EL SALVADOR VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	9,968	5	1,595	+ 8,372
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,762	1	5,814	- 51
Lung Disease	3	2,249	6	1,493	+ 756
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,122	7	1,385	+ 737
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,847	8	1,347	+ 500
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,837	18	320	+ 1,517
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,745	4	2,418	- 673
Kidney Disease	8	1,583	3	4,726	- 3,143
Liver Cancer	9	1,567	16	355	+ 1,211
Liver Disease	10	1,498	10	797	+ 701
Lung Cancers	11	1,335	23	290	+ 1,045
Hypertension	12	1,246	31	146	+ 1,100
Falls	13	967	24	243	+ 724
Stomach Cancer	14	949	11	702	+ 247
Tuberculosis	15	592	46	60	+ 532
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	518	20	315	+ 203
Asthma	17	511	35	122	+ 389
Suicide	18	454	15	391	+ 64
Low Birth Weight	19	447	19	317	+ 130
Oral Cancer	20	444	39	94	+ 350
Congenital Anomalies	21	443	14	449	- 6
Breast Cancer	22	388	22	291	+ 96
Other Injuries	23	347	38	95	+ 252
Inflammatory/Heart	24	336	42	78	+ 258
Parkinson's Disease	25	335	44	70	+ 265
Drownings	26	319	33	137	+ 183
HIV/AIDS	27	313	9	842	- 529
Leukemia	28	307	21	312	- 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	275	27	199	+ 76
Lymphomas	30	186	28	186	- 0
Cervical Cancer	31	150	13	451	- 302
Birth Trauma	32	147	37	121	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	33	142	41	80	+ 62
Endocrine Disorders	34	131	25	223	- 92
Prostate Cancer	35	120	17	328	- 209
Violence	36	112	2	5,485	- 5,373
Measles	37	112	76	0	+ 112
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	107	65	6	+ 101
Encephalitis	39	98	63	7	+ 90
Skin Disease	40	95	36	121	- 26
Drug Use	41	86	43	74	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	42	73	50	39	+ 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	60	30	157	- 97
Pancreas Cancer	44	58	29	161	- 103
Bladder Cancer	45	56	49	42	+ 14
Alcohol	46	54	12	648	- 594
Ovary Cancer	47	54	40	93	- 39
Poisonings	48	52	57	15	+ 37
Maternal Conditions	49	48	53	26	+ 22
Pertussis	50	44	52	32	+ 12
Meningitis	51	39	51	36	+ 4
Fires	52	37	54	21	+ 16
Epilepsy	53	37	48	50	- 14
Skin Cancers	54	29	47	60	- 30
Hepatitis B	55	24	66	5	+ 19
Syphilis	56	21	58	14	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	57	20	32	145	- 125
Tetanus	58	18	60	11	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	14	59	14	- 0
Appendicitis	60	13	56	18	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	64	7	+ 2
Dengue	62	8	61	9	- 1
Malnutrition	63	8	26	214	- 207
Hepatitis C	64	5	75	0	+ 5
War	65	2	70	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	62	9	- 6
Malaria	67	1	80	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	55	18	- 18
Schistosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	34	131	- 131
Schizophrenia	82	0	67	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	85	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Viet Nam

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.