EL SALVADOR VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,468	1	5,814	+ 3,654
Stroke	2	6,011	5	1,595	+ 4,416
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,644	7	1,385	+ 1,259
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,592	4	2,418	+ 174
Lung Disease	5	2,260	6	1,493	+ 767
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,665	27	199	+ 1,466
Kidney Disease	7	1,468	3	4,726	- 3,257
Suicide	8	1,127	15	391	+ 737
Liver Disease	9	1,072	10	797	+ 275
Congenital Anomalies	10	995	14	449	+ 546
Hypertension	11	980	31	146	+ 834
Road Traffic Accidents	12	929	8	1,347	- 418
Asthma	13	929	35	122	+ 807
Low Birth Weight	14	903	19	317	+ 586
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	729	65	6	+ 723
Drownings	16	725	33	137	+ 589
Other Injuries	17	623	38	95	+ 527
Liver Cancer	18	573	16	355	+ 218
Birth Trauma	19	409	37	121	+ 289
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	384	30	157	+ 227
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	367	18	320	+ 47
Tuberculosis	22	339	46	60	+ 279
Lung Cancers	23	313	23	290	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	24	294	53	26	+ 268
Falls	25	274	24	243	+ 31
Breast Cancer	26	270	22	291	- 22
Cervical Cancer	27	268	13	451	- 184
Parkinson's Disease	28	242	44	70	+ 172
Inflammatory/Heart	29	232	42	78	+ 154
Pertussis	30	212	52	32	+ 179
Malnutrition	31	209	26	214	- 6
Leukemia	32	187	21	312	- 125
Endocrine Disorders	33	183	25	223	- 40
Prostate Cancer	34	181	17	328	- 147
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	177	20	315	- 138
Meningitis	36	168	51	36	+ 133
Syphilis	37	160	58	14	+ 145
Violence	38	141	2	5,485	- 5,344
Skin Disease	39	141	36	121	+ 21
Stomach Cancer	40	128	11	702	- 574
Epilepsy	41	110	48	50	+ 60
Fires	42	87	54	21	+ 66
Alcohol	43	83	12	648	- 565
Ovary Cancer	44	82	40	93	- 11
Lymphomas	45	67	28	186	- 119
Tetanus	46	60	60	11	+ 48
Poisonings	47	46	57	15	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	48	41	50	39	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	49	39	49	42	- 3
Appendicitis	50	28	56	18	+ 10
Hepatitis B	51	26	66	5	+ 21
Encephalitis	52	22	63	7	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	53	18	29	161	- 142
Oral Cancer	54	17	39	94	- 77
Other Neoplasms	55	15	32	145	- 130
Drug Use	56	9	43	74	- 64
Multiple Sclerosis	57	6	64	7	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	59	14	- 9
Dengue	59	4	61	9	- 5
Diphtheria	60	4	74	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	61	3	75	0	+ 3
Measles	62	2	76	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	2	72	0	+ 2
War	64	1	70	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	62	9	- 8
Chlamydia	66	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	9	842	- 842
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	55	18	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	79	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	80	0	68	2	- 2
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	41	80	- 80
Anemia	83	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	67	4	- 4
Skin Cancers	86	0	47	60	- 60
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Vanuatu

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.