THAILAND VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	61,325	1	51,305	+ 10,019
Violence	2	57,860	31	2,965	+ 54,895
Kidney Disease	3	49,846	4	26,822	+ 23,024
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	25,505	3	31,289	- 5,784
Stroke	5	16,827	2	50,273	- 33,446
Lung Disease	6	15,744	9	19,474	- 3,730
Diabetes Mellitus	7	14,613	10	18,776	- 4,163
Road Traffic Accidents	8	14,208	7	22,428	- 8,220
HIV/AIDS	9	8,883	12	13,922	- 5,039
Liver Disease	10	8,409	11	17,596	- 9,187
Stomach Cancer	11	7,405	27	3,451	+ 3,955
Alcohol	12	6,839	49	548	+ 6,290
Cervical Cancer	13	4,762	19	5,110	- 348
Congenital Anomalies	14	4,737	35	2,107	+ 2,630
Suicide	15	4,119	16	6,147	- 2,028
Liver Cancer	16	3,747	5	23,883	- 20,136
Prostate Cancer	17	3,465	30	3,013	+ 452
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	3,374	6	22,851	- 19,477
Low Birth Weight	19	3,344	40	1,548	+ 1,796
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	3,319	13	9,908	- 6,590
Leukemia	21	3,288	26	3,902	- 614
Breast Cancer	22	3,074	17	6,053	- 2,979
Lung Cancers	23	3,057	8	22,296	- 19,240
Falls	24	2,562	18	5,409	- 2,847
Endocrine Disorders	25	2,348	37	1,888	+ 460
Malnutrition	26	2,262	42	962	+ 1,300
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	2,098	15	6,863	- 4,765
Lymphomas	28	1,964	22	4,539	- 2,575
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,696	33	2,383	- 687
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	1,657	39	1,679	- 21
Hypertension	31	1,540	34	2,179	- 639
Other Neoplasms	32	1,530	54	192	+ 1,338
Drownings	33	1,440	25	3,956	- 2,515
Anemia	34	1,382	85	0	+ 1,382
Asthma	35	1,287	24	4,182	- 2,895
Skin Disease	36	1,274	28	3,375	- 2,101
Birth Trauma	37	1,274	50	533	+ 740
Other Injuries	38	1,006	21	4,869	- 3,864
Oral Cancer	39	990	20	4,961	- 3,971
Ovary Cancer	40	983	36	2,003	- 1,020
Oesophagus Cancer	41	848	29	3,156	- 2,308
Inflammatory/Heart	42	818	32	2,879	- 2,061
Drug Use	43	775	45	794	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	44	735	23	4,292	- 3,557
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	675	81	0	+ 675
Tuberculosis	46	633	14	9,551	- 8,918
Skin Cancers	47	629	41	1,133	- 504
Epilepsy	48	532	47	689	- 156
Bladder Cancer	49	440	38	1,798	- 1,359
Uterin Cancer	50	416	44	864	- 448
Meningitis	51	375	43	931	- 556
Pertussis	52	339	62	77	+ 262
Maternal Conditions	53	279	52	227	+ 52
Fires	54	226	48	617	- 391
Chagas disease	55	190	73	0	+ 190
Appendicitis	56	189	59	114	+ 75
Poisonings	57	158	57	132	+ 26
Syphilis	58	150	64	36	+ 113
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	148	53	194	- 46
Tetanus	60	119	58	116	+ 2
Dengue	61	95	55	172	- 77
Upper Respiratory	62	90	65	18	+ 73
Encephalitis	63	77	46	722	- 645
Multiple Sclerosis	64	72	61	86	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	65	51	436	- 371
Hepatitis B	66	48	56	153	- 105
Schizophrenia	67	40	84	0	+ 40
Oral conditions	68	24	80	0	+ 24
Osteoarthritis	69	15	82	0	+ 15
War	70	7	60	87	- 81
Iodine Deficiency	71	3	76	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	72	1	69	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	73	1	72	1	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	75	0	67	7	- 7
Measles	76	0	63	56	- 56
Otitis Media	77	0	68	7	- 7
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	70	3	- 3
Malaria	80	0	66	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

El Salvador

Thailand

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.