MAURITIUS VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,149	2	1,805	- 655
Violence	2	1,084	41	30	+ 1,055
Kidney Disease	3	934	4	724	+ 210
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	478	7	346	+ 132
Stroke	5	315	3	985	- 670
Lung Disease	6	295	5	646	- 351
Diabetes Mellitus	7	274	1	1,873	- 1,599
Road Traffic Accidents	8	266	11	155	+ 111
HIV/AIDS	9	166	13	141	+ 26
Liver Disease	10	158	12	145	+ 12
Stomach Cancer	11	139	18	104	+ 34
Alcohol	12	128	29	53	+ 75
Cervical Cancer	13	89	30	49	+ 40
Congenital Anomalies	14	89	25	57	+ 32
Suicide	15	77	14	120	- 43
Liver Cancer	16	70	27	56	+ 14
Prostate Cancer	17	65	15	115	- 50
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	63	34	42	+ 21
Low Birth Weight	19	63	35	37	+ 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	62	10	182	- 120
Leukemia	21	62	31	48	+ 13
Breast Cancer	22	58	8	232	- 175
Lung Cancers	23	57	9	182	- 125
Falls	24	48	26	57	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	25	44	19	101	- 57
Malnutrition	26	42	54	4	+ 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	39	42	23	+ 17
Lymphomas	28	37	24	57	- 20
Pancreas Cancer	29	32	28	55	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	31	43	22	+ 9
Hypertension	31	29	6	592	- 563
Other Neoplasms	32	29	20	77	- 48
Drownings	33	27	33	43	- 16
Anemia	34	26	39	33	- 8
Asthma	35	24	17	107	- 83
Skin Disease	36	24	22	64	- 41
Birth Trauma	37	24	36	37	- 13
Other Injuries	38	19	21	66	- 47
Oral Cancer	39	19	23	63	- 45
Ovary Cancer	40	18	32	46	- 27
Oesophagus Cancer	41	16	37	35	- 20
Inflammatory/Heart	42	15	16	108	- 93
Drug Use	43	15	46	16	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	44	14	47	12	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	13	58	2	+ 10
Tuberculosis	46	12	45	17	- 6
Skin Cancers	47	12	53	5	+ 7
Epilepsy	48	10	38	35	- 25
Bladder Cancer	49	8	44	21	- 13
Uterin Cancer	50	8	40	32	- 24
Meningitis	51	7	57	2	+ 5
Pertussis	52	6	66	0	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	53	5	48	11	- 6
Fires	54	4	50	10	- 6
Chagas disease	55	4	71	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	56	4	59	1	+ 2
Poisonings	57	3	49	11	- 8
Syphilis	58	3	67	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	60	1	+ 2
Tetanus	60	2	76	0	+ 2
Dengue	61	2	68	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	63	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	1	61	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	84	0	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	1	56	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	66	1	65	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	67	1	52	5	- 4
Oral conditions	68	0	55	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	69	0	83	0	+ 0
War	70	0	62	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	64	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	51	9	- 9
Measles	76	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

El Salvador

Mauritius

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.