SOLOMON ISL. VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	637	1	975	- 338
Violence	2	601	30	26	+ 575
Kidney Disease	3	518	15	64	+ 455
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	265	3	371	- 106
Stroke	5	175	2	670	- 495
Lung Disease	6	164	6	209	- 45
Diabetes Mellitus	7	152	4	322	- 170
Road Traffic Accidents	8	148	8	111	+ 37
HIV/AIDS	9	92	80	0	+ 92
Liver Disease	10	87	10	89	- 1
Stomach Cancer	11	77	44	12	+ 65
Alcohol	12	71	48	9	+ 62
Cervical Cancer	13	49	25	41	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	14	49	16	63	- 14
Suicide	15	43	9	98	- 55
Liver Cancer	16	39	18	60	- 21
Prostate Cancer	17	36	41	13	+ 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	35	28	32	+ 3
Low Birth Weight	19	35	14	65	- 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	34	31	23	+ 11
Leukemia	21	34	35	20	+ 14
Breast Cancer	22	32	26	34	- 2
Lung Cancers	23	32	27	33	- 2
Falls	24	27	20	55	- 28
Endocrine Disorders	25	24	39	15	+ 10
Malnutrition	26	24	36	19	+ 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	22	5	218	- 196
Lymphomas	28	20	42	13	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	29	18	51	4	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	17	32	22	- 5
Hypertension	31	16	13	76	- 60
Other Neoplasms	32	16	56	1	+ 15
Drownings	33	15	11	80	- 65
Anemia	34	14	72	0	+ 14
Asthma	35	13	12	78	- 65
Skin Disease	36	13	46	10	+ 3
Birth Trauma	37	13	21	51	- 38
Other Injuries	38	10	17	60	- 49
Oral Cancer	39	10	49	8	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	40	10	33	21	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	41	9	57	1	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	42	8	37	17	- 9
Drug Use	43	8	58	1	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	44	8	34	21	- 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	7	85	0	+ 7
Tuberculosis	46	7	23	45	- 38
Skin Cancers	47	7	69	0	+ 7
Epilepsy	48	6	45	11	- 5
Bladder Cancer	49	5	52	4	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	50	4	47	9	- 4
Meningitis	51	4	43	13	- 9
Pertussis	52	4	50	7	- 4
Maternal Conditions	53	3	22	46	- 43
Fires	54	2	40	14	- 12
Chagas disease	55	2	78	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	56	2	55	1	+ 1
Poisonings	57	2	38	15	- 14
Syphilis	58	2	29	28	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	60	0	+ 1
Tetanus	60	1	59	1	+ 1
Dengue	61	1	24	41	- 40
Upper Respiratory	62	1	64	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	1	54	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	61	0	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	1	19	59	- 58
Hepatitis B	66	1	53	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	86	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	69	0	84	0	+ 0
War	70	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	63	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	67	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	62	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	7	146	- 146
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

El Salvador

Solomon Isl.

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.