EL SALVADOR VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,759	1	5,814	- 1,055
Stroke	2	2,440	5	1,595	+ 845
Lung Disease	3	1,553	6	1,493	+ 60
Kidney Disease	4	1,371	3	4,726	- 3,355
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	805	18	320	+ 485
Diabetes Mellitus	6	798	7	1,385	- 587
Lung Cancers	7	620	23	290	+ 330
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	563	4	2,418	- 1,855
Breast Cancer	9	477	22	291	+ 185
Liver Cancer	10	457	16	355	+ 102
Liver Disease	11	416	10	797	- 381
Endocrine Disorders	12	369	25	223	+ 146
Cervical Cancer	13	367	13	451	- 85
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	358	20	315	+ 43
Congenital Anomalies	15	328	14	449	- 121
Falls	16	321	24	243	+ 78
Hypertension	17	279	31	146	+ 133
Other Injuries	18	267	38	95	+ 172
Oral Cancer	19	263	39	94	+ 169
Low Birth Weight	20	250	19	317	- 67
Suicide	21	248	15	391	- 143
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	245	27	199	+ 46
Drownings	23	236	33	137	+ 99
Leukemia	24	218	21	312	- 94
Parkinson's Disease	25	197	44	70	+ 128
Prostate Cancer	26	196	17	328	- 133
Tuberculosis	27	193	46	60	+ 133
Violence	28	171	2	5,485	- 5,315
Asthma	29	168	35	122	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	30	158	40	93	+ 65
Road Traffic Accidents	31	147	8	1,347	- 1,200
Skin Disease	32	144	36	121	+ 23
Dengue	33	129	61	9	+ 120
Lymphomas	34	126	28	186	- 60
Maternal Conditions	35	93	53	26	+ 66
Inflammatory/Heart	36	91	42	78	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	37	89	49	42	+ 48
Epilepsy	38	83	48	50	+ 33
Birth Trauma	39	82	37	121	- 39
Pancreas Cancer	40	75	29	161	- 86
Fires	41	67	54	21	+ 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	61	30	157	- 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	58	65	6	+ 52
Encephalitis	44	46	63	7	+ 39
Malnutrition	45	46	26	214	- 168
Other Neoplasms	46	35	32	145	- 110
Uterin Cancer	47	34	50	39	- 6
Drug Use	48	31	43	74	- 42
Stomach Cancer	49	21	11	702	- 681
Meningitis	50	18	51	36	- 17
Alcohol	51	11	12	648	- 637
Pertussis	52	6	52	32	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	6	59	14	- 8
Tetanus	54	5	60	11	- 7
Poisonings	55	4	57	15	- 11
Hepatitis B	56	4	66	5	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	64	7	- 3
Syphilis	58	2	58	14	- 12
Oesophagus Cancer	59	2	41	80	- 78
Measles	60	2	76	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	2	56	18	- 16
War	62	1	70	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	47	60	- 59
Hepatitis C	64	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	9	- 8
Chlamydia	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	9	842	- 842
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
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	34	131	- 131
Schizophrenia	86	0	67	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Maldives

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.