UNITED KINGDOM VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	60,042	2	71,728	- 11,685
Violence	2	56,650	46	868	+ 55,782
Kidney Disease	3	48,804	18	5,471	+ 43,333
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	24,972	3	40,540	- 15,568
Stroke	5	16,475	4	37,626	- 21,151
Lung Disease	6	15,415	6	32,896	- 17,481
Diabetes Mellitus	7	14,308	17	5,842	+ 8,465
Road Traffic Accidents	8	13,911	33	2,169	+ 11,742
HIV/AIDS	9	8,698	55	188	+ 8,510
Liver Disease	10	8,233	14	7,666	+ 567
Stomach Cancer	11	7,251	24	4,999	+ 2,252
Alcohol	12	6,696	39	1,555	+ 5,141
Cervical Cancer	13	4,662	43	1,099	+ 3,563
Congenital Anomalies	14	4,638	35	2,127	+ 2,511
Suicide	15	4,033	20	5,325	- 1,292
Liver Cancer	16	3,668	21	5,237	- 1,568
Prostate Cancer	17	3,392	8	13,289	- 9,897
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	3,303	1	98,135	- 94,831
Low Birth Weight	19	3,274	40	1,313	+ 1,961
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	3,249	7	18,446	- 15,197
Leukemia	21	3,220	22	5,211	- 1,991
Breast Cancer	22	3,010	9	12,718	- 9,708
Lung Cancers	23	2,993	5	35,715	- 32,722
Falls	24	2,508	15	7,618	- 5,110
Endocrine Disorders	25	2,299	28	3,297	- 998
Malnutrition	26	2,214	58	116	+ 2,099
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	2,054	38	1,599	+ 455
Lymphomas	28	1,923	10	9,350	- 7,427
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,661	11	8,995	- 7,335
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	1,623	36	2,090	- 467
Hypertension	31	1,508	23	5,208	- 3,700
Other Neoplasms	32	1,498	26	3,986	- 2,488
Drownings	33	1,410	49	301	+ 1,110
Anemia	34	1,353	50	277	+ 1,077
Asthma	35	1,260	41	1,302	- 42
Skin Disease	36	1,247	34	2,134	- 886
Birth Trauma	37	1,247	54	190	+ 1,058
Other Injuries	38	985	19	5,464	- 4,479
Oral Cancer	39	969	30	3,109	- 2,140
Ovary Cancer	40	963	25	4,019	- 3,056
Oesophagus Cancer	41	830	12	8,727	- 7,897
Inflammatory/Heart	42	801	29	3,126	- 2,326
Drug Use	43	759	31	2,824	- 2,065
Parkinson's Disease	44	720	13	8,573	- 7,853
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	661	56	184	+ 477
Tuberculosis	46	620	47	351	+ 269
Skin Cancers	47	616	27	3,727	- 3,111
Epilepsy	48	521	42	1,193	- 672
Bladder Cancer	49	430	16	6,133	- 5,703
Uterin Cancer	50	408	32	2,346	- 1,939
Meningitis	51	367	52	232	+ 134
Pertussis	52	332	69	3	+ 329
Maternal Conditions	53	273	64	47	+ 227
Fires	54	222	48	334	- 113
Chagas disease	55	186	71	0	+ 186
Appendicitis	56	185	59	105	+ 80
Poisonings	57	155	53	221	- 66
Syphilis	58	146	62	49	+ 98
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	145	44	1,014	- 869
Tetanus	60	116	72	0	+ 116
Dengue	61	93	73	0	+ 92
Upper Respiratory	62	88	63	48	+ 40
Encephalitis	63	75	68	6	+ 69
Multiple Sclerosis	64	71	37	1,856	- 1,785
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	63	45	876	- 813
Hepatitis B	66	47	65	40	+ 7
Schizophrenia	67	39	60	101	- 62
Oral conditions	68	24	61	54	- 30
Osteoarthritis	69	14	57	167	- 153
War	70	6	67	10	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	71	3	84	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	72	1	80	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	73	1	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	51	267	- 267
Measles	76	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	66	16	- 16
Leprosy	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

El Salvador

United Kingdom

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.