LESOTHO VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,954	5	2,101	- 147
Violence	2	1,843	13	924	+ 919
Kidney Disease	3	1,588	10	1,015	+ 573
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	813	2	3,214	- 2,402
Stroke	5	536	3	2,817	- 2,281
Lung Disease	6	502	9	1,102	- 600
Diabetes Mellitus	7	466	6	2,000	- 1,534
Road Traffic Accidents	8	453	16	678	- 226
HIV/AIDS	9	283	1	4,767	- 4,484
Liver Disease	10	268	14	792	- 524
Stomach Cancer	11	236	60	11	+ 225
Alcohol	12	218	38	71	+ 147
Cervical Cancer	13	152	20	372	- 221
Congenital Anomalies	14	151	19	389	- 238
Suicide	15	131	7	1,539	- 1,408
Liver Cancer	16	119	39	71	+ 49
Prostate Cancer	17	110	35	81	+ 30
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	107	29	194	- 87
Low Birth Weight	19	107	12	957	- 850
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	106	48	40	+ 66
Leukemia	21	105	49	39	+ 66
Breast Cancer	22	98	34	97	+ 1
Lung Cancers	23	97	43	51	+ 46
Falls	24	82	31	128	- 46
Endocrine Disorders	25	75	27	235	- 160
Malnutrition	26	72	21	357	- 285
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	67	4	2,354	- 2,287
Lymphomas	28	63	36	78	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	29	54	58	12	+ 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	53	25	279	- 226
Hypertension	31	49	11	990	- 941
Other Neoplasms	32	49	62	9	+ 40
Drownings	33	46	28	200	- 154
Anemia	34	44	83	0	+ 44
Asthma	35	41	17	678	- 637
Skin Disease	36	41	40	70	- 29
Birth Trauma	37	41	15	717	- 677
Other Injuries	38	32	18	533	- 501
Oral Cancer	39	32	42	52	- 20
Ovary Cancer	40	31	53	24	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	41	27	37	73	- 46
Inflammatory/Heart	42	26	23	305	- 279
Drug Use	43	25	50	32	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	44	23	41	55	- 31
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	22	85	0	+ 22
Tuberculosis	46	20	8	1,208	- 1,188
Skin Cancers	47	20	46	46	- 26
Epilepsy	48	17	30	143	- 126
Bladder Cancer	49	14	61	10	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	50	13	54	23	- 10
Meningitis	51	12	22	318	- 306
Pertussis	52	11	44	51	- 40
Maternal Conditions	53	9	24	292	- 283
Fires	54	7	26	269	- 262
Chagas disease	55	6	78	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	56	6	52	25	- 19
Poisonings	57	5	33	111	- 106
Syphilis	58	5	45	50	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	56	18	- 13
Tetanus	60	4	47	45	- 41
Dengue	61	3	70	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	55	18	- 15
Encephalitis	63	2	57	14	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	63	6	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	2	32	126	- 123
Hepatitis B	66	2	51	27	- 25
Schizophrenia	67	1	81	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	86	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	69	0	84	0	+ 0
War	70	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	2	- 2
Measles	76	0	59	12	- 12
Otitis Media	77	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	65	2	- 2
Malaria	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

El Salvador

Lesotho

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.