SWAZILAND VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	998	5	755	+ 243
Violence	2	942	16	212	+ 729
Kidney Disease	3	811	8	381	+ 430
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	415	2	921	- 505
Stroke	5	274	4	800	- 527
Lung Disease	6	256	12	264	- 8
Diabetes Mellitus	7	238	3	892	- 654
Road Traffic Accidents	8	231	7	384	- 153
HIV/AIDS	9	145	1	2,314	- 2,169
Liver Disease	10	137	11	274	- 137
Stomach Cancer	11	121	53	7	+ 114
Alcohol	12	111	48	16	+ 95
Cervical Cancer	13	78	15	215	- 137
Congenital Anomalies	14	77	19	160	- 83
Suicide	15	67	9	338	- 271
Liver Cancer	16	61	37	29	+ 32
Prostate Cancer	17	56	31	45	+ 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	55	27	77	- 22
Low Birth Weight	19	54	14	233	- 179
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	54	43	19	+ 35
Leukemia	21	54	47	16	+ 37
Breast Cancer	22	50	35	37	+ 13
Lung Cancers	23	50	46	17	+ 33
Falls	24	42	32	41	+ 0
Endocrine Disorders	25	38	28	74	- 36
Malnutrition	26	37	22	106	- 69
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	34	6	517	- 483
Lymphomas	28	32	36	31	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	29	28	56	6	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	27	29	51	- 24
Hypertension	31	25	10	292	- 267
Other Neoplasms	32	25	61	4	+ 21
Drownings	33	23	25	87	- 63
Anemia	34	22	84	0	+ 22
Asthma	35	21	20	150	- 129
Skin Disease	36	21	40	25	- 5
Birth Trauma	37	21	18	166	- 146
Other Injuries	38	16	17	190	- 174
Oral Cancer	39	16	51	10	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	40	16	52	10	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	41	14	44	18	- 5
Inflammatory/Heart	42	13	24	94	- 80
Drug Use	43	13	38	27	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	44	12	41	24	- 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	11	80	0	+ 11
Tuberculosis	46	10	13	256	- 245
Skin Cancers	47	10	42	20	- 10
Epilepsy	48	9	30	46	- 37
Bladder Cancer	49	7	55	6	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	50	7	50	11	- 5
Meningitis	51	6	23	97	- 91
Pertussis	52	6	33	39	- 33
Maternal Conditions	53	5	21	116	- 111
Fires	54	4	26	84	- 80
Chagas disease	55	3	79	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	56	3	54	7	- 4
Poisonings	57	3	34	37	- 35
Syphilis	58	2	45	17	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	58	5	- 3
Tetanus	60	2	62	4	- 2
Dengue	61	2	72	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	60	4	- 3
Encephalitis	63	1	59	5	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	63	1	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	1	39	26	- 25
Hepatitis B	66	1	57	6	- 5
Schizophrenia	67	1	83	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	69	0	81	0	+ 0
War	70	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	64	1	- 1
Otitis Media	77	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	49	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

El Salvador

Swaziland

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.