EL SALVADOR VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	7,726	9	842	+ 6,883
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,166	4	2,418	+ 1,748
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,283	1	5,814	- 2,531
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,333	8	1,347	+ 986
Stroke	5	1,981	5	1,595	+ 386
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,776	27	199	+ 1,577
Low Birth Weight	7	1,561	19	317	+ 1,244
Birth Trauma	8	1,316	37	121	+ 1,195
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,292	7	1,385	- 93
Malnutrition	10	926	26	214	+ 712
Congenital Anomalies	11	857	14	449	+ 408
Kidney Disease	12	856	3	4,726	- 3,870
Suicide	13	799	15	391	+ 409
Cervical Cancer	14	782	13	451	+ 330
Malaria	15	774	80	0	+ 774
Tuberculosis	16	773	46	60	+ 713
Liver Disease	17	750	10	797	- 47
Violence	18	741	2	5,485	- 4,745
Maternal Conditions	19	676	53	26	+ 650
Other Injuries	20	640	38	95	+ 545
Asthma	21	592	35	122	+ 470
Meningitis	22	512	51	36	+ 477
Lung Disease	23	450	6	1,493	- 1,043
Hypertension	24	443	31	146	+ 297
Inflammatory/Heart	25	405	42	78	+ 327
Lymphomas	26	371	28	186	+ 185
Drownings	27	369	33	137	+ 233
Breast Cancer	28	324	22	291	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	29	310	41	80	+ 229
Fires	30	306	54	21	+ 285
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	297	18	320	- 23
Prostate Cancer	32	243	17	328	- 86
Stomach Cancer	33	216	11	702	- 486
Endocrine Disorders	34	214	25	223	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	212	30	157	+ 55
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	209	65	6	+ 203
Poisonings	37	199	57	15	+ 184
Liver Cancer	38	197	16	355	- 158
Epilepsy	39	196	48	50	+ 146
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	195	20	315	- 119
Falls	41	180	24	243	- 63
Pertussis	42	162	52	32	+ 130
Lung Cancers	43	110	23	290	- 179
Skin Cancers	44	102	47	60	+ 42
Leukemia	45	94	21	312	- 218
Parkinson's Disease	46	87	44	70	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	47	84	29	161	- 77
Drug Use	48	82	43	74	+ 9
Oral Cancer	49	80	39	94	- 14
Uterin Cancer	50	70	50	39	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	51	67	40	93	- 26
Skin Disease	52	67	36	121	- 54
Schistosomiasis	53	66	82	0	+ 66
Bladder Cancer	54	48	49	42	+ 7
Syphilis	55	48	58	14	+ 34
Encephalitis	56	45	63	7	+ 38
Tetanus	57	39	60	11	+ 28
Appendicitis	58	26	56	18	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	59	25	62	9	+ 17
Hepatitis B	60	22	66	5	+ 17
Alcohol	61	19	12	648	- 630
Other Neoplasms	62	14	32	145	- 131
Measles	63	12	76	0	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	59	14	- 4
War	65	10	70	1	+ 9
Hepatitis C	66	6	75	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	67	5	64	7	- 1
Otitis Media	68	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	72	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	81	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	55	18	- 18
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	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

Zimbabwe

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.