KUWAIT VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,753	1	2,325	+ 428
Violence	2	2,597	23	75	+ 2,522
Kidney Disease	3	2,237	8	204	+ 2,033
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,145	4	340	+ 805
Stroke	5	755	3	599	+ 156
Lung Disease	6	707	21	84	+ 623
Diabetes Mellitus	7	656	6	242	+ 414
Road Traffic Accidents	8	638	2	649	- 12
HIV/AIDS	9	399	48	7	+ 392
Liver Disease	10	377	11	192	+ 186
Stomach Cancer	11	332	25	72	+ 261
Alcohol	12	307	44	12	+ 295
Cervical Cancer	13	214	33	32	+ 182
Congenital Anomalies	14	213	9	202	+ 11
Suicide	15	185	18	122	+ 63
Liver Cancer	16	168	16	129	+ 39
Prostate Cancer	17	156	26	58	+ 97
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	151	14	139	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	19	150	13	158	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	149	10	198	- 49
Leukemia	21	148	17	123	+ 25
Breast Cancer	22	138	7	230	- 92
Lung Cancers	23	137	12	161	- 24
Falls	24	115	19	102	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	25	105	28	44	+ 62
Malnutrition	26	102	60	0	+ 101
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	94	49	6	+ 88
Lymphomas	28	88	15	132	- 43
Pancreas Cancer	29	76	20	89	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	74	43	14	+ 61
Hypertension	31	69	5	256	- 187
Other Neoplasms	32	69	51	4	+ 64
Drownings	33	65	41	19	+ 45
Anemia	34	62	86	0	+ 62
Asthma	35	58	40	21	+ 36
Skin Disease	36	57	53	4	+ 54
Birth Trauma	37	57	47	7	+ 50
Other Injuries	38	45	22	83	- 38
Oral Cancer	39	44	24	74	- 29
Ovary Cancer	40	44	29	41	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	41	38	32	35	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	42	37	31	36	+ 0
Drug Use	43	35	30	38	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	44	33	36	29	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	30	80	0	+ 30
Tuberculosis	46	28	34	31	- 2
Skin Cancers	47	28	37	28	- 0
Epilepsy	48	24	39	22	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	49	20	27	52	- 32
Uterin Cancer	50	19	35	31	- 12
Meningitis	51	17	45	9	+ 8
Pertussis	52	15	63	0	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	53	13	54	4	+ 9
Fires	54	10	38	28	- 18
Chagas disease	55	9	79	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	56	8	55	1	+ 7
Poisonings	57	7	42	16	- 9
Syphilis	58	7	64	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	7	56	1	+ 6
Tetanus	60	5	66	0	+ 5
Dengue	61	4	67	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	4	62	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	63	3	52	4	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	50	5	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	3	46	8	- 6
Hepatitis B	66	2	58	1	+ 1
Schizophrenia	67	2	84	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
War	70	0	57	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	59	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	61	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	65	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

El Salvador

Kuwait

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.