EL SALVADOR VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	4,911	46	60	+ 4,851
HIV/AIDS	2	3,046	9	842	+ 2,203
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,751	1	5,814	- 3,063
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,608	4	2,418	+ 190
Stroke	5	2,420	5	1,595	+ 825
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,735	7	1,385	+ 350
Malaria	7	1,458	80	0	+ 1,458
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,400	8	1,347	+ 53
Low Birth Weight	9	1,335	19	317	+ 1,018
Liver Disease	10	1,125	10	797	+ 327
Hypertension	11	1,113	31	146	+ 967
Kidney Disease	12	1,036	3	4,726	- 3,690
Birth Trauma	13	979	37	121	+ 858
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	859	27	199	+ 660
Congenital Anomalies	15	770	14	449	+ 321
Lung Disease	16	581	6	1,493	- 912
Violence	17	496	2	5,485	- 4,989
Suicide	18	493	15	391	+ 103
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	409	18	320	+ 89
Measles	20	394	76	0	+ 394
Maternal Conditions	21	392	53	26	+ 366
Other Injuries	22	377	38	95	+ 282
Meningitis	23	305	51	36	+ 270
Inflammatory/Heart	24	273	42	78	+ 196
Endocrine Disorders	25	265	25	223	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	26	260	13	451	- 192
Breast Cancer	27	249	22	291	- 42
Asthma	28	244	35	122	+ 122
Lung Cancers	29	235	23	290	- 54
Falls	30	228	24	243	- 15
Pertussis	31	219	52	32	+ 187
Prostate Cancer	32	215	17	328	- 114
Malnutrition	33	210	26	214	- 5
Oral Cancer	34	187	39	94	+ 93
Liver Cancer	35	142	16	355	- 213
Parkinson's Disease	36	127	44	70	+ 58
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	116	20	315	- 198
Drownings	38	113	33	137	- 24
Fires	39	104	54	21	+ 83
Epilepsy	40	100	48	50	+ 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	98	30	157	- 59
Trypanosomiasis	42	95	81	0	+ 95
Bladder Cancer	43	94	49	42	+ 52
Oesophagus Cancer	44	93	41	80	+ 13
Drug Use	45	91	43	74	+ 18
Skin Cancers	46	91	47	60	+ 32
Syphilis	47	88	58	14	+ 74
Stomach Cancer	48	87	11	702	- 615
Lymphomas	49	86	28	186	- 100
Poisonings	50	75	57	15	+ 60
Ovary Cancer	51	72	40	93	- 22
Skin Disease	52	58	36	121	- 62
Pancreas Cancer	53	56	29	161	- 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	54	65	6	+ 48
Uterin Cancer	55	52	50	39	+ 13
Alcohol	56	52	12	648	- 596
Leukemia	57	46	21	312	- 266
Schistosomiasis	58	37	82	0	+ 37
Tetanus	59	23	60	11	+ 12
Encephalitis	60	19	63	7	+ 12
Appendicitis	61	18	56	18	- 0
Hepatitis B	62	18	66	5	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	17	59	14	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	64	14	32	145	- 131
War	65	7	70	1	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	66	7	62	9	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	64	7	- 2
Hepatitis C	68	3	75	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	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
Schizophrenia	81	0	67	4	- 4
Anemia	82	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	68	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	86	0	69	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Gabon

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.