SENEGAL VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,530	2	6,224	+ 10,306
Violence	2	15,596	19	1,247	+ 14,350
Kidney Disease	3	13,436	12	2,210	+ 11,226
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,875	1	7,184	- 309
Stroke	5	4,536	4	5,342	- 806
Lung Disease	6	4,244	18	1,351	+ 2,893
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,939	10	2,395	+ 1,544
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,830	6	3,832	- 2
HIV/AIDS	9	2,395	20	1,186	+ 1,208
Liver Disease	10	2,267	13	2,147	+ 120
Stomach Cancer	11	1,996	31	557	+ 1,439
Alcohol	12	1,843	59	74	+ 1,769
Cervical Cancer	13	1,284	17	1,405	- 121
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,277	11	2,364	- 1,088
Suicide	15	1,110	24	978	+ 133
Liver Cancer	16	1,010	22	1,087	- 77
Prostate Cancer	17	934	29	642	+ 292
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	909	26	879	+ 31
Low Birth Weight	19	901	7	3,636	- 2,735
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	895	37	384	+ 510
Leukemia	21	886	54	113	+ 774
Breast Cancer	22	829	27	861	- 32
Lung Cancers	23	824	44	180	+ 644
Falls	24	691	30	622	+ 68
Endocrine Disorders	25	633	23	1,041	- 408
Malnutrition	26	610	32	494	+ 115
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	565	3	5,343	- 4,778
Lymphomas	28	529	39	315	+ 214
Pancreas Cancer	29	457	48	159	+ 298
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	447	35	433	+ 14
Hypertension	31	415	21	1,095	- 680
Other Neoplasms	32	412	62	24	+ 388
Drownings	33	388	33	494	- 106
Anemia	34	373	85	0	+ 373
Asthma	35	347	25	936	- 589
Skin Disease	36	343	47	159	+ 184
Birth Trauma	37	343	8	3,448	- 3,104
Other Injuries	38	271	16	1,512	- 1,241
Oral Cancer	39	267	43	208	+ 59
Ovary Cancer	40	265	42	220	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	41	228	55	99	+ 129
Inflammatory/Heart	42	220	36	426	- 205
Drug Use	43	209	52	138	+ 71
Parkinson's Disease	44	198	41	273	- 75
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	182	81	0	+ 182
Tuberculosis	46	171	9	2,678	- 2,508
Skin Cancers	47	170	51	147	+ 23
Epilepsy	48	144	38	330	- 187
Bladder Cancer	49	119	50	155	- 36
Uterin Cancer	50	112	56	94	+ 18
Meningitis	51	101	15	1,628	- 1,527
Pertussis	52	91	28	771	- 680
Maternal Conditions	53	75	14	1,669	- 1,594
Fires	54	61	34	448	- 387
Chagas disease	55	51	79	0	+ 51
Appendicitis	56	51	61	38	+ 13
Poisonings	57	43	40	315	- 272
Syphilis	58	40	53	122	- 82
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	40	67	15	+ 25
Tetanus	60	32	58	85	- 53
Dengue	61	26	73	0	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	62	24	66	15	+ 9
Encephalitis	63	21	57	85	- 65
Multiple Sclerosis	64	20	64	20	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	17	46	166	- 148
Hepatitis B	66	13	60	70	- 57
Schizophrenia	67	11	83	0	+ 11
Oral conditions	68	7	82	0	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	69	4	80	0	+ 4
War	70	2	69	4	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	65	18	- 18
Leishmaniasis	73	0	63	21	- 21
Diphtheria	74	0	70	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	75	0	68	11	- 11
Measles	76	0	49	158	- 158
Otitis Media	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	71	2	- 2
Malaria	80	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	45	176	- 176
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

El Salvador

Senegal

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.