EL SALVADOR VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,116	4	2,418	+ 698
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,800	1	5,814	- 3,014
Stroke	3	1,570	5	1,595	- 25
Kidney Disease	4	1,471	3	4,726	- 3,255
Liver Disease	5	1,296	10	797	+ 499
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,182	18	320	+ 862
Stomach Cancer	7	1,031	11	702	+ 329
Diabetes Mellitus	8	902	7	1,385	- 483
Road Traffic Accidents	9	898	8	1,347	- 449
Lung Cancers	10	644	23	290	+ 355
Prostate Cancer	11	644	17	328	+ 316
Violence	12	613	2	5,485	- 4,873
Other Injuries	13	585	38	95	+ 489
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	537	20	315	+ 223
Lung Disease	15	512	6	1,493	- 980
Liver Cancer	16	503	16	355	+ 148
Tuberculosis	17	483	46	60	+ 423
Lymphomas	18	458	28	186	+ 272
Congenital Anomalies	19	406	14	449	- 43
Breast Cancer	20	400	22	291	+ 109
Cervical Cancer	21	391	13	451	- 60
Leukemia	22	376	21	312	+ 64
Pancreas Cancer	23	327	29	161	+ 166
Low Birth Weight	24	300	19	317	- 17
Falls	25	261	24	243	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	26	258	44	70	+ 188
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	225	27	199	+ 26
Hypertension	28	216	31	146	+ 70
Malnutrition	29	205	26	214	- 10
Suicide	30	184	15	391	- 207
HIV/AIDS	31	173	9	842	- 670
Skin Cancers	32	160	47	60	+ 100
Ovary Cancer	33	145	40	93	+ 52
Drug Use	34	129	43	74	+ 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	124	30	157	- 33
Drownings	36	119	33	137	- 18
Birth Trauma	37	109	37	121	- 12
Oral Cancer	38	106	39	94	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	39	100	42	78	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	40	96	25	223	- 126
Bladder Cancer	41	94	49	42	+ 52
Oesophagus Cancer	42	80	41	80	- 0
Maternal Conditions	43	70	53	26	+ 44
Alcohol	44	65	12	648	- 583
Uterin Cancer	45	62	50	39	+ 22
Encephalitis	46	57	63	7	+ 50
Epilepsy	47	53	48	50	+ 3
Pertussis	48	53	52	32	+ 21
Fires	49	49	54	21	+ 27
Asthma	50	42	35	122	- 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	40	65	6	+ 34
Syphilis	52	37	58	14	+ 23
Appendicitis	53	35	56	18	+ 17
Skin Disease	54	32	36	121	- 89
Poisonings	55	26	57	15	+ 11
Meningitis	56	24	51	36	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	22	59	14	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	58	11	32	145	- 134
Chagas disease	59	10	55	18	- 8
Tetanus	60	10	60	11	- 2
Malaria	61	7	80	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	64	7	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	2	62	9	- 6
Hepatitis B	64	2	66	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Dengue	66	1	61	9	- 8
War	67	1	70	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	34	131	- 131
Schizophrenia	83	0	67	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	85	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Peru

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.