NORWAY VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,832	1	5,321	- 489
Violence	2	4,559	50	32	+ 4,527
Kidney Disease	3	3,928	14	611	+ 3,317
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,010	6	1,797	+ 213
Stroke	5	1,326	4	2,475	- 1,149
Lung Disease	6	1,241	3	2,723	- 1,482
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,152	16	560	+ 592
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,120	42	114	+ 1,005
HIV/AIDS	9	700	61	10	+ 690
Liver Disease	10	663	30	214	+ 449
Stomach Cancer	11	584	22	343	+ 240
Alcohol	12	539	31	205	+ 334
Cervical Cancer	13	375	39	125	+ 250
Congenital Anomalies	14	373	34	136	+ 237
Suicide	15	325	13	633	- 309
Liver Cancer	16	295	26	259	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	17	273	8	1,172	- 899
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	266	2	4,464	- 4,198
Low Birth Weight	19	264	52	23	+ 240
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	262	7	1,787	- 1,525
Leukemia	21	259	21	354	- 95
Breast Cancer	22	242	11	698	- 456
Lung Cancers	23	241	5	2,320	- 2,079
Falls	24	202	9	777	- 576
Endocrine Disorders	25	185	19	359	- 174
Malnutrition	26	178	35	135	+ 43
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	165	37	128	+ 37
Lymphomas	28	155	12	646	- 491
Pancreas Cancer	29	134	10	770	- 636
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	131	33	160	- 29
Hypertension	31	121	28	230	- 109
Other Neoplasms	32	121	23	324	- 204
Drownings	33	114	45	65	+ 49
Anemia	34	109	44	75	+ 34
Asthma	35	101	43	85	+ 17
Skin Disease	36	100	38	128	- 27
Birth Trauma	37	100	54	17	+ 83
Other Injuries	38	79	15	583	- 504
Oral Cancer	39	78	32	168	- 90
Ovary Cancer	40	77	24	309	- 231
Oesophagus Cancer	41	67	27	248	- 181
Inflammatory/Heart	42	64	29	221	- 157
Drug Use	43	61	25	264	- 202
Parkinson's Disease	44	58	17	554	- 496
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	53	49	32	+ 21
Tuberculosis	46	50	56	15	+ 35
Skin Cancers	47	50	18	407	- 358
Epilepsy	48	42	40	119	- 77
Bladder Cancer	49	35	20	356	- 321
Uterin Cancer	50	33	36	134	- 101
Meningitis	51	30	58	14	+ 16
Pertussis	52	27	64	1	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	53	22	66	1	+ 21
Fires	54	18	48	45	- 27
Chagas disease	55	15	80	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	56	15	59	12	+ 3
Poisonings	57	12	57	14	- 2
Syphilis	58	12	67	1	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	12	47	60	- 49
Tetanus	60	9	69	0	+ 9
Dengue	61	7	75	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	62	7	60	12	- 4
Encephalitis	63	6	70	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	41	119	- 113
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	5	46	61	- 56
Hepatitis B	66	4	63	3	+ 0
Schizophrenia	67	3	53	23	- 20
Oral conditions	68	2	62	9	- 7
Osteoarthritis	69	1	51	27	- 26
War	70	1	68	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	55	17	- 17
Measles	76	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

El Salvador

Norway

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.