EL SALVADOR VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,044	1	5,814	+ 1,230
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,502	4	2,418	+ 2,084
Stroke	3	4,141	5	1,595	+ 2,546
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,377	8	1,347	+ 30
Lung Disease	5	1,272	6	1,493	- 221
Kidney Disease	6	1,271	3	4,726	- 3,454
Liver Disease	7	983	10	797	+ 186
Lung Cancers	8	828	23	290	+ 538
Diabetes Mellitus	9	788	7	1,385	- 598
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	766	18	320	+ 447
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	735	20	315	+ 420
Breast Cancer	12	589	22	291	+ 298
HIV/AIDS	13	514	9	842	- 328
Other Injuries	14	426	38	95	+ 331
Skin Disease	15	396	36	121	+ 275
Liver Cancer	16	380	16	355	+ 25
Oral Cancer	17	358	39	94	+ 264
Falls	18	356	24	243	+ 113
Suicide	19	350	15	391	- 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	340	27	199	+ 141
Stomach Cancer	21	276	11	702	- 426
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	273	30	157	+ 116
Leukemia	23	271	21	312	- 41
Congenital Anomalies	24	269	14	449	- 180
Lymphomas	25	253	28	186	+ 67
Tuberculosis	26	235	46	60	+ 175
Inflammatory/Heart	27	233	42	78	+ 155
Parkinson's Disease	28	212	44	70	+ 142
Low Birth Weight	29	196	19	317	- 121
Asthma	30	194	35	122	+ 72
Cervical Cancer	31	194	13	451	- 258
Pancreas Cancer	32	191	29	161	+ 30
Prostate Cancer	33	173	17	328	- 155
Violence	34	167	2	5,485	- 5,319
Ovary Cancer	35	159	40	93	+ 65
Drownings	36	157	33	137	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	37	155	25	223	- 67
Hypertension	38	125	31	146	- 21
Bladder Cancer	39	90	49	42	+ 48
Encephalitis	40	87	63	7	+ 79
Oesophagus Cancer	41	83	41	80	+ 3
Birth Trauma	42	69	37	121	- 52
Uterin Cancer	43	68	50	39	+ 28
Fires	44	64	54	21	+ 43
Drug Use	45	62	43	74	- 12
Meningitis	46	58	51	36	+ 22
Dengue	47	54	61	9	+ 45
Other Neoplasms	48	51	32	145	- 94
Malnutrition	49	48	26	214	- 167
Skin Cancers	50	47	47	60	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	47	65	6	+ 41
Epilepsy	52	43	48	50	- 7
Poisonings	53	40	57	15	+ 25
Hepatitis B	54	39	66	5	+ 35
Alcohol	55	35	12	648	- 614
Maternal Conditions	56	32	53	26	+ 6
Pertussis	57	15	52	32	- 17
Appendicitis	58	14	56	18	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	59	6	64	7	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	59	14	- 9
Tetanus	61	4	60	11	- 7
Syphilis	62	4	58	14	- 11
War	63	2	70	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	75	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	62	9	- 8
Otitis Media	66	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	45	64	- 64
Oral conditions	82	0	68	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	67	4	- 4
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	34	131	- 131
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Malaysia

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.