SOMALIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,417	7	7,233	+ 4,184
Violence	2	10,772	29	828	+ 9,944
Kidney Disease	3	9,280	21	2,051	+ 7,229
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,748	1	21,712	- 16,963
Stroke	5	3,133	6	8,595	- 5,463
Lung Disease	6	2,931	19	2,442	+ 489
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,721	16	2,888	- 167
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,645	11	4,231	- 1,586
HIV/AIDS	9	1,654	33	610	+ 1,044
Liver Disease	10	1,565	13	3,917	- 2,351
Stomach Cancer	11	1,379	49	310	+ 1,069
Alcohol	12	1,273	59	151	+ 1,122
Cervical Cancer	13	887	28	883	+ 4
Congenital Anomalies	14	882	15	3,410	- 2,528
Suicide	15	767	27	1,219	- 452
Liver Cancer	16	698	53	256	+ 442
Prostate Cancer	17	645	52	285	+ 360
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	628	32	647	- 19
Low Birth Weight	19	623	8	6,250	- 5,628
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	618	38	546	+ 72
Leukemia	21	612	35	562	+ 51
Breast Cancer	22	572	26	1,232	- 659
Lung Cancers	23	569	54	233	+ 336
Falls	24	477	37	548	- 71
Endocrine Disorders	25	437	44	406	+ 31
Malnutrition	26	421	10	4,825	- 4,404
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	391	2	15,363	- 14,972
Lymphomas	28	366	34	605	- 239
Pancreas Cancer	29	316	62	108	+ 208
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	309	36	559	- 250
Hypertension	31	287	18	2,643	- 2,357
Other Neoplasms	32	285	70	12	+ 272
Drownings	33	268	25	1,272	- 1,003
Anemia	34	257	83	0	+ 257
Asthma	35	240	23	1,878	- 1,639
Skin Disease	36	237	58	151	+ 86
Birth Trauma	37	237	5	9,573	- 9,336
Other Injuries	38	187	14	3,602	- 3,414
Oral Cancer	39	184	46	328	- 144
Ovary Cancer	40	183	50	295	- 112
Oesophagus Cancer	41	158	40	516	- 358
Inflammatory/Heart	42	152	39	521	- 369
Drug Use	43	144	65	54	+ 90
Parkinson's Disease	44	137	56	184	- 47
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	126	84	0	+ 126
Tuberculosis	46	118	4	10,261	- 10,143
Skin Cancers	47	117	57	164	- 47
Epilepsy	48	99	43	419	- 320
Bladder Cancer	49	82	61	149	- 67
Uterin Cancer	50	77	64	78	- 0
Meningitis	51	70	9	5,381	- 5,311
Pertussis	52	63	20	2,054	- 1,991
Maternal Conditions	53	52	12	4,127	- 4,075
Fires	54	42	30	810	- 768
Chagas disease	55	35	79	0	+ 35
Appendicitis	56	35	55	188	- 153
Poisonings	57	29	31	758	- 729
Syphilis	58	28	45	378	- 350
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	28	66	35	- 8
Tetanus	60	22	17	2,648	- 2,626
Dengue	61	18	73	1	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	62	17	47	326	- 309
Encephalitis	63	14	63	91	- 76
Multiple Sclerosis	64	13	71	8	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	12	41	446	- 434
Hepatitis B	66	9	48	315	- 306
Schizophrenia	67	8	81	0	+ 8
Oral conditions	68	5	86	0	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	69	3	85	0	+ 3
War	70	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	69	30	- 29
Leishmaniasis	73	0	51	290	- 290
Diphtheria	74	0	60	150	- 150
Hepatitis C	75	0	67	34	- 34
Measles	76	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Otitis Media	77	0	68	32	- 32
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	72	5	- 5
Malaria	80	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	42	435	- 435
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

El Salvador

Somalia

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.