	35	1,672	- 467
Asthma	35	1,122	47	494	+ 629
Skin Disease	36	1,111	38	1,440	- 329
Birth Trauma	37	1,111	59	140	+ 971
Other Injuries	38	877	12	12,112	- 11,235
Oral Cancer	39	863	27	3,343	- 2,480
Ovary Cancer	40	857	28	3,282	- 2,424
Oesophagus Cancer	41	739	34	2,045	- 1,306
Inflammatory/Heart	42	713	24	5,531	- 4,818
Drug Use	43	676	45	654	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	44	641	19	8,428	- 7,786
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	588	57	241	+ 348
Tuberculosis	46	552	53	336	+ 216
Skin Cancers	47	549	29	3,239	- 2,690
Epilepsy	48	464	39	1,337	- 872
Bladder Cancer	49	383	22	6,711	- 6,327
Uterin Cancer	50	363	33	2,198	- 1,835
Meningitis	51	327	60	128	+ 199
Pertussis	52	296	73	1	+ 295
Maternal Conditions	53	243	67	6	+ 237
Fires	54	197	56	271	- 74
Chagas disease	55	166	72	1	+ 165
Appendicitis	56	165	61	49	+ 116
Poisonings	57	138	58	154	- 16
Syphilis	58	130	69	4	+ 126
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	129	42	701	- 572
Tetanus	60	103	63	22	+ 82
Dengue	61	83	81	0	+ 83
Upper Respiratory	62	79	64	20	+ 59
Encephalitis	63	67	68	5	+ 62
Multiple Sclerosis	64	63	44	677	- 613
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	56	32	2,216	- 2,159
Hepatitis B	66	42	54	334	- 292
Schizophrenia	67	35	49	424	- 389
Oral conditions	68	21	62	47	- 26
Osteoarthritis	69	13	48	481	- 468
War	70	6	66	6	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	3	75	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	72	1	80	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	73	1	70	3	- 2
Diphtheria	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	31	2,451	- 2,450
Measles	76	0	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	77	0	65	16	- 16
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ITALY

El Salvador

Italy

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.