EL SALVADOR VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,569	4	2,418	+ 151
Stroke	2	2,462	5	1,595	+ 867
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,809	8	1,347	+ 462
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,754	1	5,814	- 4,059
Malaria	5	1,605	80	0	+ 1,605
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,519	27	199	+ 1,320
HIV/AIDS	7	1,375	9	842	+ 533
Liver Disease	8	1,240	10	797	+ 443
Low Birth Weight	9	1,067	19	317	+ 750
Birth Trauma	10	919	37	121	+ 798
Diabetes Mellitus	11	904	7	1,385	- 481
Congenital Anomalies	12	865	14	449	+ 416
Lung Disease	13	756	6	1,493	- 736
Hypertension	14	660	31	146	+ 514
Kidney Disease	15	587	3	4,726	- 4,139
Malnutrition	16	568	26	214	+ 354
Other Injuries	17	459	38	95	+ 364
Cervical Cancer	18	458	13	451	+ 6
Meningitis	19	412	51	36	+ 377
Stomach Cancer	20	380	11	702	- 322
Maternal Conditions	21	352	53	26	+ 325
Asthma	22	349	35	122	+ 227
Liver Cancer	23	344	16	355	- 11
Suicide	24	342	15	391	- 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	320	18	320	- 0
Tuberculosis	26	304	46	60	+ 244
Breast Cancer	27	292	22	291	+ 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	288	20	315	- 27
Violence	29	267	2	5,485	- 5,219
Lymphomas	30	219	28	186	+ 33
Falls	31	201	24	243	- 42
Prostate Cancer	32	193	17	328	- 136
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	176	30	157	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	34	169	42	78	+ 91
Leukemia	35	154	21	312	- 158
Drownings	36	138	33	137	+ 2
Oral Cancer	37	132	39	94	+ 39
Fires	38	131	54	21	+ 110
Lung Cancers	39	114	23	290	- 176
Poisonings	40	107	57	15	+ 92
Endocrine Disorders	41	107	25	223	- 116
Pertussis	42	106	52	32	+ 74
Pancreas Cancer	43	104	29	161	- 57
Oesophagus Cancer	44	104	41	80	+ 23
Epilepsy	45	93	48	50	+ 43
Syphilis	46	84	58	14	+ 70
Parkinson's Disease	47	71	44	70	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	66	65	6	+ 60
Alcohol	49	61	12	648	- 587
Skin Cancers	50	55	47	60	- 5
Schistosomiasis	51	54	82	0	+ 54
Skin Disease	52	50	36	121	- 71
Ovary Cancer	53	45	40	93	- 48
Appendicitis	54	34	56	18	+ 16
Hepatitis B	55	33	66	5	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	56	28	50	39	- 11
Upper Respiratory	57	28	62	9	+ 20
Tetanus	58	26	60	11	+ 14
Measles	59	25	76	0	+ 25
Drug Use	60	22	43	74	- 52
Encephalitis	61	19	63	7	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	62	17	49	42	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	11	59	14	- 3
Other Neoplasms	64	8	32	145	- 137
Hepatitis C	65	6	75	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	66	4	64	7	- 3
Ascariasis	67	2	72	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	77	0	+ 2
War	69	1	70	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	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
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	34	131	- 131
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Rwanda

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.