JORDAN VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,800	1	4,856	+ 4,944
Violence	2	9,247	21	269	+ 8,978
Kidney Disease	3	7,966	6	1,494	+ 6,472
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,076	8	937	+ 3,138
Stroke	5	2,689	2	2,908	- 219
Lung Disease	6	2,516	15	444	+ 2,072
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,335	4	1,684	+ 652
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,271	3	1,717	+ 554
HIV/AIDS	9	1,420	63	2	+ 1,418
Liver Disease	10	1,344	14	494	+ 850
Stomach Cancer	11	1,183	17	365	+ 818
Alcohol	12	1,093	55	11	+ 1,082
Cervical Cancer	13	761	41	64	+ 697
Congenital Anomalies	14	757	9	934	- 177
Suicide	15	658	28	165	+ 493
Liver Cancer	16	599	25	186	+ 413
Prostate Cancer	17	554	33	131	+ 423
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	539	11	706	- 167
Low Birth Weight	19	534	10	857	- 323
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	530	13	616	- 86
Leukemia	21	525	16	370	+ 156
Breast Cancer	22	491	12	686	- 195
Lung Cancers	23	488	7	1,059	- 570
Falls	24	409	24	191	+ 219
Endocrine Disorders	25	375	26	180	+ 195
Malnutrition	26	361	51	15	+ 347
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	335	30	152	+ 183
Lymphomas	28	314	18	323	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	29	271	22	245	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	265	40	67	+ 198
Hypertension	31	246	5	1,532	- 1,286
Other Neoplasms	32	244	57	9	+ 235
Drownings	33	230	36	107	+ 123
Anemia	34	221	82	0	+ 221
Asthma	35	206	35	114	+ 91
Skin Disease	36	204	48	42	+ 161
Birth Trauma	37	204	20	271	- 67
Other Injuries	38	161	19	294	- 133
Oral Cancer	39	158	31	143	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	40	157	32	139	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	41	135	42	63	+ 72
Inflammatory/Heart	42	131	38	74	+ 56
Drug Use	43	124	34	115	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	44	118	27	169	- 52
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	108	85	0	+ 108
Tuberculosis	46	101	53	12	+ 89
Skin Cancers	47	101	49	38	+ 63
Epilepsy	48	85	46	49	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	49	70	23	213	- 142
Uterin Cancer	50	67	39	74	- 8
Meningitis	51	60	37	78	- 18
Pertussis	52	54	43	55	- 0
Maternal Conditions	53	45	44	53	- 8
Fires	54	36	29	153	- 117
Chagas disease	55	30	78	0	+ 30
Appendicitis	56	30	58	8	+ 22
Poisonings	57	25	47	47	- 21
Syphilis	58	24	45	52	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	24	61	4	+ 20
Tetanus	60	19	56	11	+ 8
Dengue	61	15	72	0	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	62	14	69	0	+ 14
Encephalitis	63	12	52	14	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	12	54	12	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	10	50	22	- 12
Hepatitis B	66	8	60	4	+ 4
Schizophrenia	67	6	81	0	+ 6
Oral conditions	68	4	86	0	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	69	2	84	0	+ 2
War	70	1	59	6	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	67	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	1	- 1
Measles	76	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	62	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

El Salvador

Jordan

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.