EL SALVADOR VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,363	1	5,814	+ 2,549
Stroke	2	8,013	5	1,595	+ 6,418
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	4,670	18	320	+ 4,350
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,449	4	2,418	+ 2,031
Lung Cancers	5	2,861	23	290	+ 2,572
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,851	20	315	+ 2,536
Lung Disease	7	2,783	6	1,493	+ 1,291
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,339	7	1,385	+ 953
Kidney Disease	9	1,821	3	4,726	- 2,905
Stomach Cancer	10	1,644	11	702	+ 942
Prostate Cancer	11	1,379	17	328	+ 1,051
Breast Cancer	12	1,297	22	291	+ 1,005
Other Injuries	13	1,258	38	95	+ 1,163
Hypertension	14	1,221	31	146	+ 1,075
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,084	29	161	+ 923
Lymphomas	16	1,044	28	186	+ 858
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,004	25	223	+ 782
Liver Cancer	18	825	16	355	+ 470
Suicide	19	761	15	391	+ 371
Bladder Cancer	20	760	49	42	+ 719
Parkinson's Disease	21	740	44	70	+ 670
Liver Disease	22	731	10	797	- 66
Falls	23	671	24	243	+ 428
Leukemia	24	659	21	312	+ 348
Oral Cancer	25	592	39	94	+ 498
Inflammatory/Heart	26	590	42	78	+ 513
Road Traffic Accidents	27	544	8	1,347	- 803
Other Neoplasms	28	423	32	145	+ 278
Oesophagus Cancer	29	404	41	80	+ 324
Skin Cancers	30	340	47	60	+ 280
Epilepsy	31	270	48	50	+ 219
Uterin Cancer	32	264	50	39	+ 224
Ovary Cancer	33	258	40	93	+ 165
Cervical Cancer	34	214	13	451	- 238
HIV/AIDS	35	208	9	842	- 635
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	150	27	199	- 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	148	30	157	- 9
Tuberculosis	38	138	46	60	+ 78
Skin Disease	39	131	36	121	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	40	128	14	449	- 322
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	110	65	6	+ 103
Anemia	42	98	34	131	- 33
Asthma	43	95	35	122	- 27
Drug Use	44	83	43	74	+ 10
Alcohol	45	72	12	648	- 576
Fires	46	70	54	21	+ 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	64	59	14	+ 50
Violence	48	63	2	5,485	- 5,423
Hepatitis C	49	56	75	0	+ 56
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	54	45	64	- 10
Drownings	51	52	33	137	- 85
Low Birth Weight	52	51	19	317	- 266
Malnutrition	53	51	26	214	- 163
Multiple Sclerosis	54	37	64	7	+ 30
Schizophrenia	55	32	67	4	+ 28
Meningitis	56	28	51	36	- 8
Poisonings	57	19	57	15	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	58	19	69	1	+ 17
Hepatitis B	59	17	66	5	+ 12
Birth Trauma	60	15	37	121	- 105
Appendicitis	61	14	56	18	- 4
Upper Respiratory	62	10	62	9	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	63	5	53	26	- 22
Syphilis	64	2	58	14	- 12
Oral conditions	65	2	68	2	- 0
Otitis Media	66	2	77	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	67	1	63	7	- 6
Leishmaniasis	68	1	73	0	+ 1
War	69	1	70	1	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	52	32	- 32
Tetanus	73	0	60	11	- 11
Diphtheria	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	61	9	- 9
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Portugal

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.