NEPAL VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,296	2	19,677	+ 7,619
Violence	2	25,754	35	704	+ 25,050
Kidney Disease	3	22,187	10	4,284	+ 17,903
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	11,352	6	6,237	+ 5,115
Stroke	5	7,490	4	12,909	- 5,419
Lung Disease	6	7,008	1	27,027	- 20,019
Diabetes Mellitus	7	6,504	14	2,929	+ 3,575
Road Traffic Accidents	8	6,324	9	4,654	+ 1,670
HIV/AIDS	9	3,954	34	737	+ 3,217
Liver Disease	10	3,743	5	6,383	- 2,640
Stomach Cancer	11	3,296	25	1,379	+ 1,917
Alcohol	12	3,044	52	168	+ 2,876
Cervical Cancer	13	2,120	20	1,969	+ 150
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,108	21	1,949	+ 160
Suicide	15	1,834	16	2,571	- 738
Liver Cancer	16	1,668	46	256	+ 1,412
Prostate Cancer	17	1,542	58	85	+ 1,457
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	1,502	19	2,022	- 520
Low Birth Weight	19	1,488	11	3,822	- 2,334
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,477	26	1,167	+ 310
Leukemia	21	1,464	36	668	+ 796
Breast Cancer	22	1,368	27	1,038	+ 330
Lung Cancers	23	1,361	12	3,586	- 2,225
Falls	24	1,140	13	3,321	- 2,181
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,045	45	257	+ 788
Malnutrition	26	1,007	31	845	+ 162
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	934	7	6,071	- 5,137
Lymphomas	28	874	32	768	+ 107
Pancreas Cancer	29	755	41	445	+ 310
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	738	49	191	+ 546
Hypertension	31	685	18	2,092	- 1,406
Other Neoplasms	32	681	61	50	+ 631
Drownings	33	641	23	1,505	- 864
Anemia	34	615	86	0	+ 615
Asthma	35	573	8	5,930	- 5,357
Skin Disease	36	567	67	17	+ 550
Birth Trauma	37	567	15	2,676	- 2,109
Other Injuries	38	448	22	1,655	- 1,207
Oral Cancer	39	441	24	1,389	- 948
Ovary Cancer	40	438	37	585	- 147
Oesophagus Cancer	41	377	38	491	- 114
Inflammatory/Heart	42	364	48	217	+ 147
Drug Use	43	345	57	93	+ 252
Parkinson's Disease	44	327	33	760	- 432
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	300	80	0	+ 300
Tuberculosis	46	282	3	16,535	- 16,253
Skin Cancers	47	280	42	400	- 120
Epilepsy	48	237	30	874	- 637
Bladder Cancer	49	196	44	325	- 129
Uterin Cancer	50	185	60	56	+ 129
Meningitis	51	167	43	377	- 211
Pertussis	52	151	40	453	- 302
Maternal Conditions	53	124	28	977	- 853
Fires	54	101	50	184	- 83
Chagas disease	55	85	74	0	+ 85
Appendicitis	56	84	47	220	- 136
Poisonings	57	70	39	474	- 403
Syphilis	58	67	54	134	- 68
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	66	51	173	- 107
Tetanus	60	53	53	134	- 82
Dengue	61	42	55	120	- 78
Upper Respiratory	62	40	66	24	+ 16
Encephalitis	63	34	29	882	- 848
Multiple Sclerosis	64	32	63	38	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	29	17	2,320	- 2,291
Hepatitis B	66	21	56	117	- 95
Schizophrenia	67	18	84	0	+ 18
Oral conditions	68	11	82	0	+ 11
Osteoarthritis	69	7	81	0	+ 7
War	70	3	65	24	- 21
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	1	69	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	73	0	62	39	- 39
Diphtheria	74	0	71	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	29	- 28
Measles	76	0	59	60	- 60
Otitis Media	77	0	70	4	- 4
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	68	5	- 5
Malaria	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

El Salvador

Nepal

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.