EL SALVADOR VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,365	1	5,814	+ 5,551
Stroke	2	4,681	5	1,595	+ 3,086
Hypertension	3	1,554	31	146	+ 1,408
Kidney Disease	4	1,416	3	4,726	- 3,309
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,379	18	320	+ 1,060
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,061	8	1,347	- 286
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,052	4	2,418	- 1,366
Lung Cancers	8	1,017	23	290	+ 728
Diabetes Mellitus	9	975	7	1,385	- 410
Lung Disease	10	965	6	1,493	- 528
Liver Disease	11	722	10	797	- 75
Congenital Anomalies	12	539	14	449	+ 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	534	20	315	+ 220
Low Birth Weight	14	508	19	317	+ 191
Breast Cancer	15	430	22	291	+ 138
Asthma	16	366	35	122	+ 244
Bladder Cancer	17	360	49	42	+ 318
Lymphomas	18	339	28	186	+ 153
Stomach Cancer	19	321	11	702	- 381
Parkinson's Disease	20	258	44	70	+ 188
Falls	21	245	24	243	+ 2
Birth Trauma	22	240	37	121	+ 119
Prostate Cancer	23	229	17	328	- 99
Violence	24	225	2	5,485	- 5,260
Leukemia	25	212	21	312	- 100
Suicide	26	211	15	391	- 180
Other Injuries	27	205	38	95	+ 109
Pancreas Cancer	28	199	29	161	+ 38
Liver Cancer	29	198	16	355	- 157
Inflammatory/Heart	30	164	42	78	+ 86
Endocrine Disorders	31	157	25	223	- 66
HIV/AIDS	32	144	9	842	- 699
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	130	30	157	- 27
Drug Use	34	130	43	74	+ 56
Oral Cancer	35	128	39	94	+ 34
Skin Cancers	36	118	47	60	+ 58
Fires	37	111	54	21	+ 90
Cervical Cancer	38	111	13	451	- 341
Ovary Cancer	39	106	40	93	+ 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	101	27	199	- 98
Tuberculosis	41	75	46	60	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	68	65	6	+ 62
Drownings	43	67	33	137	- 70
Oesophagus Cancer	44	60	41	80	- 20
Epilepsy	45	56	48	50	+ 5
Meningitis	46	47	51	36	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	47	46	53	26	+ 19
Poisonings	48	45	57	15	+ 30
Hepatitis B	49	38	66	5	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	50	25	50	39	- 14
Skin Disease	51	22	36	121	- 98
Pertussis	52	22	52	32	- 10
Encephalitis	53	21	63	7	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	54	18	64	7	+ 12
Alcohol	55	17	12	648	- 631
Tetanus	56	14	60	11	+ 3
War	57	14	70	1	+ 13
Appendicitis	58	14	56	18	- 4
Other Neoplasms	59	13	32	145	- 132
Malnutrition	60	13	26	214	- 201
Syphilis	61	10	58	14	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	59	14	- 9
Schistosomiasis	63	4	82	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	64	2	73	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	9	- 8
Ascariasis	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	55	18	- 18
Malaria	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	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
Schizophrenia	84	0	67	4	- 4
Anemia	85	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Tunisia

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.