EL SALVADOR VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,910	1	5,814	- 904
Road Traffic Accidents	2	1,372	8	1,347	+ 25
Stroke	3	1,266	5	1,595	- 329
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	718	4	2,418	- 1,700
Hypertension	5	541	31	146	+ 395
Diabetes Mellitus	6	511	7	1,385	- 874
Breast Cancer	7	486	22	291	+ 194
Kidney Disease	8	431	3	4,726	- 4,295
Congenital Anomalies	9	426	14	449	- 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	419	20	315	+ 104
Liver Disease	11	405	10	797	- 392
Lung Cancers	12	341	23	290	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	13	333	19	317	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	295	18	320	- 25
Lymphomas	15	278	28	186	+ 92
Liver Cancer	16	273	16	355	- 82
Leukemia	17	259	21	312	- 52
Suicide	18	258	15	391	- 132
Falls	19	216	24	243	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	20	187	29	161	+ 26
Lung Disease	21	178	6	1,493	- 1,315
Other Injuries	22	175	38	95	+ 79
Violence	23	157	2	5,485	- 5,328
Oral Cancer	24	156	39	94	+ 62
Stomach Cancer	25	152	11	702	- 551
Prostate Cancer	26	123	17	328	- 205
Bladder Cancer	27	110	49	42	+ 68
Endocrine Disorders	28	92	25	223	- 131
Ovary Cancer	29	88	40	93	- 6
Drug Use	30	81	43	74	+ 7
Inflammatory/Heart	31	77	42	78	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	32	74	41	80	- 6
Cervical Cancer	33	67	13	451	- 384
Tuberculosis	34	65	46	60	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	35	65	50	39	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	36	61	44	70	- 9
Skin Cancers	37	60	47	60	+ 0
Fires	38	58	54	21	+ 37
Epilepsy	39	46	48	50	- 4
Asthma	40	45	35	122	- 77
Drownings	41	41	33	137	- 95
Poisonings	42	34	57	15	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	29	30	157	- 128
Alcohol	44	24	12	648	- 624
Meningitis	45	19	51	36	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	18	65	6	+ 12
Birth Trauma	47	15	37	121	- 105
HIV/AIDS	48	14	9	842	- 828
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	13	27	199	- 186
Multiple Sclerosis	50	10	64	7	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	51	9	32	145	- 136
Encephalitis	52	9	63	7	+ 1
Skin Disease	53	8	36	121	- 113
Maternal Conditions	54	8	53	26	- 19
Appendicitis	55	3	56	18	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	59	14	- 12
War	57	2	70	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	2	66	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	59	1	75	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	60	1	26	214	- 214
Measles	61	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	62	9	- 8
Pertussis	63	0	52	32	- 32
Syphilis	64	0	58	14	- 14
Chlamydia	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	60	11	- 11
Dengue	67	0	61	9	- 9
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	84	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	55	18	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	81	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	68	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	67	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	34	131	- 131
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Kuwait

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.