ZAMBIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,242	10	4,432	+ 13,810
Violence	2	17,211	23	1,153	+ 16,058
Kidney Disease	3	14,828	18	1,760	+ 13,067
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,587	2	9,517	- 1,930
Stroke	5	5,006	3	7,948	- 2,942
Lung Disease	6	4,683	21	1,273	+ 3,411
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,347	14	2,395	+ 1,952
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,226	11	3,654	+ 573
HIV/AIDS	9	2,642	1	17,234	- 14,592
Liver Disease	10	2,501	9	4,501	- 1,999
Stomach Cancer	11	2,203	42	206	+ 1,996
Alcohol	12	2,034	49	140	+ 1,894
Cervical Cancer	13	1,417	17	1,799	- 382
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,409	12	3,146	- 1,737
Suicide	15	1,225	20	1,303	- 77
Liver Cancer	16	1,114	46	177	+ 938
Prostate Cancer	17	1,031	30	561	+ 469
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	1,004	29	590	+ 414
Low Birth Weight	19	995	8	4,857	- 3,862
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	987	43	203	+ 785
Leukemia	21	978	39	261	+ 717
Breast Cancer	22	914	35	366	+ 549
Lung Cancers	23	909	41	226	+ 683
Falls	24	762	28	596	+ 166
Endocrine Disorders	25	699	37	354	+ 345
Malnutrition	26	673	15	2,303	- 1,630
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	624	5	6,275	- 5,651
Lymphomas	28	584	31	548	+ 36
Pancreas Cancer	29	505	62	42	+ 462
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	493	40	246	+ 248
Hypertension	31	458	13	2,616	- 2,158
Other Neoplasms	32	455	65	20	+ 435
Drownings	33	428	27	689	- 260
Anemia	34	411	83	0	+ 411
Asthma	35	383	26	741	- 358
Skin Disease	36	379	52	126	+ 253
Birth Trauma	37	379	7	5,062	- 4,683
Other Injuries	38	299	19	1,729	- 1,429
Oral Cancer	39	294	48	155	+ 139
Ovary Cancer	40	292	57	82	+ 210
Oesophagus Cancer	41	252	36	359	- 106
Inflammatory/Heart	42	243	33	501	- 258
Drug Use	43	231	53	122	+ 108
Parkinson's Disease	44	219	47	164	+ 55
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	201	84	0	+ 201
Tuberculosis	46	188	6	5,941	- 5,753
Skin Cancers	47	187	54	108	+ 79
Epilepsy	48	158	38	332	- 174
Bladder Cancer	49	131	50	132	- 1
Uterin Cancer	50	124	64	30	+ 94
Meningitis	51	111	16	1,976	- 1,864
Pertussis	52	101	25	743	- 642
Maternal Conditions	53	83	22	1,188	- 1,105
Fires	54	67	32	546	- 479
Chagas disease	55	57	79	0	+ 57
Appendicitis	56	56	56	84	- 28
Poisonings	57	47	34	456	- 409
Syphilis	58	44	24	885	- 840
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	44	63	30	+ 14
Tetanus	60	35	44	190	- 155
Dengue	61	28	74	1	+ 27
Upper Respiratory	62	27	60	68	- 41
Encephalitis	63	23	59	70	- 47
Multiple Sclerosis	64	22	67	13	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	19	45	190	- 170
Hepatitis B	66	14	55	104	- 90
Schizophrenia	67	12	81	0	+ 12
Oral conditions	68	7	86	0	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	69	4	85	0	+ 4
War	70	2	69	6	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	68	9	- 8
Leishmaniasis	73	0	58	72	- 72
Diphtheria	74	0	73	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	75	0	66	18	- 18
Measles	76	0	61	48	- 48
Otitis Media	77	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	71	3	- 3
Malaria	80	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	72	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	82	0	51	128	- 128
Hookworm Disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

El Salvador

Zambia

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.