SINGAPORE VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,287	1	5,292	- 4
Violence	2	4,989	46	15	+ 4,974
Kidney Disease	3	4,298	6	1,028	+ 3,269
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,199	2	5,189	- 2,990
Stroke	5	1,451	3	1,559	- 108
Lung Disease	6	1,357	14	383	+ 975
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,260	28	108	+ 1,152
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,225	26	121	+ 1,104
HIV/AIDS	9	766	45	18	+ 748
Liver Disease	10	725	20	209	+ 516
Stomach Cancer	11	638	12	405	+ 234
Alcohol	12	590	47	10	+ 579
Cervical Cancer	13	411	30	85	+ 326
Congenital Anomalies	14	408	31	80	+ 329
Suicide	15	355	9	650	- 295
Liver Cancer	16	323	7	746	- 423
Prostate Cancer	17	299	16	303	- 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	291	36	32	+ 258
Low Birth Weight	19	288	41	25	+ 263
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	286	5	1,203	- 916
Leukemia	21	284	17	249	+ 34
Breast Cancer	22	265	10	605	- 340
Lung Cancers	23	264	4	1,540	- 1,277
Falls	24	221	18	218	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	25	202	37	30	+ 172
Malnutrition	26	195	63	0	+ 195
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	181	39	28	+ 153
Lymphomas	28	169	13	397	- 227
Pancreas Cancer	29	146	11	537	- 391
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	143	33	69	+ 74
Hypertension	31	133	8	732	- 599
Other Neoplasms	32	132	22	195	- 63
Drownings	33	124	38	29	+ 95
Anemia	34	119	85	0	+ 119
Asthma	35	111	35	37	+ 74
Skin Disease	36	110	25	136	- 26
Birth Trauma	37	110	55	3	+ 107
Other Injuries	38	87	32	79	+ 8
Oral Cancer	39	85	15	317	- 232
Ovary Cancer	40	85	21	204	- 119
Oesophagus Cancer	41	73	24	137	- 64
Inflammatory/Heart	42	71	19	215	- 145
Drug Use	43	67	44	19	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	44	63	29	90	- 26
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	58	51	6	+ 53
Tuberculosis	46	55	40	26	+ 29
Skin Cancers	47	54	34	56	- 2
Epilepsy	48	46	42	25	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	49	38	27	120	- 82
Uterin Cancer	50	36	23	147	- 111
Meningitis	51	32	48	8	+ 24
Pertussis	52	29	62	0	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	53	24	53	3	+ 21
Fires	54	20	49	7	+ 13
Chagas disease	55	16	74	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	56	16	50	6	+ 10
Poisonings	57	14	60	1	+ 13
Syphilis	58	13	65	0	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	13	58	2	+ 11
Tetanus	60	10	73	0	+ 10
Dengue	61	8	66	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	62	8	54	3	+ 5
Encephalitis	63	7	61	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	57	3	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	6	43	22	- 17
Hepatitis B	66	4	52	4	+ 0
Schizophrenia	67	3	84	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	68	2	81	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	69	1	82	0	+ 1
War	70	1	59	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	56	3	- 3
Measles	76	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

El Salvador

Singapore

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.