NEW GUINEA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,811	1	6,835	+ 1,976
Violence	2	8,313	15	969	+ 7,345
Kidney Disease	3	7,162	18	687	+ 6,475
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,665	6	2,595	+ 1,070
Stroke	5	2,418	2	5,095	- 2,677
Lung Disease	6	2,262	3	4,538	- 2,276
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,100	4	4,533	- 2,433
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,041	12	1,105	+ 936
HIV/AIDS	9	1,276	24	611	+ 665
Liver Disease	10	1,208	22	624	+ 584
Stomach Cancer	11	1,064	28	447	+ 617
Alcohol	12	983	53	93	+ 889
Cervical Cancer	13	684	19	665	+ 20
Congenital Anomalies	14	681	16	951	- 270
Suicide	15	592	37	259	+ 333
Liver Cancer	16	538	21	644	- 106
Prostate Cancer	17	498	36	285	+ 213
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	485	33	343	+ 142
Low Birth Weight	19	480	10	1,661	- 1,181
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	477	29	445	+ 32
Leukemia	21	472	38	253	+ 219
Breast Cancer	22	442	17	764	- 322
Lung Cancers	23	439	23	622	- 183
Falls	24	368	26	502	- 134
Endocrine Disorders	25	337	47	153	+ 184
Malnutrition	26	325	48	134	+ 191
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	301	8	2,295	- 1,994
Lymphomas	28	282	32	353	- 71
Pancreas Cancer	29	244	52	107	+ 137
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	238	35	302	- 63
Hypertension	31	221	13	1,096	- 874
Other Neoplasms	32	220	60	15	+ 205
Drownings	33	207	40	240	- 33
Anemia	34	199	82	0	+ 199
Asthma	35	185	9	1,842	- 1,657
Skin Disease	36	183	49	126	+ 57
Birth Trauma	37	183	11	1,504	- 1,321
Other Injuries	38	145	20	647	- 502
Oral Cancer	39	142	25	580	- 438
Ovary Cancer	40	141	46	179	- 38
Oesophagus Cancer	41	122	44	199	- 77
Inflammatory/Heart	42	117	43	229	- 111
Drug Use	43	111	61	13	+ 99
Parkinson's Disease	44	106	45	185	- 79
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	97	84	0	+ 97
Tuberculosis	46	91	5	3,969	- 3,878
Skin Cancers	47	90	31	417	- 326
Epilepsy	48	76	51	111	- 34
Bladder Cancer	49	63	54	82	- 19
Uterin Cancer	50	60	55	81	- 21
Meningitis	51	54	34	324	- 270
Pertussis	52	49	39	248	- 199
Maternal Conditions	53	40	30	421	- 381
Fires	54	33	27	488	- 455
Chagas disease	55	27	75	0	+ 27
Appendicitis	56	27	59	20	+ 7
Poisonings	57	23	50	121	- 99
Syphilis	58	21	42	234	- 212
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	21	65	5	+ 16
Tetanus	60	17	56	48	- 31
Dengue	61	14	64	6	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	62	13	68	2	+ 11
Encephalitis	63	11	57	31	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	64	10	66	5	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	9	14	1,072	- 1,062
Hepatitis B	66	7	58	27	- 20
Schizophrenia	67	6	80	0	+ 6
Oral conditions	68	4	86	0	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	69	2	85	0	+ 2
War	70	1	69	1	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	63	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	67	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	75	0	62	8	- 8
Measles	76	0	41	238	- 238
Otitis Media	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	70	1	- 1
Malaria	80	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	73	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	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

El Salvador

New Guinea

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.