NIGER VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,104	6	8,229	+ 14,875
Violence	2	21,799	19	2,244	+ 19,555
Kidney Disease	3	18,780	16	2,732	+ 16,047
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	9,609	1	21,093	- 11,484
Stroke	5	6,340	5	8,717	- 2,377
Lung Disease	6	5,932	20	2,172	+ 3,760
Diabetes Mellitus	7	5,505	17	2,630	+ 2,875
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,353	8	5,946	- 593
HIV/AIDS	9	3,347	30	1,048	+ 2,299
Liver Disease	10	3,168	11	4,116	- 948
Stomach Cancer	11	2,790	44	300	+ 2,490
Alcohol	12	2,576	60	120	+ 2,456
Cervical Cancer	13	1,794	38	487	+ 1,307
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,785	10	4,346	- 2,561
Suicide	15	1,552	27	1,227	+ 325
Liver Cancer	16	1,412	35	745	+ 666
Prostate Cancer	17	1,305	57	128	+ 1,178
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	1,271	32	858	+ 413
Low Birth Weight	19	1,260	4	9,560	- 8,300
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,250	37	522	+ 729
Leukemia	21	1,239	48	258	+ 981
Breast Cancer	22	1,158	29	1,075	+ 83
Lung Cancers	23	1,152	67	42	+ 1,110
Falls	24	965	26	1,297	- 332
Endocrine Disorders	25	885	23	1,806	- 921
Malnutrition	26	852	21	2,170	- 1,318
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	790	3	16,030	- 15,240
Lymphomas	28	740	43	350	+ 390
Pancreas Cancer	29	639	54	138	+ 501
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	624	31	1,044	- 420
Hypertension	31	580	25	1,356	- 775
Other Neoplasms	32	576	68	24	+ 552
Drownings	33	543	24	1,581	- 1,038
Anemia	34	521	85	0	+ 521
Asthma	35	485	22	1,902	- 1,417
Skin Disease	36	480	52	213	+ 267
Birth Trauma	37	480	7	8,030	- 7,550
Other Injuries	38	379	12	3,826	- 3,447
Oral Cancer	39	373	49	242	+ 131
Ovary Cancer	40	370	40	425	- 54
Oesophagus Cancer	41	319	55	132	+ 188
Inflammatory/Heart	42	308	34	769	- 460
Drug Use	43	292	58	126	+ 166
Parkinson's Disease	44	277	47	275	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	254	80	0	+ 254
Tuberculosis	46	239	13	3,703	- 3,464
Skin Cancers	47	237	45	287	- 50
Epilepsy	48	201	36	676	- 476
Bladder Cancer	49	166	53	161	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	50	157	64	86	+ 71
Meningitis	51	141	9	5,237	- 5,096
Pertussis	52	128	15	2,858	- 2,730
Maternal Conditions	53	105	14	3,317	- 3,212
Fires	54	85	28	1,120	- 1,035
Chagas disease	55	72	79	0	+ 72
Appendicitis	56	71	56	128	- 57
Poisonings	57	59	33	771	- 712
Syphilis	58	56	62	110	- 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	56	70	18	+ 38
Tetanus	60	45	42	372	- 328
Dengue	61	36	73	0	+ 35
Upper Respiratory	62	34	63	94	- 60
Encephalitis	63	29	61	112	- 83
Multiple Sclerosis	64	27	69	22	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	24	39	467	- 442
Hepatitis B	66	18	46	279	- 261
Schizophrenia	67	15	83	0	+ 15
Oral conditions	68	9	82	0	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	69	6	81	0	+ 6
War	70	2	41	409	- 407
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	59	125	- 124
Leishmaniasis	73	0	51	237	- 237
Diphtheria	74	0	65	60	- 60
Hepatitis C	75	0	66	46	- 45
Measles	76	0	18	2,414	- 2,414
Otitis Media	77	0	72	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	71	3	- 3
Malaria	80	0	2	17,022	- 17,022
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	50	237	- 237
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGER

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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.