EL SALVADOR VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,424	4	2,418	+ 1,006
Stroke	2	2,679	5	1,595	+ 1,084
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,395	27	199	+ 2,196
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,250	1	5,814	- 3,563
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,386	8	1,347	+ 39
Liver Disease	6	1,269	10	797	+ 472
Diabetes Mellitus	7	987	7	1,385	- 399
Hypertension	8	967	31	146	+ 821
Lung Disease	9	692	6	1,493	- 801
Malnutrition	10	689	26	214	+ 475
Birth Trauma	11	644	37	121	+ 523
Kidney Disease	12	604	3	4,726	- 4,122
Maternal Conditions	13	568	53	26	+ 542
Tuberculosis	14	568	46	60	+ 508
Other Injuries	15	564	38	95	+ 469
Low Birth Weight	16	555	19	317	+ 238
Malaria	17	457	80	0	+ 457
Congenital Anomalies	18	451	14	449	+ 2
Meningitis	19	423	51	36	+ 387
Violence	20	401	2	5,485	- 5,084
Suicide	21	399	15	391	+ 8
Asthma	22	341	35	122	+ 219
Breast Cancer	23	325	22	291	+ 34
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	324	18	320	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	25	321	9	842	- 521
Falls	26	176	24	243	- 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	154	30	157	- 3
Lymphomas	28	153	28	186	- 33
Leukemia	29	151	21	312	- 161
Cervical Cancer	30	138	13	451	- 313
Fires	31	138	54	21	+ 116
Inflammatory/Heart	32	128	42	78	+ 51
Drownings	33	123	33	137	- 14
Poisonings	34	119	57	15	+ 104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	118	20	315	- 196
Pertussis	36	94	52	32	+ 61
Parkinson's Disease	37	89	44	70	+ 19
Epilepsy	38	85	48	50	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	39	85	41	80	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	40	83	40	93	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	80	65	6	+ 74
Schistosomiasis	42	76	82	0	+ 76
Endocrine Disorders	43	74	25	223	- 148
Oral Cancer	44	74	39	94	- 20
Liver Cancer	45	72	16	355	- 283
Lung Cancers	46	64	23	290	- 225
Prostate Cancer	47	57	17	328	- 272
Stomach Cancer	48	50	11	702	- 652
Alcohol	49	48	12	648	- 601
Skin Disease	50	47	36	121	- 74
Bladder Cancer	51	44	49	42	+ 2
Tetanus	52	39	60	11	+ 28
Drug Use	53	38	43	74	- 36
Syphilis	54	36	58	14	+ 22
Appendicitis	55	33	56	18	+ 15
Skin Cancers	56	31	47	60	- 29
Hepatitis B	57	29	66	5	+ 24
Pancreas Cancer	58	20	29	161	- 140
Leishmaniasis	59	20	73	0	+ 20
Upper Respiratory	60	19	62	9	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	61	18	50	39	- 21
Encephalitis	62	16	63	7	+ 9
Measles	63	13	76	0	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	12	59	14	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	7	75	0	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	66	6	32	145	- 139
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	64	7	- 3
Ascariasis	68	2	72	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	69	2	77	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	79	0	+ 1
War	71	0	70	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	55	18	- 18
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	67	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	85	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Eritrea

El Salvador

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.