PORTUGAL VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,952	1	12,878	- 3,926
Violence	2	8,446	48	96	+ 8,350
Kidney Disease	3	7,277	9	2,803	+ 4,473
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,723	4	6,851	- 3,128
Stroke	5	2,456	2	12,339	- 9,883
Lung Disease	6	2,298	7	4,286	- 1,988
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,133	8	3,601	- 1,468
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,074	27	838	+ 1,236
HIV/AIDS	9	1,297	35	320	+ 977
Liver Disease	10	1,228	22	1,126	+ 102
Stomach Cancer	11	1,081	10	2,532	- 1,451
Alcohol	12	998	45	111	+ 887
Cervical Cancer	13	695	34	329	+ 366
Congenital Anomalies	14	691	40	196	+ 495
Suicide	15	601	19	1,172	- 571
Liver Cancer	16	547	18	1,270	- 723
Prostate Cancer	17	506	11	2,124	- 1,618
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	493	3	7,191	- 6,698
Low Birth Weight	19	488	52	79	+ 409
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	484	6	4,389	- 3,905
Leukemia	21	480	24	1,015	- 535
Breast Cancer	22	449	12	1,997	- 1,548
Lung Cancers	23	446	5	4,406	- 3,960
Falls	24	374	23	1,033	- 659
Endocrine Disorders	25	343	17	1,547	- 1,204
Malnutrition	26	330	53	79	+ 252
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	306	36	231	+ 76
Lymphomas	28	287	16	1,608	- 1,321
Pancreas Cancer	29	248	15	1,669	- 1,422
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	242	37	229	+ 13
Hypertension	31	225	14	1,880	- 1,655
Other Neoplasms	32	223	28	652	- 429
Drownings	33	210	51	79	+ 131
Anemia	34	202	42	151	+ 51
Asthma	35	188	43	146	+ 41
Skin Disease	36	186	39	202	- 16
Birth Trauma	37	186	60	24	+ 162
Other Injuries	38	147	13	1,937	- 1,790
Oral Cancer	39	144	25	912	- 768
Ovary Cancer	40	144	33	397	- 254
Oesophagus Cancer	41	124	29	623	- 499
Inflammatory/Heart	42	119	26	909	- 789
Drug Use	43	113	44	128	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	44	107	21	1,139	- 1,032
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	99	50	82	+ 16
Tuberculosis	46	92	38	213	- 120
Skin Cancers	47	92	30	523	- 432
Epilepsy	48	78	31	415	- 337
Bladder Cancer	49	64	20	1,171	- 1,106
Uterin Cancer	50	61	32	406	- 345
Meningitis	51	55	56	43	+ 12
Pertussis	52	50	72	0	+ 49
Maternal Conditions	53	41	63	7	+ 34
Fires	54	33	46	108	- 75
Chagas disease	55	28	79	0	+ 28
Appendicitis	56	28	61	21	+ 7
Poisonings	57	23	57	29	- 6
Syphilis	58	22	64	3	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	22	47	99	- 77
Tetanus	60	17	73	0	+ 17
Dengue	61	14	84	0	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	62	13	62	15	- 2
Encephalitis	63	11	67	1	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	64	11	54	56	- 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	9	41	169	- 159
Hepatitis B	66	7	59	26	- 19
Schizophrenia	67	6	55	49	- 43
Oral conditions	68	4	65	3	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	69	2	58	29	- 27
War	70	1	69	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	49	87	- 87
Measles	76	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

El Salvador

Portugal

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.