SRI LANKA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,280	1	26,304	- 7,024
Violence	2	18,191	31	499	+ 17,692
Kidney Disease	3	15,671	5	6,858	+ 8,813
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,019	8	5,117	+ 2,902
Stroke	5	5,290	6	6,805	- 1,515
Lung Disease	6	4,950	3	9,456	- 4,506
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,594	2	12,460	- 7,866
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,467	9	4,200	+ 267
HIV/AIDS	9	2,793	55	39	+ 2,754
Liver Disease	10	2,644	17	1,303	+ 1,341
Stomach Cancer	11	2,328	16	1,321	+ 1,007
Alcohol	12	2,150	51	82	+ 2,068
Cervical Cancer	13	1,497	26	762	+ 735
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,489	22	989	+ 500
Suicide	15	1,295	10	2,977	- 1,682
Liver Cancer	16	1,178	19	1,090	+ 87
Prostate Cancer	17	1,089	30	507	+ 582
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	1,061	4	6,939	- 5,878
Low Birth Weight	19	1,051	29	536	+ 515
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,043	24	911	+ 132
Leukemia	21	1,034	18	1,155	- 121
Breast Cancer	22	966	15	1,383	- 417
Lung Cancers	23	961	12	1,775	- 814
Falls	24	805	23	964	- 159
Endocrine Disorders	25	738	32	462	+ 276
Malnutrition	26	711	54	43	+ 668
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	660	28	605	+ 55
Lymphomas	28	618	21	1,027	- 410
Pancreas Cancer	29	533	43	214	+ 320
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	521	56	38	+ 483
Hypertension	31	484	20	1,055	- 571
Other Neoplasms	32	481	50	86	+ 395
Drownings	33	453	27	731	- 278
Anemia	34	435	33	445	- 11
Asthma	35	405	7	6,471	- 6,066
Skin Disease	36	401	36	293	+ 108
Birth Trauma	37	401	44	193	+ 208
Other Injuries	38	316	14	1,529	- 1,213
Oral Cancer	39	311	11	2,893	- 2,582
Ovary Cancer	40	309	37	281	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	41	267	13	1,544	- 1,278
Inflammatory/Heart	42	257	35	425	- 168
Drug Use	43	244	40	257	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	44	231	45	168	+ 64
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	212	70	2	+ 210
Tuberculosis	46	199	25	769	- 570
Skin Cancers	47	198	52	58	+ 140
Epilepsy	48	167	39	269	- 102
Bladder Cancer	49	138	34	432	- 294
Uterin Cancer	50	131	42	218	- 87
Meningitis	51	118	46	146	- 28
Pertussis	52	107	59	15	+ 92
Maternal Conditions	53	88	48	96	- 8
Fires	54	71	41	239	- 167
Chagas disease	55	60	83	0	+ 60
Appendicitis	56	59	64	5	+ 54
Poisonings	57	50	49	93	- 44
Syphilis	58	47	58	15	+ 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	47	60	11	+ 36
Tetanus	60	37	57	27	+ 10
Dengue	61	30	47	131	- 101
Upper Respiratory	62	28	66	5	+ 24
Encephalitis	63	24	61	10	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	64	23	69	2	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	20	53	49	- 29
Hepatitis B	66	15	62	6	+ 9
Schizophrenia	67	13	65	5	+ 8
Oral conditions	68	8	68	3	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	69	5	67	3	+ 1
War	70	2	38	280	- 278
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	76	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	63	6	- 6
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

El Salvador

Sri Lanka

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.