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JAPAN VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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El Salvador EL SALVADOR JAPAN Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 108,055 1 163,905 - 55,850
Violence 2 101,950 53 266 + 101,684
Kidney Disease 3 87,830 9 44,779 + 43,051
Influenza and Pneumonia 4 44,940 3 107,899 - 62,958
Stroke 5 29,650 2 121,823 - 92,173
Lung Disease 6 27,741 5 78,169 - 50,428
Diabetes Mellitus 7 25,749 29 5,433 + 20,316
Road Traffic Accidents 8 25,035 31 4,566 + 20,470
HIV/AIDS 9 15,652 63 48 + 15,605
Liver Disease 10 14,816 17 14,195 + 621
Stomach Cancer 11 13,048 8 50,433 - 37,385
Alcohol 12 12,050 51 576 + 11,474
Cervical Cancer 13 8,391 32 3,799 + 4,592
Congenital Anomalies 14 8,346 40 2,473 + 5,874
Suicide 15 7,258 13 19,466 - 12,208
Liver Cancer 16 6,602 11 29,384 - 22,783
Prostate Cancer 17 6,105 19 13,515 - 7,411
Alzheimers & Dementia 18 5,945 7 56,937 - 50,992
Low Birth Weight 19 5,892 55 202 + 5,690
Colon-Rectum Cancers 20 5,848 6 57,340 - 51,493
Leukemia 21 5,794 24 9,607 - 3,813
Breast Cancer 22 5,417 15 15,805 - 10,388
Lung Cancers 23 5,386 4 79,688 - 74,302
Falls 24 4,514 23 9,736 - 5,222
Endocrine Disorders 25 4,138 21 11,486 - 7,348
Malnutrition 26 3,985 43 1,910 + 2,076
Diarrhoeal diseases 27 3,696 37 2,731 + 965
Lymphomas 28 3,461 14 19,273 - 15,812
Pancreas Cancer 29 2,989 10 37,027 - 34,038
Peptic Ulcer Disease 30 2,920 35 2,922 - 1
Hypertension 31 2,713 28 6,673 - 3,960
Other Neoplasms 32 2,695 16 15,120 - 12,424
Drownings 33 2,538 25 8,409 - 5,871
Anemia 34 2,436 49 875 + 1,560
Asthma 35 2,268 42 1,922 + 346
Skin Disease 36 2,245 36 2,806 - 561
Birth Trauma 37 2,245 61 104 + 2,140
Other Injuries 38 1,772 12 22,068 - 20,296
Oral Cancer 39 1,744 26 8,333 - 6,589
Ovary Cancer 40 1,732 30 5,061 - 3,329
Oesophagus Cancer 41 1,494 20 12,316 - 10,822
Inflammatory/Heart 42 1,441 27 8,232 - 6,792
Drug Use 43 1,366 50 732 + 634
Parkinson's Disease 44 1,296 18 14,007 - 12,712
Prostatic Hypertrophy 45 1,189 56 172 + 1,018
Tuberculosis 46 1,116 34 3,459 - 2,342
Skin Cancers 47 1,108 44 1,843 - 734
Epilepsy 48 938 45 1,558 - 620
Bladder Cancer 49 775 22 9,936 - 9,162
Uterin Cancer 50 733 33 3,461 - 2,728
Meningitis 51 660 52 308 + 352
Pertussis 52 598 71 1 + 596
Maternal Conditions 53 492 64 39 + 453
Fires 54 399 48 1,007 - 608
Chagas disease 55 335 78 0 + 335
Appendicitis 56 333 58 126 + 207
Poisonings 57 278 54 255 + 24
Syphilis 58 263 65 16 + 248
Rheumatoid Arthritis 59 261 38 2,618 - 2,357
Tetanus 60 209 67 9 + 200
Dengue 61 167 83 0 + 167
Upper Respiratory 62 159 57 159 + 0
Encephalitis 63 135 69 5 + 130
Multiple Sclerosis 64 128 59 108 + 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease 65 114 39 2,555 - 2,441
Hepatitis B 66 85 46 1,423 - 1,338
Schizophrenia 67 71 47 1,052 - 981
Oral conditions 68 43 60 106 - 63
Osteoarthritis 69 26 62 86 - 60
War 70 12 66 15 - 3
Iodine Deficiency 71 6 70 2 + 4
Ascariasis 72 2 82 0 + 2
Leishmaniasis 73 1 77 0 + 1
Diphtheria 74 1 74 0 + 0
Hepatitis C 75 0 41 2,220 - 2,219
Measles 76 0 75 0 - 0
Otitis Media 77 0 68 8 - 8
Leprosy 78 0 73 0 - 0
Chlamydia 79 0 80 0 - 0
Malaria 80 0 79 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 81 0 76 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 82 0 72 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 83 0 81 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 84 0 84 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 85 0 86 0 - 0
Depression 86 0 85 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAPAN

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020