SAUDI ARABIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,051	1	39,037	- 6,985
Violence	2	30,241	30	646	+ 29,595
Kidney Disease	3	26,052	4	9,051	+ 17,001
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	13,330	5	6,132	+ 7,198
Stroke	5	8,795	2	16,793	- 7,998
Lung Disease	6	8,229	10	2,842	+ 5,387
Diabetes Mellitus	7	7,638	9	3,890	+ 3,748
Road Traffic Accidents	8	7,426	3	12,317	- 4,891
HIV/AIDS	9	4,643	47	192	+ 4,451
Liver Disease	10	4,395	7	4,931	- 536
Stomach Cancer	11	3,870	36	389	+ 3,482
Alcohol	12	3,574	51	128	+ 3,446
Cervical Cancer	13	2,489	49	157	+ 2,332
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,476	12	2,307	+ 169
Suicide	15	2,153	13	2,046	+ 107
Liver Cancer	16	1,958	21	845	+ 1,113
Prostate Cancer	17	1,811	50	148	+ 1,663
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	1,763	11	2,442	- 679
Low Birth Weight	19	1,748	18	989	+ 759
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,735	14	1,630	+ 104
Leukemia	21	1,719	19	925	+ 794
Breast Cancer	22	1,607	20	908	+ 699
Lung Cancers	23	1,598	26	775	+ 822
Falls	24	1,339	6	5,340	- 4,001
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,227	15	1,447	- 220
Malnutrition	26	1,182	52	79	+ 1,103
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,096	35	457	+ 640
Lymphomas	28	1,027	28	716	+ 311
Pancreas Cancer	29	887	31	526	+ 361
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	866	41	275	+ 591
Hypertension	31	805	22	834	- 29
Other Neoplasms	32	800	57	40	+ 759
Drownings	33	753	24	821	- 68
Anemia	34	722	85	0	+ 722
Asthma	35	673	17	1,168	- 495
Skin Disease	36	666	32	516	+ 150
Birth Trauma	37	666	37	343	+ 323
Other Injuries	38	526	8	4,004	- 3,478
Oral Cancer	39	517	34	465	+ 53
Ovary Cancer	40	514	42	247	+ 266
Oesophagus Cancer	41	443	44	229	+ 214
Inflammatory/Heart	42	427	16	1,342	- 914
Drug Use	43	405	33	491	- 86
Parkinson's Disease	44	384	25	776	- 392
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	353	81	0	+ 353
Tuberculosis	46	331	27	752	- 421
Skin Cancers	47	329	55	55	+ 274
Epilepsy	48	278	29	694	- 416
Bladder Cancer	49	230	46	214	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	50	218	38	323	- 105
Meningitis	51	196	45	227	- 31
Pertussis	52	177	54	56	+ 121
Maternal Conditions	53	146	48	172	- 27
Fires	54	118	23	825	- 707
Chagas disease	55	99	76	0	+ 99
Appendicitis	56	99	58	35	+ 64
Poisonings	57	83	40	279	- 197
Syphilis	58	78	59	33	+ 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	77	62	9	+ 68
Tetanus	60	62	61	16	+ 46
Dengue	61	50	63	9	+ 41
Upper Respiratory	62	47	70	1	+ 47
Encephalitis	63	40	43	234	- 194
Multiple Sclerosis	64	38	56	49	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	34	39	280	- 246
Hepatitis B	66	25	53	57	- 32
Schizophrenia	67	21	84	0	+ 21
Oral conditions	68	13	82	0	+ 13
Osteoarthritis	69	8	80	0	+ 8
War	70	3	65	3	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	77	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	72	1	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	73	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	74	0	69	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	7	- 7
Measles	76	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	60	25	- 25
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

El Salvador

Saudi Arabia

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.