LIBYA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,456	1	6,610	- 154
Violence	2	6,091	30	145	+ 5,946
Kidney Disease	3	5,248	4	1,186	+ 4,062
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,685	9	744	+ 1,942
Stroke	5	1,772	2	2,603	- 831
Lung Disease	6	1,658	12	607	+ 1,051
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,538	8	803	+ 735
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,496	3	1,444	+ 52
HIV/AIDS	9	935	21	224	+ 711
Liver Disease	10	885	11	630	+ 255
Stomach Cancer	11	780	33	134	+ 646
Alcohol	12	720	50	22	+ 698
Cervical Cancer	13	501	32	135	+ 367
Congenital Anomalies	14	499	14	493	+ 6
Suicide	15	434	19	304	+ 130
Liver Cancer	16	394	28	153	+ 242
Prostate Cancer	17	365	39	96	+ 269
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	355	10	743	- 388
Low Birth Weight	19	352	18	359	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	349	16	427	- 77
Leukemia	21	346	22	217	+ 130
Breast Cancer	22	324	25	190	+ 134
Lung Cancers	23	322	13	592	- 270
Falls	24	270	24	204	+ 66
Endocrine Disorders	25	247	29	153	+ 95
Malnutrition	26	238	57	11	+ 228
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	221	40	92	+ 129
Lymphomas	28	207	26	189	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	29	179	23	209	- 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	174	38	99	+ 76
Hypertension	31	162	6	915	- 753
Other Neoplasms	32	161	58	10	+ 151
Drownings	33	152	43	74	+ 78
Anemia	34	146	84	0	+ 146
Asthma	35	136	20	297	- 161
Skin Disease	36	134	54	17	+ 117
Birth Trauma	37	134	34	132	+ 2
Other Injuries	38	106	15	432	- 327
Oral Cancer	39	104	41	81	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	40	104	42	75	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	41	89	49	33	+ 56
Inflammatory/Heart	42	86	37	107	- 21
Drug Use	43	82	17	371	- 289
Parkinson's Disease	44	77	27	159	- 82
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	71	80	0	+ 71
Tuberculosis	46	67	7	812	- 746
Skin Cancers	47	66	51	20	+ 46
Epilepsy	48	56	44	67	- 10
Bladder Cancer	49	46	31	136	- 90
Uterin Cancer	50	44	60	8	+ 36
Meningitis	51	39	47	41	- 2
Pertussis	52	36	55	17	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	53	29	35	124	- 94
Fires	54	24	36	115	- 91
Chagas disease	55	20	77	0	+ 20
Appendicitis	56	20	56	15	+ 5
Poisonings	57	17	45	56	- 39
Syphilis	58	16	61	6	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	16	62	4	+ 11
Tetanus	60	12	64	1	+ 11
Dengue	61	10	74	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	62	10	67	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	63	8	53	19	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	64	8	52	20	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	7	46	49	- 43
Hepatitis B	66	5	48	34	- 29
Schizophrenia	67	4	86	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	68	3	82	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	69	2	81	0	+ 2
War	70	1	5	1,055	- 1,054
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	63	2	- 2
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	1	- 1
Measles	76	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	59	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

El Salvador

Libya

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.