TRINIDAD/TOB. VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,236	1	1,476	- 240
Violence	2	1,166	4	549	+ 617
Kidney Disease	3	1,004	5	439	+ 565
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	514	10	205	+ 309
Stroke	5	339	3	822	- 483
Lung Disease	6	317	16	129	+ 188
Diabetes Mellitus	7	294	2	1,275	- 981
Road Traffic Accidents	8	286	15	130	+ 156
HIV/AIDS	9	179	12	196	- 17
Liver Disease	10	169	14	136	+ 33
Stomach Cancer	11	149	26	69	+ 80
Alcohol	12	138	42	23	+ 115
Cervical Cancer	13	96	21	97	- 1
Congenital Anomalies	14	95	22	93	+ 2
Suicide	15	83	17	121	- 38
Liver Cancer	16	75	28	66	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	17	70	6	330	- 260
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	68	9	215	- 147
Low Birth Weight	19	67	23	83	- 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	67	13	196	- 129
Leukemia	21	66	29	62	+ 4
Breast Cancer	22	62	7	258	- 196
Lung Cancers	23	62	8	217	- 156
Falls	24	52	33	43	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	25	47	18	119	- 72
Malnutrition	26	46	47	17	+ 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	42	45	18	+ 24
Lymphomas	28	40	20	111	- 72
Pancreas Cancer	29	34	19	114	- 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	33	31	52	- 19
Hypertension	31	31	11	201	- 170
Other Neoplasms	32	31	51	10	+ 21
Drownings	33	29	39	31	- 2
Anemia	34	28	85	0	+ 28
Asthma	35	26	35	40	- 14
Skin Disease	36	26	36	39	- 13
Birth Trauma	37	26	40	25	+ 0
Other Injuries	38	20	30	61	- 41
Oral Cancer	39	20	38	31	- 11
Ovary Cancer	40	20	24	80	- 60
Oesophagus Cancer	41	17	41	24	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	42	16	25	72	- 56
Drug Use	43	16	44	19	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	44	15	32	51	- 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	14	82	0	+ 14
Tuberculosis	46	13	43	22	- 9
Skin Cancers	47	13	57	4	+ 8
Epilepsy	48	11	37	32	- 21
Bladder Cancer	49	9	34	41	- 32
Uterin Cancer	50	8	27	68	- 59
Meningitis	51	8	52	9	- 2
Pertussis	52	7	67	0	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	53	6	50	10	- 5
Fires	54	5	48	16	- 12
Chagas disease	55	4	74	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	56	4	56	4	- 1
Poisonings	57	3	59	1	+ 2
Syphilis	58	3	61	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	53	8	- 5
Tetanus	60	2	65	0	+ 2
Dengue	61	2	55	5	- 3
Upper Respiratory	62	2	64	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	2	54	6	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	58	2	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	1	49	11	- 10
Hepatitis B	66	1	60	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	67	1	86	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	69	0	81	0	+ 0
War	70	0	46	17	- 17
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	62	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	63	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

El Salvador

Trinidad/Tob.

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.