UGANDA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,224	9	8,784	+ 34,440
Violence	2	40,782	12	6,175	+ 34,607
Kidney Disease	3	35,134	19	3,168	+ 31,965
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	17,977	2	18,865	- 888
Stroke	5	11,860	6	11,181	+ 679
Lung Disease	6	11,097	22	3,051	+ 8,046
Diabetes Mellitus	7	10,300	14	4,794	+ 5,506
Road Traffic Accidents	8	10,015	4	13,012	- 2,998
HIV/AIDS	9	6,261	1	21,188	- 14,927
Liver Disease	10	5,927	13	5,122	+ 805
Stomach Cancer	11	5,220	45	515	+ 4,705
Alcohol	12	4,820	54	256	+ 4,564
Cervical Cancer	13	3,356	15	4,378	- 1,021
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,339	11	6,641	- 3,302
Suicide	15	2,903	24	2,033	+ 870
Liver Cancer	16	2,641	29	1,522	+ 1,118
Prostate Cancer	17	2,442	34	950	+ 1,492
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	2,378	30	1,286	+ 1,092
Low Birth Weight	19	2,357	8	9,673	- 7,316
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	2,339	35	919	+ 1,420
Leukemia	21	2,318	42	599	+ 1,719
Breast Cancer	22	2,167	32	1,128	+ 1,039
Lung Cancers	23	2,154	46	441	+ 1,714
Falls	24	1,806	33	1,127	+ 679
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,655	38	761	+ 894
Malnutrition	26	1,594	18	3,317	- 1,723
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,479	5	12,103	- 10,625
Lymphomas	28	1,384	26	1,762	- 377
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,196	47	358	+ 837
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	1,168	41	687	+ 482
Hypertension	31	1,085	21	3,120	- 2,035
Other Neoplasms	32	1,078	66	37	+ 1,041
Drownings	33	1,015	31	1,238	- 222
Anemia	34	974	84	0	+ 974
Asthma	35	907	27	1,745	- 838
Skin Disease	36	898	55	242	+ 656
Birth Trauma	37	898	7	10,405	- 9,507
Other Injuries	38	709	20	3,130	- 2,421
Oral Cancer	39	698	40	731	- 34
Ovary Cancer	40	693	44	519	+ 174
Oesophagus Cancer	41	597	28	1,674	- 1,077
Inflammatory/Heart	42	576	37	859	- 283
Drug Use	43	547	57	233	+ 314
Parkinson's Disease	44	518	48	351	+ 167
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	476	81	0	+ 476
Tuberculosis	46	446	10	7,255	- 6,808
Skin Cancers	47	443	49	349	+ 95
Epilepsy	48	375	43	599	- 223
Bladder Cancer	49	310	59	181	+ 129
Uterin Cancer	50	293	56	234	+ 60
Meningitis	51	264	16	3,718	- 3,454
Pertussis	52	239	25	1,909	- 1,670
Maternal Conditions	53	197	17	3,641	- 3,445
Fires	54	160	36	872	- 712
Chagas disease	55	134	79	0	+ 134
Appendicitis	56	133	58	211	- 78
Poisonings	57	111	39	745	- 634
Syphilis	58	105	23	2,235	- 2,130
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	104	64	55	+ 49
Tetanus	60	84	53	271	- 187
Dengue	61	67	74	1	+ 66
Upper Respiratory	62	64	60	144	- 80
Encephalitis	63	54	62	122	- 68
Multiple Sclerosis	64	51	69	16	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	46	50	348	- 302
Hepatitis B	66	34	61	123	- 90
Schizophrenia	67	28	86	0	+ 28
Oral conditions	68	17	82	0	+ 17
Osteoarthritis	69	10	80	0	+ 10
War	70	5	63	88	- 83
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	78	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	72	1	70	16	- 15
Leishmaniasis	73	1	68	28	- 28
Diphtheria	74	0	72	11	- 11
Hepatitis C	75	0	67	30	- 30
Measles	76	0	51	343	- 343
Otitis Media	77	0	71	11	- 11
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	73	6	- 6
Malaria	80	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	65	50	- 50
Schistosomiasis	82	0	52	286	- 286
Hookworm Disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

El Salvador

Uganda

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.