EL SALVADOR VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,351	4	2,418	+ 933
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,480	27	199	+ 2,282
Stroke	3	2,201	5	1,595	+ 606
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,043	1	5,814	- 3,771
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,765	8	1,347	+ 418
Birth Trauma	6	1,739	37	121	+ 1,619
Low Birth Weight	7	1,567	19	317	+ 1,250
Liver Disease	8	1,525	10	797	+ 728
Tuberculosis	9	1,200	46	60	+ 1,140
Diabetes Mellitus	10	909	7	1,385	- 476
Congenital Anomalies	11	874	14	449	+ 425
Hypertension	12	753	31	146	+ 607
Kidney Disease	13	677	3	4,726	- 4,049
Meningitis	14	672	51	36	+ 637
Lung Disease	15	664	6	1,493	- 829
Other Injuries	16	656	38	95	+ 561
HIV/AIDS	17	641	9	842	- 201
Maternal Conditions	18	497	53	26	+ 470
Malnutrition	19	483	26	214	+ 269
Breast Cancer	20	474	22	291	+ 183
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	462	18	320	+ 142
Violence	22	452	2	5,485	- 5,034
Pertussis	23	386	52	32	+ 353
Measles	24	354	76	0	+ 354
Suicide	25	337	15	391	- 53
Malaria	26	315	80	0	+ 315
Cervical Cancer	27	281	13	451	- 171
Falls	28	252	24	243	+ 9
Asthma	29	251	35	122	+ 129
Leukemia	30	236	21	312	- 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	210	20	315	- 105
Poisonings	32	205	57	15	+ 190
Lymphomas	33	201	28	186	+ 15
Fires	34	182	54	21	+ 161
Drownings	35	175	33	137	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	36	136	40	93	+ 42
Tetanus	37	123	60	11	+ 112
Lung Cancers	38	123	23	290	- 167
Inflammatory/Heart	39	121	42	78	+ 44
Oesophagus Cancer	40	103	41	80	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	98	30	157	- 59
Liver Cancer	42	97	16	355	- 258
Syphilis	43	95	58	14	+ 81
Epilepsy	44	91	48	50	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	45	91	25	223	- 132
Parkinson's Disease	46	88	44	70	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	47	85	11	702	- 617
Oral Cancer	48	83	39	94	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	75	65	6	+ 69
Prostate Cancer	50	70	17	328	- 259
Bladder Cancer	51	60	49	42	+ 19
Skin Cancers	52	56	47	60	- 3
Skin Disease	53	51	36	121	- 70
Schistosomiasis	54	47	82	0	+ 47
Alcohol	55	42	12	648	- 606
Hepatitis B	56	41	66	5	+ 37
Upper Respiratory	57	40	62	9	+ 31
Appendicitis	58	38	56	18	+ 20
Leishmaniasis	59	32	73	0	+ 32
Drug Use	60	29	43	74	- 45
Pancreas Cancer	61	27	29	161	- 134
Uterin Cancer	62	24	50	39	- 16
Encephalitis	63	22	63	7	+ 14
War	64	16	70	1	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	12	59	14	- 2
Other Neoplasms	66	8	32	145	- 137
Diphtheria	67	8	74	0	+ 8
Ascariasis	68	7	72	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	69	6	75	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	70	3	64	7	- 3
Otitis Media	71	2	77	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	72	1	79	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	1	61	9	- 8
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	55	18	- 18
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	45	64	- 64
Oral conditions	82	0	68	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	67	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Ethiopia

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.