SYRIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,931	1	28,203	- 7,272
Violence	2	19,749	25	444	+ 19,305
Kidney Disease	3	17,013	6	2,329	+ 14,685
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,705	4	2,958	+ 5,747
Stroke	5	5,743	2	8,088	- 2,345
Lung Disease	6	5,374	13	1,601	+ 3,773
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,988	15	1,534	+ 3,454
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,850	5	2,550	+ 2,300
HIV/AIDS	9	3,032	58	15	+ 3,017
Liver Disease	10	2,870	11	1,720	+ 1,150
Stomach Cancer	11	2,528	22	725	+ 1,803
Alcohol	12	2,334	53	51	+ 2,284
Cervical Cancer	13	1,625	42	188	+ 1,437
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,617	8	2,077	- 461
Suicide	15	1,406	33	333	+ 1,073
Liver Cancer	16	1,279	31	366	+ 912
Prostate Cancer	17	1,183	28	404	+ 778
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	1,152	14	1,551	- 399
Low Birth Weight	19	1,141	12	1,652	- 511
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,133	16	1,224	- 91
Leukemia	21	1,122	19	796	+ 326
Breast Cancer	22	1,049	10	1,953	- 903
Lung Cancers	23	1,043	9	2,048	- 1,004
Falls	24	874	29	383	+ 491
Endocrine Disorders	25	802	26	418	+ 384
Malnutrition	26	772	51	73	+ 699
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	716	7	2,156	- 1,440
Lymphomas	28	670	18	827	- 157
Pancreas Cancer	29	579	27	411	+ 168
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	566	49	79	+ 487
Hypertension	31	526	23	707	- 182
Other Neoplasms	32	522	57	21	+ 501
Drownings	33	492	40	215	+ 277
Anemia	34	472	83	0	+ 472
Asthma	35	439	17	1,052	- 613
Skin Disease	36	435	61	8	+ 427
Birth Trauma	37	435	21	744	- 310
Other Injuries	38	343	24	521	- 178
Oral Cancer	39	338	36	289	+ 49
Ovary Cancer	40	336	34	328	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	41	289	47	97	+ 192
Inflammatory/Heart	42	279	32	337	- 58
Drug Use	43	265	39	249	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	44	251	30	367	- 116
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	230	85	0	+ 230
Tuberculosis	46	216	56	23	+ 193
Skin Cancers	47	215	38	276	- 62
Epilepsy	48	182	48	92	+ 89
Bladder Cancer	49	150	20	757	- 607
Uterin Cancer	50	142	44	146	- 4
Meningitis	51	128	35	295	- 167
Pertussis	52	116	37	289	- 173
Maternal Conditions	53	95	45	105	- 9
Fires	54	77	43	179	- 101
Chagas disease	55	65	78	0	+ 65
Appendicitis	56	64	54	36	+ 28
Poisonings	57	54	46	98	- 44
Syphilis	58	51	55	31	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	51	62	7	+ 44
Tetanus	60	40	52	57	- 17
Dengue	61	32	72	0	+ 32
Upper Respiratory	62	31	66	3	+ 28
Encephalitis	63	26	50	77	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	64	25	59	14	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	22	41	197	- 175
Hepatitis B	66	16	63	5	+ 11
Schizophrenia	67	14	81	0	+ 14
Oral conditions	68	8	86	0	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	69	5	84	0	+ 5
War	70	2	3	7,760	- 7,758
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	73	0	65	5	- 5
Diphtheria	74	0	64	5	- 5
Hepatitis C	75	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	76	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	69	1	- 1
Malaria	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	60	11	- 11
Hookworm Disease	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

El Salvador

Syria

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.