PHILIPPINES VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		PHILIPPINES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	103,736	1	129,955	- 26,220
Violence	2	97,875	9	14,835	+ 83,040
Kidney Disease	3	84,319	4	39,380	+ 44,939
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	43,144	2	93,807	- 50,663
Stroke	5	28,465	3	74,167	- 45,702
Lung Disease	6	26,633	6	32,559	- 5,927
Diabetes Mellitus	7	24,719	7	32,260	- 7,541
Road Traffic Accidents	8	24,035	10	13,017	+ 11,018
HIV/AIDS	9	15,027	66	204	+ 14,822
Liver Disease	10	14,224	20	7,076	+ 7,148
Stomach Cancer	11	12,527	41	1,868	+ 10,658
Alcohol	12	11,568	60	401	+ 11,167
Cervical Cancer	13	8,055	33	3,076	+ 4,980
Congenital Anomalies	14	8,013	17	8,051	- 38
Suicide	15	6,968	35	2,325	+ 4,643
Liver Cancer	16	6,338	19	7,663	- 1,326
Prostate Cancer	17	5,861	26	4,149	+ 1,711
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	5,707	39	2,010	+ 3,697
Low Birth Weight	19	5,657	14	10,141	- 4,484
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	5,614	16	8,063	- 2,449
Leukemia	21	5,562	29	3,596	+ 1,966
Breast Cancer	22	5,200	15	9,802	- 4,602
Lung Cancers	23	5,171	13	10,296	- 5,125
Falls	24	4,334	28	3,861	+ 473
Endocrine Disorders	25	3,973	12	10,464	- 6,491
Malnutrition	26	3,826	24	4,311	- 485
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	3,549	22	6,189	- 2,640
Lymphomas	28	3,323	36	2,279	+ 1,044
Pancreas Cancer	29	2,869	37	2,121	+ 748
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	2,804	21	6,865	- 4,062
Hypertension	31	2,605	5	34,500	- 31,895
Other Neoplasms	32	2,588	23	5,146	- 2,559
Drownings	33	2,437	27	3,881	- 1,444
Anemia	34	2,338	32	3,435	- 1,097
Asthma	35	2,177	11	11,404	- 9,226
Skin Disease	36	2,155	25	4,229	- 2,074
Birth Trauma	37	2,155	18	7,960	- 5,805
Other Injuries	38	1,701	31	3,536	- 1,835
Oral Cancer	39	1,674	34	2,916	- 1,242
Ovary Cancer	40	1,663	40	1,994	- 330
Oesophagus Cancer	41	1,434	53	672	+ 762
Inflammatory/Heart	42	1,383	30	3,545	- 2,162
Drug Use	43	1,312	52	695	+ 617
Parkinson's Disease	44	1,244	55	594	+ 650
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	1,142	51	752	+ 390
Tuberculosis	46	1,071	8	27,061	- 25,989
Skin Cancers	47	1,064	61	368	+ 696
Epilepsy	48	901	45	1,120	- 219
Bladder Cancer	49	744	58	569	+ 174
Uterin Cancer	50	704	50	761	- 56
Meningitis	51	634	47	1,041	- 408
Pertussis	52	574	43	1,760	- 1,186
Maternal Conditions	53	472	38	2,042	- 1,569
Fires	54	383	54	600	- 216
Chagas disease	55	322	79	2	+ 320
Appendicitis	56	320	63	276	+ 44
Poisonings	57	267	65	226	+ 41
Syphilis	58	253	44	1,157	- 904
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	251	62	323	- 72
Tetanus	60	201	59	521	- 320
Dengue	61	160	46	1,060	- 900
Upper Respiratory	62	153	70	39	+ 114
Encephalitis	63	130	67	185	- 55
Multiple Sclerosis	64	123	72	31	+ 92
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	109	42	1,807	- 1,697
Hepatitis B	66	81	56	590	- 508
Schizophrenia	67	68	68	127	- 59
Oral conditions	68	41	73	28	+ 13
Osteoarthritis	69	25	57	570	- 545
War	70	11	49	817	- 806
Iodine Deficiency	71	6	77	4	+ 2
Ascariasis	72	2	76	13	- 11
Leishmaniasis	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	74	1	75	14	- 14
Hepatitis C	75	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	48	894	- 894
Otitis Media	77	0	74	23	- 23
Leprosy	78	0	71	37	- 37
Chlamydia	79	0	78	4	- 4
Malaria	80	0	69	94	- 94
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	64	233	- 233
Hookworm Disease	83	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	2	- 2
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PHILIPPINES

El Salvador

Philippines

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.