EL SALVADOR VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,220	1	5,814	+ 406
Stroke	2	2,799	5	1,595	+ 1,203
War	3	2,664	70	1	+ 2,663
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,470	4	2,418	+ 52
Low Birth Weight	5	1,817	19	317	+ 1,500
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,766	8	1,347	+ 419
Birth Trauma	7	1,225	37	121	+ 1,104
Hypertension	8	1,092	31	146	+ 946
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	902	27	199	+ 703
Congenital Anomalies	10	885	14	449	+ 436
Lung Disease	11	659	6	1,493	- 833
Measles	12	623	76	0	+ 623
Liver Disease	13	596	10	797	- 201
Violence	14	586	2	5,485	- 4,900
Kidney Disease	15	552	3	4,726	- 4,173
Other Injuries	16	459	38	95	+ 364
Asthma	17	434	35	122	+ 312
Tuberculosis	18	392	46	60	+ 332
Diabetes Mellitus	19	370	7	1,385	- 1,015
Malaria	20	355	80	0	+ 355
Suicide	21	350	15	391	- 40
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	290	18	320	- 30
Pertussis	23	256	52	32	+ 223
Falls	24	241	24	243	- 2
Drownings	25	236	33	137	+ 99
Breast Cancer	26	234	22	291	- 58
Malnutrition	27	218	26	214	+ 4
Meningitis	28	210	51	36	+ 175
Fires	29	204	54	21	+ 183
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	188	20	315	- 126
Stomach Cancer	31	186	11	702	- 516
Maternal Conditions	32	184	53	26	+ 157
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	172	30	157	+ 15
Leukemia	34	160	21	312	- 152
Oesophagus Cancer	35	158	41	80	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	36	152	25	223	- 71
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	146	65	6	+ 140
Drug Use	38	126	43	74	+ 53
Liver Cancer	39	126	16	355	- 230
Inflammatory/Heart	40	121	42	78	+ 43
Lung Cancers	41	117	23	290	- 172
Oral Cancer	42	113	39	94	+ 19
Epilepsy	43	111	48	50	+ 61
Poisonings	44	110	57	15	+ 95
Lymphomas	45	89	28	186	- 97
HIV/AIDS	46	82	9	842	- 760
Tetanus	47	81	60	11	+ 70
Encephalitis	48	76	63	7	+ 69
Parkinson's Disease	49	75	44	70	+ 5
Hepatitis B	50	62	66	5	+ 57
Pancreas Cancer	51	58	29	161	- 102
Ovary Cancer	52	39	40	93	- 54
Syphilis	53	36	58	14	+ 22
Appendicitis	54	33	56	18	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	55	33	49	42	- 9
Schistosomiasis	56	26	82	0	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	57	25	13	451	- 427
Skin Cancers	58	21	47	60	- 39
Alcohol	59	16	12	648	- 632
Dengue	60	15	61	9	+ 6
Skin Disease	61	9	36	121	- 112
Multiple Sclerosis	62	9	64	7	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	63	8	17	328	- 320
Other Neoplasms	64	4	32	145	- 141
Ascariasis	65	4	72	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	3	59	14	- 11
Diphtheria	67	3	74	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	68	2	75	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	69	1	50	39	- 38
Upper Respiratory	70	1	62	9	- 8
Leishmaniasis	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	84	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
Anemia	84	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	67	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Yemen

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.