EL SALVADOR VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,881	1	5,814	- 2,933
Stroke	2	1,725	5	1,595	+ 130
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,019	8	1,347	- 328
Diabetes Mellitus	4	999	7	1,385	- 386
Hypertension	5	909	31	146	+ 763
Kidney Disease	6	886	3	4,726	- 3,839
Lung Cancers	7	628	23	290	+ 338
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	556	4	2,418	- 1,862
Congenital Anomalies	9	554	14	449	+ 105
Low Birth Weight	10	508	19	317	+ 191
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	419	18	320	+ 99
Breast Cancer	12	407	22	291	+ 115
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	366	20	315	+ 51
Liver Disease	14	293	10	797	- 504
Lung Disease	15	263	6	1,493	- 1,229
Leukemia	16	219	21	312	- 92
Stomach Cancer	17	217	11	702	- 485
Lymphomas	18	192	28	186	+ 6
Other Injuries	19	174	38	95	+ 79
Birth Trauma	20	161	37	121	+ 40
Violence	21	160	2	5,485	- 5,326
Pancreas Cancer	22	146	29	161	- 15
Bladder Cancer	23	126	49	42	+ 84
Falls	24	113	24	243	- 130
Liver Cancer	25	110	16	355	- 245
Endocrine Disorders	26	107	25	223	- 116
Parkinson's Disease	27	100	44	70	+ 31
Suicide	28	98	15	391	- 292
Fires	29	91	54	21	+ 69
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	90	27	199	- 109
Oral Cancer	31	85	39	94	- 9
Ovary Cancer	32	83	40	93	- 11
Prostate Cancer	33	78	17	328	- 251
Drug Use	34	68	43	74	- 5
Asthma	35	68	35	122	- 54
Drownings	36	63	33	137	- 73
Meningitis	37	46	51	36	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	38	44	42	78	- 33
Uterin Cancer	39	44	50	39	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	40	30	157	- 118
Cervical Cancer	41	38	13	451	- 414
Oesophagus Cancer	42	37	41	80	- 43
Pertussis	43	32	52	32	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	44	31	53	26	+ 5
Syphilis	45	31	58	14	+ 17
Epilepsy	46	29	48	50	- 21
Poisonings	47	28	57	15	+ 13
Skin Disease	48	25	36	121	- 96
Skin Cancers	49	22	47	60	- 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	13	65	6	+ 7
Malnutrition	51	9	26	214	- 206
Encephalitis	52	8	63	7	+ 1
Tuberculosis	53	7	46	60	- 53
Multiple Sclerosis	54	7	64	7	+ 0
Alcohol	55	6	12	648	- 642
Tetanus	56	6	60	11	- 5
Other Neoplasms	57	5	32	145	- 140
Appendicitis	58	5	56	18	- 13
War	59	4	70	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	2	66	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	59	14	- 12
Schistosomiasis	62	2	82	0	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	63	1	9	842	- 841
Hepatitis C	64	1	75	0	+ 1
Measles	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	72	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	62	9	- 8
Chlamydia	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	81	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
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	45	64	- 64
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Jordan

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.