LAOS VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,976	2	5,190	+ 1,786
Violence	2	6,582	22	475	+ 6,107
Kidney Disease	3	5,670	5	1,646	+ 4,024
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,901	3	2,820	+ 81
Stroke	5	1,914	1	5,769	- 3,855
Lung Disease	6	1,791	6	1,626	+ 165
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,662	8	1,466	+ 196
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,616	9	1,281	+ 335
HIV/AIDS	9	1,010	29	313	+ 697
Liver Disease	10	956	10	1,171	- 215
Stomach Cancer	11	842	20	530	+ 312
Alcohol	12	778	47	61	+ 717
Cervical Cancer	13	542	37	187	+ 354
Congenital Anomalies	14	539	18	647	- 108
Suicide	15	469	27	390	+ 79
Liver Cancer	16	426	13	1,104	- 678
Prostate Cancer	17	394	53	37	+ 357
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	384	23	458	- 74
Low Birth Weight	19	380	11	1,156	- 775
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	378	26	422	- 45
Leukemia	21	374	31	290	+ 84
Breast Cancer	22	350	25	437	- 87
Lung Cancers	23	348	14	919	- 571
Falls	24	291	24	440	- 148
Endocrine Disorders	25	267	38	186	+ 81
Malnutrition	26	257	39	166	+ 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	239	7	1,552	- 1,313
Lymphomas	28	223	34	211	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	29	193	48	61	+ 132
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	189	17	651	- 463
Hypertension	31	175	15	890	- 715
Other Neoplasms	32	174	61	12	+ 162
Drownings	33	164	19	568	- 404
Anemia	34	157	86	0	+ 157
Asthma	35	146	16	840	- 694
Skin Disease	36	145	45	89	+ 56
Birth Trauma	37	145	12	1,116	- 971
Other Injuries	38	114	21	519	- 404
Oral Cancer	39	113	28	349	- 237
Ovary Cancer	40	112	43	101	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	41	96	33	214	- 117
Inflammatory/Heart	42	93	36	206	- 113
Drug Use	43	88	54	33	+ 56
Parkinson's Disease	44	84	41	139	- 55
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	77	81	0	+ 77
Tuberculosis	46	72	4	1,949	- 1,877
Skin Cancers	47	72	49	59	+ 12
Epilepsy	48	61	50	58	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	49	50	51	49	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	50	47	55	29	+ 18
Meningitis	51	43	40	154	- 111
Pertussis	52	39	30	304	- 266
Maternal Conditions	53	32	32	218	- 186
Fires	54	26	42	108	- 83
Chagas disease	55	22	76	0	+ 22
Appendicitis	56	21	57	29	- 7
Poisonings	57	18	52	41	- 23
Syphilis	58	17	58	28	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	17	64	7	+ 10
Tetanus	60	13	44	96	- 82
Dengue	61	11	59	17	- 7
Upper Respiratory	62	10	66	5	+ 6
Encephalitis	63	9	46	69	- 60
Multiple Sclerosis	64	8	65	6	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	7	35	207	- 200
Hepatitis B	66	5	60	17	- 11
Schizophrenia	67	5	84	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	68	3	82	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	69	2	80	0	+ 2
War	70	1	68	3	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	70	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	75	0	67	4	- 4
Measles	76	0	56	29	- 29
Otitis Media	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	63	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	62	11	- 11
Hookworm Disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

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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.