DR CONGO VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	101,215	7	34,713	+ 66,502
Violence	2	95,496	18	11,120	+ 84,376
Kidney Disease	3	82,270	20	9,077	+ 73,193
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	42,095	1	73,546	- 31,450
Stroke	5	27,773	6	36,596	- 8,823
Lung Disease	6	25,985	14	13,527	+ 12,459
Diabetes Mellitus	7	24,119	16	12,902	+ 11,216
Road Traffic Accidents	8	23,451	10	30,256	- 6,806
HIV/AIDS	9	14,662	15	13,286	+ 1,376
Liver Disease	10	13,878	13	15,044	- 1,166
Stomach Cancer	11	12,222	37	2,579	+ 9,643
Alcohol	12	11,287	60	635	+ 10,652
Cervical Cancer	13	7,860	27	4,823	+ 3,037
Congenital Anomalies	14	7,818	11	16,256	- 8,438
Suicide	15	6,799	26	5,812	+ 987
Liver Cancer	16	6,184	31	3,840	+ 2,344
Prostate Cancer	17	5,718	30	3,948	+ 1,770
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	5,569	28	4,548	+ 1,021
Low Birth Weight	19	5,519	8	34,668	- 29,149
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	5,478	36	2,966	+ 2,511
Leukemia	21	5,427	41	1,871	+ 3,556
Breast Cancer	22	5,074	35	3,416	+ 1,658
Lung Cancers	23	5,045	47	1,158	+ 3,887
Falls	24	4,228	33	3,483	+ 746
Endocrine Disorders	25	3,876	25	7,380	- 3,504
Malnutrition	26	3,733	21	8,910	- 5,177
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	3,462	5	41,301	- 37,839
Lymphomas	28	3,242	38	2,061	+ 1,181
Pancreas Cancer	29	2,799	50	1,017	+ 1,783
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	2,736	40	1,923	+ 813
Hypertension	31	2,542	12	15,743	- 13,201
Other Neoplasms	32	2,525	67	88	+ 2,437
Drownings	33	2,377	34	3,454	- 1,076
Anemia	34	2,281	86	0	+ 2,281
Asthma	35	2,125	24	7,733	- 5,609
Skin Disease	36	2,103	54	781	+ 1,322
Birth Trauma	37	2,103	9	33,075	- 30,973
Other Injuries	38	1,660	22	8,272	- 6,612
Oral Cancer	39	1,633	51	1,003	+ 631
Ovary Cancer	40	1,623	58	656	+ 967
Oesophagus Cancer	41	1,399	53	790	+ 609
Inflammatory/Heart	42	1,350	29	4,045	- 2,695
Drug Use	43	1,280	59	638	+ 641
Parkinson's Disease	44	1,214	49	1,035	+ 179
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	1,114	81	0	+ 1,114
Tuberculosis	46	1,045	2	43,759	- 42,714
Skin Cancers	47	1,038	55	765	+ 273
Epilepsy	48	879	44	1,727	- 848
Bladder Cancer	49	726	65	270	+ 456
Uterin Cancer	50	687	63	352	+ 335
Meningitis	51	618	17	11,568	- 10,950
Pertussis	52	560	23	7,921	- 7,361
Maternal Conditions	53	461	19	10,513	- 10,052
Fires	54	374	39	2,007	- 1,634
Chagas disease	55	314	79	0	+ 314
Appendicitis	56	312	56	703	- 391
Poisonings	57	261	42	1,729	- 1,468
Syphilis	58	247	32	3,751	- 3,504
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	245	66	217	+ 27
Tetanus	60	196	46	1,166	- 970
Dengue	61	156	74	1	+ 156
Upper Respiratory	62	149	62	370	- 221
Encephalitis	63	126	57	680	- 553
Multiple Sclerosis	64	120	71	44	+ 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	107	43	1,728	- 1,621
Hepatitis B	66	79	61	456	- 377
Schizophrenia	67	67	83	0	+ 67
Oral conditions	68	40	82	0	+ 40
Osteoarthritis	69	24	80	0	+ 24
War	70	11	45	1,658	- 1,647
Iodine Deficiency	71	5	78	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	72	2	68	80	- 78
Leishmaniasis	73	1	52	869	- 867
Diphtheria	74	1	70	47	- 46
Hepatitis C	75	0	69	69	- 68
Measles	76	0	3	42,254	- 42,254
Otitis Media	77	0	72	38	- 38
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	73	15	- 15
Malaria	80	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	64	347	- 347
Schistosomiasis	82	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

El Salvador

DR Congo

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.