EL SALVADOR VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,775	1	5,814	- 39
Stroke	2	2,703	5	1,595	+ 1,108
Low Birth Weight	3	2,106	19	317	+ 1,789
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,657	4	2,418	- 760
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,505	8	1,347	+ 158
Measles	6	1,222	76	0	+ 1,222
Birth Trauma	7	1,120	37	121	+ 999
Hypertension	8	957	31	146	+ 811
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	824	27	199	+ 626
Malaria	10	737	80	0	+ 737
Congenital Anomalies	11	723	14	449	+ 274
Kidney Disease	12	669	3	4,726	- 4,056
Lung Disease	13	576	6	1,493	- 917
Liver Disease	14	571	10	797	- 226
Tuberculosis	15	558	46	60	+ 498
Breast Cancer	16	403	22	291	+ 112
Diabetes Mellitus	17	403	7	1,385	- 982
Other Injuries	18	382	38	95	+ 287
Asthma	19	346	35	122	+ 224
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	339	18	320	+ 20
Violence	21	325	2	5,485	- 5,160
HIV/AIDS	22	306	9	842	- 536
Maternal Conditions	23	258	53	26	+ 231
Pertussis	24	249	52	32	+ 217
Leukemia	25	240	21	312	- 72
Drownings	26	221	33	137	+ 85
Suicide	27	216	15	391	- 175
Falls	28	205	24	243	- 38
Lymphomas	29	201	28	186	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	30	192	25	223	- 31
Fires	31	172	54	21	+ 151
Oesophagus Cancer	32	148	41	80	+ 68
Meningitis	33	143	51	36	+ 108
Malnutrition	34	143	26	214	- 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	138	20	315	- 177
Drug Use	36	136	43	74	+ 63
Liver Cancer	37	124	16	355	- 231
Inflammatory/Heart	38	110	42	78	+ 33
Ovary Cancer	39	104	40	93	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	102	30	157	- 55
Cervical Cancer	41	101	13	451	- 350
Poisonings	42	98	57	15	+ 83
Epilepsy	43	96	48	50	+ 46
Hepatitis B	44	96	66	5	+ 91
Parkinson's Disease	45	93	44	70	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	90	65	6	+ 84
Syphilis	47	79	58	14	+ 65
Lung Cancers	48	72	23	290	- 218
Prostate Cancer	49	69	17	328	- 260
Oral Cancer	50	65	39	94	- 29
Stomach Cancer	51	63	11	702	- 639
Leishmaniasis	52	59	73	0	+ 59
Tetanus	53	50	60	11	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	54	48	49	42	+ 7
Skin Cancers	55	47	47	60	- 13
War	56	44	70	1	+ 44
Encephalitis	57	40	63	7	+ 33
Pancreas Cancer	58	36	29	161	- 125
Appendicitis	59	20	56	18	+ 2
Skin Disease	60	15	36	121	- 106
Alcohol	61	11	12	648	- 637
Uterin Cancer	62	9	50	39	- 30
Schistosomiasis	63	9	82	0	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	64	7	64	7	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	65	5	32	145	- 140
Ascariasis	66	3	72	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	59	14	- 11
Hepatitis C	68	2	75	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	62	9	- 8
Chlamydia	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	61	9	- 9
Otitis Media	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	81	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	68	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	67	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Sudan

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.