LATVIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,580	1	8,099	- 6,519
Violence	2	1,491	37	94	+ 1,396
Kidney Disease	3	1,284	17	356	+ 928
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	657	9	501	+ 156
Stroke	5	433	2	5,893	- 5,459
Lung Disease	6	406	18	346	+ 59
Diabetes Mellitus	7	376	8	529	- 153
Road Traffic Accidents	8	366	27	154	+ 213
HIV/AIDS	9	229	39	74	+ 155
Liver Disease	10	217	15	365	- 148
Stomach Cancer	11	191	11	470	- 279
Alcohol	12	176	21	227	- 51
Cervical Cancer	13	123	33	128	- 5
Congenital Anomalies	14	122	43	46	+ 76
Suicide	15	106	14	384	- 278
Liver Cancer	16	97	26	157	- 60
Prostate Cancer	17	89	12	464	- 375
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	87	7	664	- 577
Low Birth Weight	19	86	56	11	+ 75
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	85	6	722	- 637
Leukemia	21	85	25	186	- 101
Breast Cancer	22	79	10	472	- 393
Lung Cancers	23	79	4	956	- 878
Falls	24	66	23	201	- 135
Endocrine Disorders	25	60	41	59	+ 1
Malnutrition	26	58	64	2	+ 56
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	54	54	14	+ 40
Lymphomas	28	51	19	245	- 195
Pancreas Cancer	29	44	13	436	- 392
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	43	31	142	- 99
Hypertension	31	40	3	1,194	- 1,154
Other Neoplasms	32	39	28	153	- 113
Drownings	33	37	34	127	- 90
Anemia	34	36	53	14	+ 21
Asthma	35	33	46	42	- 8
Skin Disease	36	33	38	76	- 44
Birth Trauma	37	33	55	12	+ 21
Other Injuries	38	26	16	362	- 336
Oral Cancer	39	25	22	214	- 189
Ovary Cancer	40	25	24	196	- 171
Oesophagus Cancer	41	22	32	131	- 109
Inflammatory/Heart	42	21	5	921	- 900
Drug Use	43	20	48	41	- 21
Parkinson's Disease	44	19	35	125	- 107
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	17	44	45	- 28
Tuberculosis	46	16	40	71	- 55
Skin Cancers	47	16	30	144	- 128
Epilepsy	48	14	45	44	- 31
Bladder Cancer	49	11	20	228	- 217
Uterin Cancer	50	11	29	148	- 137
Meningitis	51	10	52	15	- 5
Pertussis	52	9	70	0	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	53	7	60	5	+ 3
Fires	54	6	36	103	- 97
Chagas disease	55	5	80	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	56	5	59	5	+ 0
Poisonings	57	4	49	23	- 19
Syphilis	58	4	65	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	4	51	20	- 16
Tetanus	60	3	71	0	+ 3
Dengue	61	2	83	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	62	4	- 1
Encephalitis	63	2	69	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	50	20	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	2	47	41	- 39
Hepatitis B	66	1	63	3	- 2
Schizophrenia	67	1	57	7	- 6
Oral conditions	68	1	61	4	- 3
Osteoarthritis	69	0	58	7	- 7
War	70	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	67	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	75	0	42	53	- 53
Measles	76	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

El Salvador

Latvia

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.