SOUTH KOREA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	45,679	1	28,043	+ 17,636
Violence	2	43,098	44	386	+ 42,712
Kidney Disease	3	37,129	9	10,107	+ 27,022
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	18,998	2	26,650	- 7,652
Stroke	5	12,534	3	25,596	- 13,062
Lung Disease	6	11,727	11	8,526	+ 3,201
Diabetes Mellitus	7	10,885	13	6,812	+ 4,073
Road Traffic Accidents	8	10,583	15	4,399	+ 6,184
HIV/AIDS	9	6,617	55	84	+ 6,532
Liver Disease	10	6,263	14	6,348	- 85
Stomach Cancer	11	5,516	10	8,625	- 3,109
Alcohol	12	5,094	33	1,081	+ 4,013
Cervical Cancer	13	3,547	34	1,065	+ 2,482
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,528	41	518	+ 3,010
Suicide	15	3,068	5	14,636	- 11,567
Liver Cancer	16	2,791	7	11,589	- 8,798
Prostate Cancer	17	2,581	22	2,316	+ 265
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	2,513	6	12,145	- 9,632
Low Birth Weight	19	2,491	45	370	+ 2,120
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	2,472	8	10,180	- 7,708
Leukemia	21	2,449	23	2,140	+ 309
Breast Cancer	22	2,290	21	2,880	- 590
Lung Cancers	23	2,277	4	20,293	- 18,016
Falls	24	1,908	20	2,934	- 1,026
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,749	25	1,891	- 141
Malnutrition	26	1,685	53	88	+ 1,596
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,563	35	929	+ 634
Lymphomas	28	1,463	19	3,477	- 2,014
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,263	12	6,994	- 5,730
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	1,235	38	540	+ 695
Hypertension	31	1,147	17	3,711	- 2,564
Other Neoplasms	32	1,139	26	1,807	- 667
Drownings	33	1,073	42	501	+ 572
Anemia	34	1,030	46	329	+ 700
Asthma	35	959	32	1,150	- 192
Skin Disease	36	949	36	704	+ 245
Birth Trauma	37	949	54	88	+ 861
Other Injuries	38	749	18	3,634	- 2,885
Oral Cancer	39	737	29	1,457	- 720
Ovary Cancer	40	732	30	1,330	- 597
Oesophagus Cancer	41	631	28	1,733	- 1,101
Inflammatory/Heart	42	609	31	1,325	- 716
Drug Use	43	578	50	154	+ 423
Parkinson's Disease	44	548	16	3,951	- 3,403
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	503	59	49	+ 453
Tuberculosis	46	472	24	1,950	- 1,478
Skin Cancers	47	469	37	585	- 116
Epilepsy	48	397	40	524	- 128
Bladder Cancer	49	327	27	1,768	- 1,441
Uterin Cancer	50	310	43	420	- 110
Meningitis	51	279	58	51	+ 228
Pertussis	52	253	67	6	+ 247
Maternal Conditions	53	208	61	34	+ 174
Fires	54	169	47	263	- 95
Chagas disease	55	142	80	0	+ 142
Appendicitis	56	141	57	54	+ 87
Poisonings	57	118	52	115	+ 3
Syphilis	58	111	62	27	+ 85
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	110	51	150	- 40
Tetanus	60	88	69	5	+ 84
Dengue	61	71	77	0	+ 71
Upper Respiratory	62	67	63	26	+ 42
Encephalitis	63	57	65	19	+ 38
Multiple Sclerosis	64	54	66	11	+ 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	48	48	224	- 176
Hepatitis B	66	36	39	526	- 490
Schizophrenia	67	30	56	77	- 47
Oral conditions	68	18	64	21	- 3
Osteoarthritis	69	11	60	41	- 30
War	70	5	68	5	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	81	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	49	168	- 167
Measles	76	0	83	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	71	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	72	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

El Salvador

South Korea

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.