LITHUANIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,305	1	15,329	- 13,024
Violence	2	2,175	36	132	+ 2,043
Kidney Disease	3	1,874	19	372	+ 1,502
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	959	7	654	+ 305
Stroke	5	632	2	5,643	- 5,011
Lung Disease	6	592	16	513	+ 79
Diabetes Mellitus	7	549	14	525	+ 24
Road Traffic Accidents	8	534	27	225	+ 310
HIV/AIDS	9	334	51	22	+ 312
Liver Disease	10	316	9	644	- 327
Stomach Cancer	11	278	10	639	- 361
Alcohol	12	257	33	192	+ 65
Cervical Cancer	13	179	28	224	- 45
Congenital Anomalies	14	178	41	62	+ 116
Suicide	15	155	6	721	- 567
Liver Cancer	16	141	25	239	- 98
Prostate Cancer	17	130	12	598	- 468
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	127	8	649	- 522
Low Birth Weight	19	126	55	9	+ 117
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	125	5	1,074	- 949
Leukemia	21	124	24	284	- 160
Breast Cancer	22	116	11	629	- 513
Lung Cancers	23	115	3	1,329	- 1,214
Falls	24	96	15	518	- 422
Endocrine Disorders	25	88	39	72	+ 16
Malnutrition	26	85	58	7	+ 78
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	79	42	59	+ 19
Lymphomas	28	74	21	321	- 248
Pancreas Cancer	29	64	13	578	- 514
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	62	22	313	- 250
Hypertension	31	58	4	1,289	- 1,231
Other Neoplasms	32	58	31	212	- 154
Drownings	33	54	35	150	- 96
Anemia	34	52	60	5	+ 47
Asthma	35	48	46	45	+ 3
Skin Disease	36	48	44	48	+ 0
Birth Trauma	37	48	53	10	+ 38
Other Injuries	38	38	18	416	- 378
Oral Cancer	39	37	20	338	- 301
Ovary Cancer	40	37	26	233	- 196
Oesophagus Cancer	41	32	30	219	- 187
Inflammatory/Heart	42	31	17	484	- 453
Drug Use	43	29	37	122	- 93
Parkinson's Disease	44	28	29	222	- 195
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	25	57	8	+ 17
Tuberculosis	46	24	38	119	- 95
Skin Cancers	47	24	32	197	- 173
Epilepsy	48	20	40	62	- 42
Bladder Cancer	49	17	23	292	- 276
Uterin Cancer	50	16	34	159	- 144
Meningitis	51	14	52	19	- 5
Pertussis	52	13	69	0	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	53	10	63	2	+ 8
Fires	54	9	43	51	- 43
Chagas disease	55	7	79	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	56	7	54	10	- 3
Poisonings	57	6	45	46	- 40
Syphilis	58	6	70	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	6	47	41	- 35
Tetanus	60	4	62	2	+ 2
Dengue	61	4	76	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	3	68	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	63	3	65	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	49	29	- 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	2	48	29	- 27
Hepatitis B	66	2	61	5	- 3
Schizophrenia	67	2	56	8	- 7
Oral conditions	68	1	64	2	- 1
Osteoarthritis	69	1	59	6	- 6
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	82	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	50	23	- 23
Measles	76	0	83	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

El Salvador

Lithuania

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.