EL SALVADOR VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	14,187	9	842	+ 13,345
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,565	4	2,418	+ 7,147
Stroke	3	8,382	5	1,595	+ 6,787
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	7,005	27	199	+ 6,807
Coronary Heart Disease	5	6,252	1	5,814	+ 438
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,950	7	1,385	+ 4,565
Suicide	7	4,581	15	391	+ 4,191
Tuberculosis	8	3,596	46	60	+ 3,536
Lung Disease	9	3,279	6	1,493	+ 1,786
Kidney Disease	10	3,019	3	4,726	- 1,707
Hypertension	11	2,946	31	146	+ 2,800
Low Birth Weight	12	2,847	19	317	+ 2,530
Violence	13	2,749	2	5,485	- 2,736
Liver Disease	14	2,357	10	797	+ 1,560
Birth Trauma	15	2,134	37	121	+ 2,014
Road Traffic Accidents	16	2,019	8	1,347	+ 672
Asthma	17	2,017	35	122	+ 1,895
Other Injuries	18	1,586	38	95	+ 1,490
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,159	14	449	+ 709
Cervical Cancer	20	1,108	13	451	+ 657
Malnutrition	21	1,063	26	214	+ 848
Meningitis	22	946	51	36	+ 910
Inflammatory/Heart	23	908	42	78	+ 830
Maternal Conditions	24	870	53	26	+ 843
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	829	30	157	+ 672
Fires	26	800	54	21	+ 778
Endocrine Disorders	27	699	25	223	+ 476
Drownings	28	595	33	137	+ 458
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	578	18	320	+ 258
Epilepsy	30	427	48	50	+ 376
Falls	31	380	24	243	+ 137
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	374	65	6	+ 367
Poisonings	33	331	57	15	+ 316
Breast Cancer	34	289	22	291	- 3
Prostate Cancer	35	240	17	328	- 88
Lymphomas	36	232	28	186	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	37	218	41	80	+ 138
Alcohol	38	211	12	648	- 438
Liver Cancer	39	210	16	355	- 145
Skin Disease	40	208	36	121	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	41	163	44	70	+ 93
Oral Cancer	42	154	39	94	+ 60
Lung Cancers	43	152	23	290	- 138
Pertussis	44	152	52	32	+ 120
Syphilis	45	150	58	14	+ 136
Skin Cancers	46	138	47	60	+ 78
Tetanus	47	134	60	11	+ 123
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	118	20	315	- 197
Leukemia	49	116	21	312	- 196
Drug Use	50	94	43	74	+ 20
Hepatitis B	51	79	66	5	+ 75
Appendicitis	52	74	56	18	+ 56
Ovary Cancer	53	73	40	93	- 20
Uterin Cancer	54	70	50	39	+ 30
Upper Respiratory	55	54	62	9	+ 45
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	54	59	14	+ 40
Encephalitis	57	40	63	7	+ 33
Pancreas Cancer	58	36	29	161	- 125
Measles	59	35	76	0	+ 35
Stomach Cancer	60	32	11	702	- 670
Bladder Cancer	61	29	49	42	- 13
Other Neoplasms	62	27	32	145	- 118
Multiple Sclerosis	63	18	64	7	+ 11
Hepatitis C	64	7	75	0	+ 7
Chlamydia	65	5	79	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	66	4	77	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	67	2	72	0	+ 2
War	68	1	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Dengue	70	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	71	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	55	18	- 18
Malaria	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	67	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	34	131	- 131
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

Lesotho

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.