EL SALVADOR VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,801	1	5,814	- 13
Kidney Disease	2	3,507	3	4,726	- 1,218
Stroke	3	2,208	5	1,595	+ 613
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,053	7	1,385	+ 667
Lung Disease	5	1,558	6	1,493	+ 66
Liver Disease	6	1,195	10	797	+ 397
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,143	4	2,418	- 1,275
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,101	8	1,347	- 246
Hypertension	9	1,095	31	146	+ 949
Violence	10	614	2	5,485	- 4,871
Congenital Anomalies	11	567	14	449	+ 118
Liver Cancer	12	505	16	355	+ 150
Low Birth Weight	13	486	19	317	+ 169
Stomach Cancer	14	474	11	702	- 228
Prostate Cancer	15	383	17	328	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	16	371	13	451	- 80
Other Injuries	17	355	38	95	+ 260
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	313	20	315	- 2
Suicide	19	283	15	391	- 108
Breast Cancer	20	281	22	291	- 10
Alcohol	21	277	12	648	- 372
Falls	22	274	24	243	+ 31
Lung Cancers	23	272	23	290	- 18
Leukemia	24	225	21	312	- 86
Birth Trauma	25	197	37	121	+ 76
Other Neoplasms	26	191	32	145	+ 46
Pancreas Cancer	27	176	29	161	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	28	162	25	223	- 60
Lymphomas	29	162	28	186	- 24
Malnutrition	30	162	26	214	- 53
Skin Disease	31	161	36	121	+ 40
Drownings	32	156	33	137	+ 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	148	18	320	- 172
Inflammatory/Heart	34	138	42	78	+ 61
HIV/AIDS	35	138	9	842	- 704
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	121	27	199	- 77
Tuberculosis	37	114	46	60	+ 54
Asthma	38	104	35	122	- 18
Maternal Conditions	39	87	53	26	+ 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	85	30	157	- 72
Epilepsy	41	74	48	50	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	42	66	44	70	- 3
Oral Cancer	43	64	39	94	- 30
Ovary Cancer	44	61	40	93	- 32
Skin Cancers	45	58	47	60	- 1
Drug Use	46	50	43	74	- 24
Oesophagus Cancer	47	42	41	80	- 39
Uterin Cancer	48	39	50	39	- 1
Appendicitis	49	31	56	18	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	30	59	14	+ 16
Meningitis	51	29	51	36	- 7
Bladder Cancer	52	28	49	42	- 14
Anemia	53	28	34	131	- 103
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	20	65	6	+ 14
Poisonings	55	17	57	15	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	17	45	64	- 47
Fires	57	16	54	21	- 5
Encephalitis	58	10	63	7	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	59	10	69	1	+ 8
Syphilis	60	9	58	14	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	64	7	- 0
Hepatitis B	62	5	66	5	+ 1
Oral conditions	63	5	68	2	+ 2
Dengue	64	4	61	9	- 5
Chagas disease	65	4	55	18	- 14
Schizophrenia	66	3	67	4	- 1
Pertussis	67	3	52	32	- 29
Hepatitis C	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	72	0	+ 1
War	70	1	70	1	+ 0
Leprosy	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	62	9	- 8
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	60	11	- 11
Hookworm Disease	80	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Nicaragua

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.