YEMEN VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,189	1	30,158	- 1,969
Violence	2	26,596	14	2,839	+ 23,757
Kidney Disease	3	22,913	15	2,679	+ 20,234
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	11,724	4	11,978	- 255
Stroke	5	7,735	2	13,570	- 5,835
Lung Disease	6	7,237	11	3,196	+ 4,041
Diabetes Mellitus	7	6,717	19	1,794	+ 4,923
Road Traffic Accidents	8	6,531	6	8,561	- 2,030
HIV/AIDS	9	4,083	46	396	+ 3,687
Liver Disease	10	3,865	13	2,891	+ 974
Stomach Cancer	11	3,404	31	902	+ 2,502
Alcohol	12	3,143	59	78	+ 3,065
Cervical Cancer	13	2,189	57	119	+ 2,070
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,177	10	4,291	- 2,113
Suicide	15	1,893	21	1,699	+ 195
Liver Cancer	16	1,722	39	609	+ 1,113
Prostate Cancer	17	1,593	63	39	+ 1,553
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	1,551	22	1,405	+ 146
Low Birth Weight	19	1,537	5	8,810	- 7,273
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,526	30	913	+ 613
Leukemia	21	1,512	34	776	+ 735
Breast Cancer	22	1,413	26	1,134	+ 279
Lung Cancers	23	1,405	41	569	+ 836
Falls	24	1,178	24	1,170	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,080	36	738	+ 342
Malnutrition	26	1,040	27	1,058	- 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	964	9	4,372	- 3,407
Lymphomas	28	903	45	433	+ 470
Pancreas Cancer	29	780	51	283	+ 497
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	762	33	833	- 72
Hypertension	31	708	8	5,293	- 4,586
Other Neoplasms	32	703	64	21	+ 682
Drownings	33	662	25	1,142	- 480
Anemia	34	635	84	0	+ 635
Asthma	35	592	17	2,106	- 1,514
Skin Disease	36	586	61	44	+ 542
Birth Trauma	37	586	7	5,939	- 5,354
Other Injuries	38	462	16	2,225	- 1,763
Oral Cancer	39	455	42	547	- 92
Ovary Cancer	40	452	52	188	+ 264
Oesophagus Cancer	41	390	35	765	- 375
Inflammatory/Heart	42	376	40	585	- 209
Drug Use	43	356	38	613	- 256
Parkinson's Disease	44	338	49	362	- 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	310	80	0	+ 310
Tuberculosis	46	291	18	1,899	- 1,608
Skin Cancers	47	289	58	100	+ 190
Epilepsy	48	245	43	539	- 294
Bladder Cancer	49	202	55	160	+ 42
Uterin Cancer	50	191	69	5	+ 186
Meningitis	51	172	28	1,018	- 846
Pertussis	52	156	23	1,239	- 1,083
Maternal Conditions	53	128	32	890	- 762
Fires	54	104	29	991	- 887
Chagas disease	55	87	75	0	+ 87
Appendicitis	56	87	54	162	- 75
Poisonings	57	73	44	532	- 459
Syphilis	58	69	53	175	- 107
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	68	66	14	+ 54
Tetanus	60	55	47	395	- 340
Dengue	61	44	60	71	- 28
Upper Respiratory	62	42	70	5	+ 37
Encephalitis	63	35	48	369	- 334
Multiple Sclerosis	64	33	62	42	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	30	37	707	- 677
Hepatitis B	66	22	50	299	- 277
Schizophrenia	67	19	86	0	+ 19
Oral conditions	68	11	82	0	+ 11
Osteoarthritis	69	7	81	0	+ 7
War	70	3	3	12,915	- 12,912
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	79	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	72	1	65	17	- 16
Leishmaniasis	73	0	71	2	- 2
Diphtheria	74	0	67	14	- 14
Hepatitis C	75	0	68	8	- 8
Measles	76	0	12	3,019	- 3,019
Otitis Media	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	72	1	- 1
Malaria	80	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	56	124	- 124
Hookworm Disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

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Yemen

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.