SOUTH AFRICA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	53,012	3	32,739	+ 20,273
Violence	2	50,017	7	21,000	+ 29,017
Kidney Disease	3	43,089	9	15,302	+ 27,787
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	22,048	2	39,341	- 17,293
Stroke	5	14,546	4	30,693	- 16,147
Lung Disease	6	13,610	13	11,895	+ 1,715
Diabetes Mellitus	7	12,632	5	30,188	- 17,555
Road Traffic Accidents	8	12,282	11	13,014	- 732
HIV/AIDS	9	7,679	1	71,996	- 64,317
Liver Disease	10	7,269	14	9,013	- 1,745
Stomach Cancer	11	6,401	39	1,535	+ 4,867
Alcohol	12	5,912	49	987	+ 4,925
Cervical Cancer	13	4,116	20	5,555	- 1,439
Congenital Anomalies	14	4,095	25	4,351	- 256
Suicide	15	3,561	10	13,774	- 10,213
Liver Cancer	16	3,239	33	2,383	+ 855
Prostate Cancer	17	2,995	24	4,374	- 1,379
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	2,917	22	4,676	- 1,759
Low Birth Weight	19	2,891	16	6,250	- 3,359
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	2,869	28	3,587	- 718
Leukemia	21	2,843	40	1,464	+ 1,379
Breast Cancer	22	2,657	23	4,533	- 1,876
Lung Cancers	23	2,642	15	7,705	- 5,063
Falls	24	2,215	42	1,399	+ 815
Endocrine Disorders	25	2,030	19	5,890	- 3,860
Malnutrition	26	1,955	34	2,381	- 425
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,813	8	15,843	- 14,030
Lymphomas	28	1,698	31	2,818	- 1,120
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,466	35	2,007	- 541
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	1,433	36	1,894	- 461
Hypertension	31	1,331	12	12,789	- 11,458
Other Neoplasms	32	1,322	58	267	+ 1,056
Drownings	33	1,245	32	2,403	- 1,158
Anemia	34	1,195	82	0	+ 1,195
Asthma	35	1,113	18	5,966	- 4,853
Skin Disease	36	1,101	45	1,101	- 0
Birth Trauma	37	1,101	30	3,004	- 1,902
Other Injuries	38	869	17	6,014	- 5,144
Oral Cancer	39	856	41	1,406	- 550
Ovary Cancer	40	850	51	951	- 101
Oesophagus Cancer	41	733	29	3,486	- 2,753
Inflammatory/Heart	42	707	21	5,408	- 4,701
Drug Use	43	670	53	770	- 99
Parkinson's Disease	44	636	46	1,077	- 441
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	583	86	0	+ 583
Tuberculosis	46	548	6	21,965	- 21,418
Skin Cancers	47	544	48	993	- 449
Epilepsy	48	460	37	1,870	- 1,410
Bladder Cancer	49	380	52	829	- 449
Uterin Cancer	50	360	54	512	- 153
Meningitis	51	324	26	3,660	- 3,337
Pertussis	52	293	43	1,142	- 849
Maternal Conditions	53	241	38	1,700	- 1,458
Fires	54	196	27	3,618	- 3,422
Chagas disease	55	165	78	0	+ 165
Appendicitis	56	163	56	274	- 110
Poisonings	57	137	50	975	- 839
Syphilis	58	129	44	1,130	- 1,000
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	128	55	376	- 248
Tetanus	60	103	65	38	+ 65
Dengue	61	82	73	0	+ 82
Upper Respiratory	62	78	60	223	- 145
Encephalitis	63	66	59	234	- 168
Multiple Sclerosis	64	63	62	113	- 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	56	47	1,015	- 959
Hepatitis B	66	42	61	139	- 98
Schizophrenia	67	35	80	0	+ 35
Oral conditions	68	21	84	0	+ 21
Osteoarthritis	69	13	85	0	+ 13
War	70	6	64	66	- 60
Iodine Deficiency	71	3	79	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	72	1	71	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	73	1	77	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	74	0	69	16	- 16
Hepatitis C	75	0	70	8	- 8
Measles	76	0	57	270	- 270
Otitis Media	77	0	67	19	- 19
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	68	18	- 18
Malaria	80	0	63	83	- 83
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	66	35	- 35
Hookworm Disease	83	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

El Salvador

South Africa

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.