MALAYSIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,315	1	36,729	- 6,414
Violence	2	28,603	34	869	+ 27,734
Kidney Disease	3	24,641	6	6,629	+ 18,012
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	12,608	2	23,477	- 10,869
Stroke	5	8,318	3	21,592	- 13,274
Lung Disease	6	7,783	5	6,633	+ 1,150
Diabetes Mellitus	7	7,224	9	4,107	+ 3,117
Road Traffic Accidents	8	7,024	4	7,181	- 158
HIV/AIDS	9	4,391	13	2,679	+ 1,712
Liver Disease	10	4,157	7	5,125	- 969
Stomach Cancer	11	3,661	21	1,441	+ 2,219
Alcohol	12	3,381	55	181	+ 3,200
Cervical Cancer	13	2,354	31	1,010	+ 1,344
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,342	24	1,403	+ 939
Suicide	15	2,036	19	1,823	+ 213
Liver Cancer	16	1,852	16	1,984	- 132
Prostate Cancer	17	1,713	33	903	+ 809
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	1,668	10	3,996	- 2,328
Low Birth Weight	19	1,653	29	1,020	+ 633
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,641	11	3,832	- 2,192
Leukemia	21	1,626	23	1,412	+ 213
Breast Cancer	22	1,520	12	3,071	- 1,552
Lung Cancers	23	1,511	8	4,319	- 2,808
Falls	24	1,266	18	1,855	- 589
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,161	37	809	+ 351
Malnutrition	26	1,118	49	249	+ 869
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,037	20	1,773	- 736
Lymphomas	28	971	25	1,321	- 350
Pancreas Cancer	29	838	32	994	- 156
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	819	22	1,424	- 605
Hypertension	31	761	38	649	+ 112
Other Neoplasms	32	756	48	265	+ 492
Drownings	33	712	36	820	- 108
Anemia	34	683	86	0	+ 683
Asthma	35	636	30	1,013	- 377
Skin Disease	36	630	15	2,066	- 1,436
Birth Trauma	37	630	42	359	+ 271
Other Injuries	38	497	14	2,222	- 1,725
Oral Cancer	39	489	17	1,865	- 1,375
Ovary Cancer	40	486	35	827	- 341
Oesophagus Cancer	41	419	41	435	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	42	404	27	1,214	- 809
Drug Use	43	383	45	322	+ 61
Parkinson's Disease	44	364	28	1,106	- 742
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	334	81	0	+ 334
Tuberculosis	46	313	26	1,227	- 914
Skin Cancers	47	311	50	247	+ 64
Epilepsy	48	263	52	226	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	49	217	39	467	- 250
Uterin Cancer	50	206	43	352	- 146
Meningitis	51	185	46	301	- 116
Pertussis	52	168	57	80	+ 88
Maternal Conditions	53	138	56	167	- 29
Fires	54	112	44	336	- 224
Chagas disease	55	94	78	0	+ 94
Appendicitis	56	93	58	71	+ 22
Poisonings	57	78	53	211	- 133
Syphilis	58	74	62	19	+ 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	73	60	27	+ 46
Tetanus	60	59	61	21	+ 37
Dengue	61	47	47	280	- 233
Upper Respiratory	62	45	65	5	+ 40
Encephalitis	63	38	40	452	- 414
Multiple Sclerosis	64	36	59	30	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	32	51	246	- 214
Hepatitis B	66	24	54	206	- 182
Schizophrenia	67	20	83	0	+ 20
Oral conditions	68	12	82	0	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	69	7	80	0	+ 7
War	70	3	63	11	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	72	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	72	1	67	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	6	- 5
Measles	76	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	66	3	- 3
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	68	2	- 2
Malaria	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

El Salvador

Malaysia

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.