EL SALVADOR VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,308	4	2,418	+ 2,890
Malaria	2	4,283	80	0	+ 4,283
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	4,034	27	199	+ 3,835
Low Birth Weight	4	2,406	19	317	+ 2,089
Stroke	5	2,193	5	1,595	+ 598
Coronary Heart Disease	6	2,071	1	5,814	- 3,743
Birth Trauma	7	2,021	37	121	+ 1,900
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,496	8	1,347	+ 149
Meningitis	9	1,318	51	36	+ 1,282
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,094	14	449	+ 644
Liver Disease	11	1,036	10	797	+ 239
Other Injuries	12	963	38	95	+ 867
Tuberculosis	13	932	46	60	+ 872
Maternal Conditions	14	835	53	26	+ 808
Pertussis	15	719	52	32	+ 687
Kidney Disease	16	688	3	4,726	- 4,038
Diabetes Mellitus	17	662	7	1,385	- 724
Measles	18	607	76	0	+ 607
Violence	19	565	2	5,485	- 4,921
Lung Disease	20	547	6	1,493	- 946
Malnutrition	21	546	26	214	+ 332
Asthma	22	479	35	122	+ 357
Endocrine Disorders	23	454	25	223	+ 232
Drownings	24	398	33	137	+ 261
Hypertension	25	341	31	146	+ 195
Falls	26	326	24	243	+ 84
Suicide	27	309	15	391	- 82
Fires	28	282	54	21	+ 260
Breast Cancer	29	271	22	291	- 21
HIV/AIDS	30	264	9	842	- 578
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	263	30	157	+ 106
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	216	18	320	- 104
Poisonings	33	194	57	15	+ 179
Inflammatory/Heart	34	193	42	78	+ 116
Liver Cancer	35	188	16	355	- 168
Epilepsy	36	170	48	50	+ 120
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	131	20	315	- 183
Cervical Cancer	38	122	13	451	- 329
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	117	65	6	+ 111
Ovary Cancer	40	107	40	93	+ 14
War	41	103	70	1	+ 102
Tetanus	42	94	60	11	+ 82
Lymphomas	43	88	28	186	- 98
Stomach Cancer	44	76	11	702	- 626
Skin Cancers	45	72	47	60	+ 13
Hepatitis B	46	70	66	5	+ 66
Parkinson's Disease	47	69	44	70	- 0
Leukemia	48	65	21	312	- 247
Oral Cancer	49	61	39	94	- 33
Schistosomiasis	50	60	82	0	+ 60
Leishmaniasis	51	60	73	0	+ 60
Skin Disease	52	54	36	121	- 67
Bladder Cancer	53	41	49	42	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	54	35	29	161	- 126
Oesophagus Cancer	55	33	41	80	- 47
Appendicitis	56	32	56	18	+ 14
Prostate Cancer	57	32	17	328	- 296
Drug Use	58	32	43	74	- 42
Ascariasis	59	31	72	0	+ 31
Alcohol	60	30	12	648	- 618
Encephalitis	61	28	63	7	+ 21
Syphilis	62	28	58	14	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	63	24	62	9	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	64	22	50	39	- 18
Diphtheria	65	15	74	0	+ 15
Hepatitis C	66	11	75	0	+ 11
Lung Cancers	67	11	23	290	- 279
Other Neoplasms	68	6	32	145	- 139
Multiple Sclerosis	69	6	64	7	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	4	59	14	- 10
Chlamydia	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	55	18	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	81	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	68	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	67	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	34	131	- 131
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Niger

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.