EL SALVADOR VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,707	1	5,814	- 107
Violence	2	3,846	2	5,485	- 1,639
Stroke	3	2,574	5	1,595	+ 978
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,371	7	1,385	+ 985
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,360	8	1,347	+ 1,013
HIV/AIDS	6	1,589	9	842	+ 747
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,525	4	2,418	- 893
Kidney Disease	8	1,258	3	4,726	- 3,467
Hypertension	9	1,102	31	146	+ 956
Lung Disease	10	1,092	6	1,493	- 400
Lung Cancers	11	827	23	290	+ 537
Low Birth Weight	12	655	19	317	+ 338
Prostate Cancer	13	604	17	328	+ 276
Congenital Anomalies	14	604	14	449	+ 155
Breast Cancer	15	544	22	291	+ 252
Liver Disease	16	496	10	797	- 301
Stomach Cancer	17	461	11	702	- 241
Other Neoplasms	18	460	32	145	+ 315
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	432	20	315	+ 118
Cervical Cancer	20	421	13	451	- 30
Other Injuries	21	359	38	95	+ 264
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	288	27	199	+ 89
Lymphomas	23	265	28	186	+ 78
Birth Trauma	24	231	37	121	+ 110
Pancreas Cancer	25	230	29	161	+ 69
Liver Cancer	26	218	16	355	- 137
Leukemia	27	214	21	312	- 98
Falls	28	184	24	243	- 59
Chagas disease	29	175	55	18	+ 157
Endocrine Disorders	30	161	25	223	- 61
Tuberculosis	31	159	46	60	+ 99
Malnutrition	32	133	26	214	- 81
Inflammatory/Heart	33	127	42	78	+ 50
Suicide	34	124	15	391	- 266
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	121	18	320	- 199
Ovary Cancer	36	119	40	93	+ 26
Skin Cancers	37	117	47	60	+ 58
Oral Cancer	38	115	39	94	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	39	90	53	26	+ 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	89	30	157	- 69
Epilepsy	41	87	48	50	+ 37
Malaria	42	85	80	0	+ 85
Drownings	43	82	33	137	- 54
Oesophagus Cancer	44	78	41	80	- 2
Bladder Cancer	45	77	49	42	+ 36
Asthma	46	66	35	122	- 56
Uterin Cancer	47	66	50	39	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	48	53	44	70	- 16
Meningitis	49	53	51	36	+ 18
Drug Use	50	48	43	74	- 26
War	51	39	70	1	+ 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	38	59	14	+ 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	32	45	64	- 32
Fires	54	31	54	21	+ 9
Anemia	55	27	34	131	- 104
Appendicitis	56	21	56	18	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	17	65	6	+ 11
Poisonings	58	14	57	15	- 1
Dengue	59	14	61	9	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	11	64	7	+ 4
Encephalitis	61	8	63	7	+ 1
Alcohol	62	7	12	648	- 641
Hepatitis B	63	6	66	5	+ 2
Pertussis	64	5	52	32	- 27
Hepatitis C	65	5	75	0	+ 4
Skin Disease	66	4	36	121	- 117
Syphilis	67	3	58	14	- 11
Tetanus	68	2	60	11	- 10
Schizophrenia	69	1	67	4	- 3
Ascariasis	70	1	72	0	+ 1
Leprosy	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	72	1	69	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	73	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	74	0	62	9	- 8
Otitis Media	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Venezuela

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.