RWANDA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,948	4	3,605	+ 8,343
Violence	2	11,273	29	548	+ 10,725
Kidney Disease	3	9,712	15	1,206	+ 8,506
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,969	1	5,280	- 310
Stroke	5	3,279	2	5,060	- 1,782
Lung Disease	6	3,068	13	1,555	+ 1,513
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,847	11	1,858	+ 989
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,768	3	3,718	- 950
HIV/AIDS	9	1,731	7	2,826	- 1,095
Liver Disease	10	1,638	8	2,548	- 910
Stomach Cancer	11	1,443	20	780	+ 663
Alcohol	12	1,332	49	125	+ 1,207
Cervical Cancer	13	928	18	941	- 13
Congenital Anomalies	14	923	12	1,777	- 854
Suicide	15	803	24	704	+ 99
Liver Cancer	16	730	23	706	+ 24
Prostate Cancer	17	675	32	396	+ 279
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	657	25	657	+ 0
Low Birth Weight	19	652	9	2,193	- 1,541
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	647	28	591	+ 56
Leukemia	21	641	35	317	+ 324
Breast Cancer	22	599	27	600	- 1
Lung Cancers	23	596	39	234	+ 361
Falls	24	499	31	412	+ 87
Endocrine Disorders	25	458	41	219	+ 238
Malnutrition	26	441	16	1,168	- 727
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	409	6	3,121	- 2,712
Lymphomas	28	383	30	450	- 67
Pancreas Cancer	29	330	43	214	+ 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	323	33	362	- 39
Hypertension	31	300	14	1,357	- 1,057
Other Neoplasms	32	298	64	16	+ 282
Drownings	33	281	36	285	- 4
Anemia	34	269	86	0	+ 269
Asthma	35	251	22	717	- 466
Skin Disease	36	248	52	103	+ 145
Birth Trauma	37	248	10	1,888	- 1,640
Other Injuries	38	196	17	944	- 748
Oral Cancer	39	193	37	272	- 79
Ovary Cancer	40	192	53	92	+ 99
Oesophagus Cancer	41	165	44	213	- 48
Inflammatory/Heart	42	159	34	347	- 187
Drug Use	43	151	60	45	+ 107
Parkinson's Disease	44	143	47	146	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	132	80	0	+ 132
Tuberculosis	46	123	26	625	- 501
Skin Cancers	47	123	50	113	+ 10
Epilepsy	48	104	45	191	- 88
Bladder Cancer	49	86	62	35	+ 50
Uterin Cancer	50	81	56	58	+ 23
Meningitis	51	73	19	847	- 774
Pertussis	52	66	42	218	- 152
Maternal Conditions	53	54	21	722	- 668
Fires	54	44	38	270	- 226
Chagas disease	55	37	79	0	+ 37
Appendicitis	56	37	54	70	- 33
Poisonings	57	31	40	220	- 189
Syphilis	58	29	46	173	- 143
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	29	63	23	+ 6
Tetanus	60	23	58	53	- 30
Dengue	61	18	72	0	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	62	18	57	58	- 41
Encephalitis	63	15	61	39	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	64	14	66	7	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	13	48	136	- 123
Hepatitis B	66	9	55	68	- 59
Schizophrenia	67	8	83	0	+ 8
Oral conditions	68	5	82	0	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	69	3	81	0	+ 3
War	70	1	69	3	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	67	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	12	- 12
Measles	76	0	59	51	- 51
Otitis Media	77	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	70	2	- 2
Malaria	80	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	51	111	- 111
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

El Salvador

Rwanda

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.