EL SALVADOR VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,157	1	5,814	+ 3,344
Stroke	2	3,935	5	1,595	+ 2,339
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,990	4	2,418	- 428
Liver Disease	4	1,315	10	797	+ 518
Hypertension	5	1,097	31	146	+ 951
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,031	7	1,385	- 354
Low Birth Weight	7	996	19	317	+ 679
Road Traffic Accidents	8	932	8	1,347	- 415
Birth Trauma	9	810	37	121	+ 690
Lung Disease	10	751	6	1,493	- 742
Congenital Anomalies	11	691	14	449	+ 242
Stomach Cancer	12	481	11	702	- 221
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	468	27	199	+ 269
Tuberculosis	14	467	46	60	+ 407
Drownings	15	370	33	137	+ 233
Oesophagus Cancer	16	346	41	80	+ 266
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	330	18	320	+ 10
Epilepsy	18	272	48	50	+ 221
Kidney Disease	19	260	3	4,726	- 4,465
Suicide	20	254	15	391	- 136
Falls	21	236	24	243	- 7
Meningitis	22	217	51	36	+ 181
Fires	23	203	54	21	+ 181
Lung Cancers	24	195	23	290	- 95
HIV/AIDS	25	186	9	842	- 656
Pertussis	26	185	52	32	+ 153
Other Injuries	27	183	38	95	+ 88
Asthma	28	176	35	122	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	29	162	44	70	+ 92
Liver Cancer	30	151	16	355	- 205
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	142	65	6	+ 135
Lymphomas	32	142	28	186	- 45
Breast Cancer	33	137	22	291	- 154
Endocrine Disorders	34	130	25	223	- 93
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	129	20	315	- 186
Violence	36	108	2	5,485	- 5,377
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	103	30	157	- 54
Alcohol	38	81	12	648	- 567
Cervical Cancer	39	73	13	451	- 379
Uterin Cancer	40	71	50	39	+ 31
Oral Cancer	41	69	39	94	- 25
Leukemia	42	67	21	312	- 244
Pancreas Cancer	43	62	29	161	- 99
Inflammatory/Heart	44	50	42	78	- 28
Maternal Conditions	45	40	53	26	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	46	38	40	93	- 55
Upper Respiratory	47	35	62	9	+ 27
Bladder Cancer	48	33	49	42	- 9
Hepatitis B	49	26	66	5	+ 21
Poisonings	50	25	57	15	+ 10
Skin Cancers	51	23	47	60	- 36
Prostate Cancer	52	21	17	328	- 308
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	18	59	14	+ 4
Encephalitis	54	17	63	7	+ 10
Drug Use	55	14	43	74	- 60
Syphilis	56	13	58	14	- 1
Tetanus	57	13	60	11	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	11	56	18	- 7
Skin Disease	59	6	36	121	- 115
Hepatitis C	60	5	75	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	61	5	32	145	- 140
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	64	7	- 2
Leishmaniasis	63	2	73	0	+ 2
Malnutrition	64	2	26	214	- 213
Chlamydia	65	1	79	0	+ 1
War	66	1	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	69	0	61	9	- 9
Otitis Media	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	67	4	- 4
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	45	64	- 64
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Tajikistan

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.