MYANMAR VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		MYANMAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	50,454	2	34,871	+ 15,584
Violence	2	47,604	31	2,124	+ 45,480
Kidney Disease	3	41,011	9	9,924	+ 31,087
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	20,984	7	16,726	+ 4,258
Stroke	5	13,844	1	71,440	- 57,595
Lung Disease	6	12,953	3	26,531	- 13,578
Diabetes Mellitus	7	12,023	4	19,944	- 7,921
Road Traffic Accidents	8	11,690	8	11,004	+ 686
HIV/AIDS	9	7,309	12	7,707	- 399
Liver Disease	10	6,918	6	17,143	- 10,225
Stomach Cancer	11	6,093	18	5,343	+ 749
Alcohol	12	5,626	54	324	+ 5,302
Cervical Cancer	13	3,918	23	3,945	- 27
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,897	24	3,679	+ 218
Suicide	15	3,389	34	1,565	+ 1,824
Liver Cancer	16	3,082	19	5,215	- 2,132
Prostate Cancer	17	2,850	53	338	+ 2,513
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	2,776	20	5,082	- 2,306
Low Birth Weight	19	2,751	15	7,125	- 4,373
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	2,731	27	2,996	- 266
Leukemia	21	2,705	35	1,546	+ 1,159
Breast Cancer	22	2,529	26	3,192	- 663
Lung Cancers	23	2,515	13	7,558	- 5,044
Falls	24	2,108	17	5,686	- 3,578
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,932	38	1,265	+ 667
Malnutrition	26	1,861	42	945	+ 916
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,726	14	7,237	- 5,511
Lymphomas	28	1,616	36	1,472	+ 144
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,396	44	743	+ 652
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	1,364	29	2,558	- 1,194
Hypertension	31	1,267	11	7,843	- 6,576
Other Neoplasms	32	1,259	60	117	+ 1,142
Drownings	33	1,185	30	2,212	- 1,027
Anemia	34	1,137	82	0	+ 1,137
Asthma	35	1,059	10	9,557	- 8,498
Skin Disease	36	1,048	45	734	+ 314
Birth Trauma	37	1,048	16	6,169	- 5,121
Other Injuries	38	827	28	2,762	- 1,935
Oral Cancer	39	814	22	4,209	- 3,395
Ovary Cancer	40	809	40	1,053	- 244
Oesophagus Cancer	41	697	25	3,325	- 2,628
Inflammatory/Heart	42	673	32	1,702	- 1,029
Drug Use	43	638	52	411	+ 227
Parkinson's Disease	44	605	37	1,450	- 845
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	555	84	0	+ 555
Tuberculosis	46	521	5	19,299	- 18,778
Skin Cancers	47	518	41	962	- 445
Epilepsy	48	438	50	524	- 86
Bladder Cancer	49	362	48	573	- 211
Uterin Cancer	50	342	57	263	+ 80
Meningitis	51	308	49	550	- 242
Pertussis	52	279	39	1,244	- 965
Maternal Conditions	53	230	33	1,681	- 1,452
Fires	54	186	58	227	- 41
Chagas disease	55	157	73	0	+ 157
Appendicitis	56	155	63	93	+ 62
Poisonings	57	130	46	728	- 598
Syphilis	58	123	55	305	- 182
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	122	64	73	+ 49
Tetanus	60	98	51	426	- 329
Dengue	61	78	56	272	- 194
Upper Respiratory	62	74	66	27	+ 48
Encephalitis	63	63	59	171	- 108
Multiple Sclerosis	64	60	65	60	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	53	43	893	- 840
Hepatitis B	66	40	62	93	- 54
Schizophrenia	67	33	81	0	+ 33
Oral conditions	68	20	86	0	+ 20
Osteoarthritis	69	12	85	0	+ 12
War	70	5	47	688	- 683
Iodine Deficiency	71	3	77	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	72	1	68	13	- 12
Leishmaniasis	73	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	74	0	69	7	- 7
Hepatitis C	75	0	67	21	- 21
Measles	76	0	21	4,465	- 4,465
Otitis Media	77	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	70	3	- 3
Malaria	80	0	61	109	- 109
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MYANMAR

El Salvador

Myanmar

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.