EL SALVADOR VS HONDURAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HONDURAS		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,609	1	5,814	- 205
Violence	2	4,536	2	5,485	- 950
Stroke	3	3,942	5	1,595	+ 2,347
Kidney Disease	4	2,126	3	4,726	- 2,600
Lung Disease	5	2,085	6	1,493	+ 592
Liver Disease	6	1,893	10	797	+ 1,096
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,094	8	1,347	- 253
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	983	18	320	+ 663
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	929	4	2,418	- 1,489
Diabetes Mellitus	10	748	7	1,385	- 637
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	642	27	199	+ 443
Other Injuries	12	588	38	95	+ 493
Hypertension	13	583	31	146	+ 437
HIV/AIDS	14	552	9	842	- 290
Congenital Anomalies	15	552	14	449	+ 103
Low Birth Weight	16	525	19	317	+ 208
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	457	30	157	+ 300
Stomach Cancer	18	447	11	702	- 255
Cervical Cancer	19	343	13	451	- 109
Breast Cancer	20	333	22	291	+ 41
Leukemia	21	330	21	312	+ 19
Tuberculosis	22	315	46	60	+ 255
Parkinson's Disease	23	298	44	70	+ 229
Lymphomas	24	271	28	186	+ 85
Prostate Cancer	25	263	17	328	- 65
Liver Cancer	26	261	16	355	- 94
Lung Cancers	27	257	23	290	- 33
Inflammatory/Heart	28	255	42	78	+ 177
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	246	20	315	- 69
Asthma	30	241	35	122	+ 119
Endocrine Disorders	31	233	25	223	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	32	226	29	161	+ 65
Birth Trauma	33	216	37	121	+ 95
Alcohol	34	214	12	648	- 434
Falls	35	201	24	243	- 42
Epilepsy	36	140	48	50	+ 90
Suicide	37	140	15	391	- 251
Drownings	38	127	33	137	- 9
Malnutrition	39	126	26	214	- 88
Skin Disease	40	116	36	121	- 4
Appendicitis	41	97	56	18	+ 79
Drug Use	42	90	43	74	+ 16
Dengue	43	84	61	9	+ 75
Oral Cancer	44	69	39	94	- 25
Ovary Cancer	45	68	40	93	- 25
Meningitis	46	64	51	36	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	64	59	14	+ 49
Maternal Conditions	48	63	53	26	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	49	57	49	42	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	50	56	41	80	- 24
Encephalitis	51	55	63	7	+ 47
Skin Cancers	52	47	47	60	- 12
Pertussis	53	40	52	32	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	32	65	6	+ 26
Poisonings	55	31	57	15	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	56	28	32	145	- 117
Fires	57	28	54	21	+ 6
Chagas disease	58	19	55	18	+ 1
Tetanus	59	18	60	11	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	60	16	50	39	- 24
Syphilis	61	13	58	14	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	64	7	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	6	62	9	- 2
Hepatitis B	64	3	66	5	- 1
War	65	3	70	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	2	75	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	69	1	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	68	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	45	64	- 64
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	34	131	- 131
Schizophrenia	86	0	67	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Honduras

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.