EL SALVADOR VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,567	1	5,814	- 2,246
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,357	4	2,418	+ 939
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,517	7	1,385	+ 1,132
Kidney Disease	4	2,279	3	4,726	- 2,446
Liver Disease	5	2,064	10	797	+ 1,267
Stroke	6	1,761	5	1,595	+ 165
Violence	7	1,602	2	5,485	- 3,884
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,462	8	1,347	+ 115
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	950	27	199	+ 752
Other Injuries	10	895	38	95	+ 800
Malnutrition	11	719	26	214	+ 505
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	711	18	320	+ 391
Lung Disease	13	690	6	1,493	- 802
Alcohol	14	653	12	648	+ 5
Liver Cancer	15	641	16	355	+ 286
Low Birth Weight	16	602	19	317	+ 285
Stomach Cancer	17	570	11	702	- 132
Congenital Anomalies	18	551	14	449	+ 102
Birth Trauma	19	532	37	121	+ 412
Falls	20	498	24	243	+ 255
HIV/AIDS	21	426	9	842	- 416
Suicide	22	377	15	391	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	374	30	157	+ 217
Prostate Cancer	24	307	17	328	- 21
Cervical Cancer	25	293	13	451	- 158
Hypertension	26	247	31	146	+ 101
Leukemia	27	218	21	312	- 94
Breast Cancer	28	180	22	291	- 112
Endocrine Disorders	29	176	25	223	- 46
Maternal Conditions	30	170	53	26	+ 144
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	169	20	315	- 146
Drownings	32	168	33	137	+ 32
Epilepsy	33	168	48	50	+ 118
Parkinson's Disease	34	143	44	70	+ 73
Lung Cancers	35	142	23	290	- 148
Asthma	36	122	35	122	- 1
Tuberculosis	37	109	46	60	+ 49
Pancreas Cancer	38	102	29	161	- 58
Poisonings	39	100	57	15	+ 85
Drug Use	40	99	43	74	+ 25
Meningitis	41	98	51	36	+ 63
Skin Disease	42	84	36	121	- 37
Lymphomas	43	83	28	186	- 103
Inflammatory/Heart	44	82	42	78	+ 4
Fires	45	75	54	21	+ 54
Skin Cancers	46	71	47	60	+ 11
Appendicitis	47	59	56	18	+ 42
Oesophagus Cancer	48	52	41	80	- 28
Oral Cancer	49	52	39	94	- 42
Ovary Cancer	50	48	40	93	- 45
Encephalitis	51	38	63	7	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	30	59	14	+ 16
Pertussis	53	25	52	32	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	22	65	6	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	55	21	49	42	- 21
Other Neoplasms	56	15	32	145	- 130
Upper Respiratory	57	12	62	9	+ 4
Dengue	58	12	61	9	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	59	10	50	39	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	64	7	+ 1
Chagas disease	61	7	55	18	- 11
Tetanus	62	4	60	11	- 8
Ascariasis	63	3	72	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	58	14	- 13
Hepatitis B	65	1	66	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	66	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	79	0	+ 1
War	68	1	70	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	67	4	- 4
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	34	131	- 131
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	45	64	- 64
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Guatemala

El Salvador

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.