EL SALVADOR VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	3,372	46	60	+ 3,312
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,283	4	2,418	+ 865
Measles	3	3,114	76	0	+ 3,114
Malaria	4	2,960	80	0	+ 2,960
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,341	8	1,347	+ 994
HIV/AIDS	6	2,340	9	842	+ 1,497
Coronary Heart Disease	7	2,298	1	5,814	- 3,516
Low Birth Weight	8	2,014	19	317	+ 1,697
Birth Trauma	9	1,952	37	121	+ 1,832
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	1,941	27	199	+ 1,742
Stroke	11	1,924	5	1,595	+ 329
Maternal Conditions	12	1,060	53	26	+ 1,034
Liver Disease	13	1,047	10	797	+ 249
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,016	14	449	+ 567
Diabetes Mellitus	15	792	7	1,385	- 593
Kidney Disease	16	742	3	4,726	- 3,984
Meningitis	17	673	51	36	+ 637
Violence	18	581	2	5,485	- 4,904
Cervical Cancer	19	577	13	451	+ 126
Liver Cancer	20	535	16	355	+ 180
Syphilis	21	481	58	14	+ 466
Other Injuries	22	464	38	95	+ 368
Hypertension	23	452	31	146	+ 306
Malnutrition	24	431	26	214	+ 216
Prostate Cancer	25	363	17	328	+ 34
Lung Disease	26	358	6	1,493	- 1,135
Breast Cancer	27	299	22	291	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	28	299	25	223	+ 77
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	286	18	320	- 34
Suicide	30	268	15	391	- 123
Asthma	31	243	35	122	+ 121
Pertussis	32	241	52	32	+ 208
Falls	33	189	24	243	- 53
Fires	34	187	54	21	+ 165
Drownings	35	155	33	137	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	154	30	157	- 3
Stomach Cancer	37	148	11	702	- 554
Inflammatory/Heart	38	141	42	78	+ 63
Lymphomas	39	114	28	186	- 72
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	109	20	315	- 205
Poisonings	41	100	57	15	+ 85
Epilepsy	42	99	48	50	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	43	88	44	70	+ 18
Lung Cancers	44	80	23	290	- 209
Schistosomiasis	45	63	82	0	+ 63
Skin Cancers	46	62	47	60	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	47	61	40	93	- 32
Oral Cancer	48	61	39	94	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	61	65	6	+ 55
Drug Use	50	52	43	74	- 22
Skin Disease	51	50	36	121	- 71
Hepatitis B	52	48	66	5	+ 43
Pancreas Cancer	53	46	29	161	- 115
Tetanus	54	38	60	11	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	55	35	50	39	- 5
Encephalitis	56	34	63	7	+ 26
Alcohol	57	31	12	648	- 617
Leukemia	58	28	21	312	- 284
Bladder Cancer	59	23	49	42	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	60	19	41	80	- 61
Appendicitis	61	15	56	18	- 3
Other Neoplasms	62	7	32	145	- 138
Multiple Sclerosis	63	5	64	7	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	59	14	- 9
Hepatitis C	65	5	75	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	66	5	72	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	67	3	62	9	- 5
Diphtheria	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	79	0	+ 1
War	70	1	70	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	55	18	- 18
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	67	4	- 4
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	34	131	- 131
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	85	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Liberia

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.