LIBERIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,769	7	1,885	+ 2,884
Violence	2	4,499	18	477	+ 4,022
Kidney Disease	3	3,876	16	609	+ 3,268
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,983	2	2,693	- 709
Stroke	5	1,309	11	1,578	- 270
Lung Disease	6	1,224	26	294	+ 931
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,136	15	650	+ 486
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,105	5	1,920	- 816
HIV/AIDS	9	691	6	1,919	- 1,228
Liver Disease	10	654	13	858	- 205
Stomach Cancer	11	576	37	122	+ 454
Alcohol	12	532	57	25	+ 506
Cervical Cancer	13	370	19	474	- 103
Congenital Anomalies	14	368	14	833	- 465
Suicide	15	320	30	220	+ 101
Liver Cancer	16	291	20	439	- 148
Prostate Cancer	17	269	25	297	- 28
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	262	29	235	+ 28
Low Birth Weight	19	260	8	1,652	- 1,392
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	258	40	90	+ 168
Leukemia	21	256	58	23	+ 233
Breast Cancer	22	239	27	246	- 6
Lung Cancers	23	238	44	66	+ 172
Falls	24	199	33	155	+ 44
Endocrine Disorders	25	183	28	245	- 63
Malnutrition	26	176	24	353	- 178
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	163	10	1,592	- 1,429
Lymphomas	28	153	39	93	+ 59
Pancreas Cancer	29	132	53	38	+ 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	129	36	126	+ 3
Hypertension	31	120	23	371	- 251
Other Neoplasms	32	119	62	6	+ 113
Drownings	33	112	35	127	- 15
Anemia	34	107	83	0	+ 107
Asthma	35	100	31	200	- 99
Skin Disease	36	99	51	41	+ 58
Birth Trauma	37	99	9	1,601	- 1,502
Other Injuries	38	78	22	380	- 302
Oral Cancer	39	77	48	50	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	40	76	47	50	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	41	66	60	16	+ 50
Inflammatory/Heart	42	64	38	115	- 52
Drug Use	43	60	50	42	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	44	57	43	72	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	52	84	0	+ 52
Tuberculosis	46	49	1	2,766	- 2,717
Skin Cancers	47	49	46	51	- 2
Epilepsy	48	41	42	81	- 39
Bladder Cancer	49	34	59	19	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	50	32	55	28	+ 4
Meningitis	51	29	17	552	- 523
Pertussis	52	26	32	197	- 171
Maternal Conditions	53	22	12	870	- 848
Fires	54	18	34	153	- 136
Chagas disease	55	15	78	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	56	15	61	12	+ 2
Poisonings	57	12	41	82	- 70
Syphilis	58	12	21	394	- 383
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	12	64	4	+ 8
Tetanus	60	9	54	31	- 22
Dengue	61	7	72	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	62	7	67	3	+ 4
Encephalitis	63	6	56	27	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	63	4	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	5	49	50	- 45
Hepatitis B	66	4	52	39	- 35
Schizophrenia	67	3	80	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	68	2	86	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	69	1	85	0	+ 1
War	70	1	70	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	66	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	4	- 4
Measles	76	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Otitis Media	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	69	1	- 1
Malaria	80	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	45	51	- 51
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

El Salvador

Liberia

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.