EL SALVADOR VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,636	1	5,814	+ 1,823
Stroke	2	4,699	5	1,595	+ 3,103
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,419	7	1,385	+ 2,033
Lung Disease	4	1,807	6	1,493	+ 315
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,684	4	2,418	- 734
Kidney Disease	6	1,666	3	4,726	- 3,059
Hypertension	7	947	31	146	+ 801
Liver Disease	8	868	10	797	+ 71
Lung Cancers	9	840	23	290	+ 550
Road Traffic Accidents	10	815	8	1,347	- 532
Suicide	11	785	15	391	+ 395
Asthma	12	659	35	122	+ 537
Breast Cancer	13	609	22	291	+ 317
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	601	18	320	+ 281
Congenital Anomalies	15	558	14	449	+ 109
Low Birth Weight	16	519	19	317	+ 202
Stomach Cancer	17	508	11	702	- 195
Measles	18	493	76	0	+ 493
Drownings	19	419	33	137	+ 282
Other Injuries	20	408	38	95	+ 312
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	378	27	199	+ 179
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	376	20	315	+ 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	360	65	6	+ 354
Prostate Cancer	24	338	17	328	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	25	316	40	93	+ 223
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	277	30	157	+ 120
Falls	27	250	24	243	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	28	232	44	70	+ 162
Inflammatory/Heart	29	228	42	78	+ 150
Liver Cancer	30	214	16	355	- 141
Endocrine Disorders	31	191	25	223	- 31
Cervical Cancer	32	186	13	451	- 266
Lymphomas	33	177	28	186	- 9
Violence	34	176	2	5,485	- 5,309
Birth Trauma	35	172	37	121	+ 51
Uterin Cancer	36	168	50	39	+ 128
Maternal Conditions	37	167	53	26	+ 140
Bladder Cancer	38	152	49	42	+ 110
Oral Cancer	39	139	39	94	+ 45
Pancreas Cancer	40	118	29	161	- 43
Skin Disease	41	109	36	121	- 11
Leukemia	42	100	21	312	- 212
Malnutrition	43	90	26	214	- 125
Meningitis	44	77	51	36	+ 41
Epilepsy	45	74	48	50	+ 23
Alcohol	46	67	12	648	- 581
Skin Cancers	47	62	47	60	+ 2
Fires	48	57	54	21	+ 35
Syphilis	49	56	58	14	+ 42
Tuberculosis	50	55	46	60	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	51	30	41	80	- 50
Poisonings	52	26	57	15	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	53	21	32	145	- 124
Encephalitis	54	18	63	7	+ 11
Drug Use	55	17	43	74	- 56
Appendicitis	56	13	56	18	- 5
Hepatitis B	57	10	66	5	+ 6
Pertussis	58	7	52	32	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	6	59	14	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	64	7	- 1
Dengue	61	4	61	9	- 5
Tetanus	62	2	60	11	- 10
Diphtheria	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	75	0	+ 1
War	65	1	70	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	9	- 8
Otitis Media	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	9	842	- 842
Schistosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	81	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	68	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	67	4	- 4
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Samoa

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.