VANUATU VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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El Salvador EL SALVADOR VANUATU Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 279 1 454 - 175
Violence 2 263 38 7 + 256
Kidney Disease 3 227 7 70 + 156
Influenza and Pneumonia 4 116 4 124 - 8
Stroke 5 77 2 288 - 212
Lung Disease 6 72 5 108 - 37
Diabetes Mellitus 7 66 3 127 - 60
Road Traffic Accidents 8 65 12 45 + 20
HIV/AIDS 9 40 72 0 + 40
Liver Disease 10 38 9 51 - 13
Stomach Cancer 11 34 40 6 + 28
Alcohol 12 31 43 4 + 27
Cervical Cancer 13 22 27 13 + 9
Congenital Anomalies 14 22 10 48 - 26
Suicide 15 19 8 54 - 35
Liver Cancer 16 17 18 27 - 10
Prostate Cancer 17 16 34 9 + 7
Alzheimers & Dementia 18 15 21 18 - 2
Low Birth Weight 19 15 14 43 - 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers 20 15 35 8 + 7
Leukemia 21 15 32 9 + 6
Breast Cancer 22 14 26 13 + 1
Lung Cancers 23 14 23 15 - 1
Falls 24 12 25 13 - 2
Endocrine Disorders 25 11 33 9 + 2
Malnutrition 26 10 31 10 + 0
Diarrhoeal diseases 27 10 6 80 - 70
Lymphomas 28 9 45 3 + 6
Pancreas Cancer 29 8 53 1 + 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease 30 8 20 18 - 11
Hypertension 31 7 11 47 - 40
Other Neoplasms 32 7 55 1 + 6
Drownings 33 7 16 35 - 28
Anemia 34 6 83 0 + 6
Asthma 35 6 13 45 - 39
Skin Disease 36 6 39 7 - 1
Birth Trauma 37 6 19 20 - 14
Other Injuries 38 5 17 30 - 25
Oral Cancer 39 5 54 1 + 4
Ovary Cancer 40 4 44 4 + 1
Oesophagus Cancer 41 4 82 0 + 4
Inflammatory/Heart 42 4 29 11 - 7
Drug Use 43 4 56 0 + 3
Parkinson's Disease 44 3 28 12 - 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy 45 3 78 0 + 3
Tuberculosis 46 3 22 16 - 13
Skin Cancers 47 3 86 0 + 3
Epilepsy 48 2 41 5 - 3
Bladder Cancer 49 2 49 2 + 0
Uterin Cancer 50 2 48 2 - 0
Meningitis 51 2 36 8 - 6
Pertussis 52 2 30 10 - 9
Maternal Conditions 53 1 24 14 - 13
Fires 54 1 42 4 - 3
Chagas disease 55 1 77 0 + 1
Appendicitis 56 1 50 1 - 0
Poisonings 57 1 47 2 - 1
Syphilis 58 1 37 8 - 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis 59 1 58 0 + 0
Tetanus 60 1 46 3 - 2
Dengue 61 0 59 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 62 0 65 0 + 0
Encephalitis 63 0 52 1 - 1
Multiple Sclerosis 64 0 57 0 + 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease 65 0 15 35 - 35
Hepatitis B 66 0 51 1 - 1
Schizophrenia 67 0 85 0 + 0
Oral conditions 68 0 80 0 + 0
Osteoarthritis 69 0 79 0 + 0
War 70 0 64 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 71 0 71 0 + 0
Ascariasis 72 0 63 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 73 0 74 0 + 0
Diphtheria 74 0 60 0 - 0
Hepatitis C 75 0 61 0 - 0
Measles 76 0 62 0 - 0
Otitis Media 77 0 67 0 - 0
Leprosy 78 0 68 0 - 0
Chlamydia 79 0 66 0 - 0
Malaria 80 0 75 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 81 0 73 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 82 0 76 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 83 0 69 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 84 0 70 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 85 0 84 0 - 0
Depression 86 0 81 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VANUATU

El Salvador

El Salvador

Vanuatu

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020