EL SALVADOR VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,952	1	5,814	+ 139
Stroke	2	2,344	5	1,595	+ 749
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,300	8	1,347	- 47
Kidney Disease	4	1,068	3	4,726	- 3,658
War	5	950	70	1	+ 949
Hypertension	6	824	31	146	+ 678
Tuberculosis	7	731	46	60	+ 671
Diabetes Mellitus	8	723	7	1,385	- 662
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	670	4	2,418	- 1,748
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	669	18	320	+ 349
Liver Disease	11	568	10	797	- 230
Lung Disease	12	547	6	1,493	- 946
Lung Cancers	13	533	23	290	+ 243
Congenital Anomalies	14	444	14	449	- 5
Other Injuries	15	389	38	95	+ 294
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	384	20	315	+ 69
Drug Use	17	334	43	74	+ 260
Low Birth Weight	18	323	19	317	+ 6
Suicide	19	273	15	391	- 117
Asthma	20	267	35	122	+ 145
HIV/AIDS	21	202	9	842	- 640
Leukemia	22	195	21	312	- 117
Pancreas Cancer	23	188	29	161	+ 27
Falls	24	183	24	243	- 60
Breast Cancer	25	171	22	291	- 120
Lymphomas	26	170	28	186	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	27	143	44	70	+ 74
Liver Cancer	28	138	16	355	- 218
Endocrine Disorders	29	137	25	223	- 85
Violence	30	131	2	5,485	- 5,354
Bladder Cancer	31	122	49	42	+ 81
Cervical Cancer	32	121	13	451	- 330
Stomach Cancer	33	121	11	702	- 581
Birth Trauma	34	119	37	121	- 2
Maternal Conditions	35	111	53	26	+ 85
Fires	36	104	54	21	+ 82
Inflammatory/Heart	37	97	42	78	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	89	30	157	- 68
Prostate Cancer	39	86	17	328	- 242
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	82	27	199	- 116
Oral Cancer	41	73	39	94	- 21
Ovary Cancer	42	68	40	93	- 26
Drownings	43	67	33	137	- 70
Epilepsy	44	60	48	50	+ 9
Poisonings	45	50	57	15	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	44	65	6	+ 38
Meningitis	47	37	51	36	+ 2
Hepatitis B	48	31	66	5	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	49	30	41	80	- 51
Alcohol	50	19	12	648	- 629
Skin Cancers	51	18	47	60	- 42
Multiple Sclerosis	52	18	64	7	+ 11
Encephalitis	53	17	63	7	+ 10
Skin Disease	54	15	36	121	- 105
Pertussis	55	15	52	32	- 17
Appendicitis	56	13	56	18	- 5
Malnutrition	57	10	26	214	- 205
Other Neoplasms	58	9	32	145	- 136
Schistosomiasis	59	8	82	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	60	7	50	39	- 32
Syphilis	61	5	58	14	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	59	14	- 10
Leishmaniasis	63	2	73	0	+ 2
Tetanus	64	1	60	11	- 10
Hepatitis C	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	9	- 8
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	81	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	68	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	34	131	- 131
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	67	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Libya

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.