SWEDEN VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,288	1	15,136	- 5,848
Violence	2	8,763	47	113	+ 8,650
Kidney Disease	3	7,549	12	1,629	+ 5,920
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,863	7	2,659	+ 1,204
Stroke	5	2,549	3	6,035	- 3,486
Lung Disease	6	2,385	4	4,344	- 1,960
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,213	11	1,834	+ 379
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,152	34	315	+ 1,837
HIV/AIDS	9	1,345	61	13	+ 1,333
Liver Disease	10	1,274	23	723	+ 550
Stomach Cancer	11	1,122	26	612	+ 509
Alcohol	12	1,036	32	359	+ 677
Cervical Cancer	13	721	38	228	+ 494
Congenital Anomalies	14	717	35	308	+ 410
Suicide	15	624	14	1,479	- 856
Liver Cancer	16	567	22	752	- 184
Prostate Cancer	17	525	8	2,622	- 2,097
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	511	2	10,917	- 10,406
Low Birth Weight	19	506	51	50	+ 456
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	503	6	3,049	- 2,547
Leukemia	21	498	20	825	- 327
Breast Cancer	22	466	13	1,582	- 1,117
Lung Cancers	23	463	5	3,722	- 3,259
Falls	24	388	17	1,109	- 721
Endocrine Disorders	25	356	24	702	- 346
Malnutrition	26	343	45	117	+ 226
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	318	36	289	+ 28
Lymphomas	28	297	16	1,357	- 1,059
Pancreas Cancer	29	257	9	1,849	- 1,592
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	251	37	277	- 26
Hypertension	31	233	10	1,838	- 1,605
Other Neoplasms	32	232	18	1,036	- 804
Drownings	33	218	46	114	+ 104
Anemia	34	209	40	175	+ 35
Asthma	35	195	42	158	+ 37
Skin Disease	36	193	39	220	- 27
Birth Trauma	37	193	55	34	+ 159
Other Injuries	38	152	15	1,374	- 1,221
Oral Cancer	39	150	31	379	- 229
Ovary Cancer	40	149	27	553	- 404
Oesophagus Cancer	41	128	29	538	- 410
Inflammatory/Heart	42	124	28	547	- 423
Drug Use	43	117	30	423	- 306
Parkinson's Disease	44	111	19	943	- 832
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	102	52	46	+ 56
Tuberculosis	46	96	56	24	+ 72
Skin Cancers	47	95	25	650	- 555
Epilepsy	48	81	44	121	- 40
Bladder Cancer	49	67	21	760	- 694
Uterin Cancer	50	63	33	345	- 282
Meningitis	51	57	54	35	+ 22
Pertussis	52	51	67	0	+ 51
Maternal Conditions	53	42	64	5	+ 37
Fires	54	34	49	65	- 30
Chagas disease	55	29	77	0	+ 29
Appendicitis	56	29	59	18	+ 11
Poisonings	57	24	60	18	+ 6
Syphilis	58	23	72	0	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	22	43	129	- 106
Tetanus	60	18	68	0	+ 18
Dengue	61	14	80	0	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	62	14	58	20	- 6
Encephalitis	63	12	71	0	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	64	11	41	170	- 159
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	10	48	110	- 101
Hepatitis B	66	7	62	9	- 2
Schizophrenia	67	6	50	63	- 57
Oral conditions	68	4	63	8	- 5
Osteoarthritis	69	2	57	24	- 22
War	70	1	65	2	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	53	44	- 44
Measles	76	0	83	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

El Salvador

Sweden

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.