URUGUAY VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,004	1	4,265	- 1,260
Violence	2	2,834	23	295	+ 2,539
Kidney Disease	3	2,442	8	1,040	+ 1,402
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,249	6	1,370	- 121
Stroke	5	824	2	2,850	- 2,025
Lung Disease	6	771	4	1,706	- 935
Diabetes Mellitus	7	716	11	747	- 31
Road Traffic Accidents	8	696	16	512	+ 184
HIV/AIDS	9	435	28	195	+ 240
Liver Disease	10	412	27	206	+ 206
Stomach Cancer	11	363	18	480	- 117
Alcohol	12	335	39	104	+ 231
Cervical Cancer	13	233	29	172	+ 61
Congenital Anomalies	14	232	30	170	+ 62
Suicide	15	202	12	735	- 534
Liver Cancer	16	184	34	147	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	17	170	13	707	- 537
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	165	3	1,899	- 1,733
Low Birth Weight	19	164	42	73	+ 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	163	7	1,245	- 1,082
Leukemia	21	161	25	280	- 119
Breast Cancer	22	151	9	848	- 697
Lung Cancers	23	150	5	1,463	- 1,313
Falls	24	126	47	55	+ 71
Endocrine Disorders	25	115	17	487	- 372
Malnutrition	26	111	43	73	+ 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	103	35	134	- 32
Lymphomas	28	96	20	457	- 361
Pancreas Cancer	29	83	14	656	- 572
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	81	46	57	+ 24
Hypertension	31	75	15	648	- 573
Other Neoplasms	32	75	19	464	- 389
Drownings	33	71	45	65	+ 6
Anemia	34	68	44	71	- 3
Asthma	35	63	37	127	- 64
Skin Disease	36	62	36	130	- 68
Birth Trauma	37	62	53	22	+ 40
Other Injuries	38	49	10	774	- 725
Oral Cancer	39	48	31	167	- 119
Ovary Cancer	40	48	32	160	- 112
Oesophagus Cancer	41	42	24	286	- 245
Inflammatory/Heart	42	40	22	314	- 274
Drug Use	43	38	49	41	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	44	36	21	320	- 284
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	33	57	12	+ 21
Tuberculosis	46	31	41	81	- 49
Skin Cancers	47	31	33	149	- 118
Epilepsy	48	26	40	86	- 60
Bladder Cancer	49	22	26	276	- 255
Uterin Cancer	50	20	38	115	- 95
Meningitis	51	18	58	10	+ 8
Pertussis	52	17	72	0	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	53	14	60	9	+ 5
Fires	54	11	48	54	- 43
Chagas disease	55	9	61	5	+ 4
Appendicitis	56	9	59	9	+ 0
Poisonings	57	8	55	17	- 9
Syphilis	58	7	66	3	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	7	51	35	- 27
Tetanus	60	6	71	0	+ 5
Dengue	61	5	83	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	62	4	62	5	- 0
Encephalitis	63	4	64	4	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	56	13	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	3	50	39	- 36
Hepatitis B	66	2	63	4	- 2
Schizophrenia	67	2	54	18	- 16
Oral conditions	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	69	1	52	32	- 32
War	70	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	76	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	78	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

El Salvador

Uruguay

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.