EL SALVADOR VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	13,476	9	842	+ 12,634
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,362	4	2,418	+ 2,944
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,195	7	1,385	+ 3,810
Stroke	4	4,662	5	1,595	+ 3,067
Coronary Heart Disease	5	4,397	1	5,814	- 1,417
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,012	27	199	+ 2,813
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,238	8	1,347	+ 891
Kidney Disease	8	2,220	3	4,726	- 2,505
Suicide	9	1,966	15	391	+ 1,576
Hypertension	10	1,701	31	146	+ 1,555
Liver Disease	11	1,594	10	797	+ 797
Lung Disease	12	1,540	6	1,493	+ 48
Tuberculosis	13	1,490	46	60	+ 1,430
Low Birth Weight	14	1,357	19	317	+ 1,040
Cervical Cancer	15	1,252	13	451	+ 800
Violence	16	1,236	2	5,485	- 4,249
Other Injuries	17	1,107	38	95	+ 1,012
Birth Trauma	18	970	37	121	+ 849
Congenital Anomalies	19	934	14	449	+ 485
Asthma	20	871	35	122	+ 749
Maternal Conditions	21	674	53	26	+ 648
Malnutrition	22	616	26	214	+ 402
Meningitis	23	567	51	36	+ 532
Inflammatory/Heart	24	546	42	78	+ 468
Drownings	25	506	33	137	+ 370
Fires	26	487	54	21	+ 466
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	446	18	320	+ 126
Endocrine Disorders	28	432	25	223	+ 209
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	296	30	157	+ 139
Epilepsy	30	266	48	50	+ 216
Prostate Cancer	31	262	17	328	- 67
Falls	32	240	24	243	- 3
Pertussis	33	226	52	32	+ 194
Poisonings	34	218	57	15	+ 203
Breast Cancer	35	215	22	291	- 77
Lymphomas	36	181	28	186	- 5
Liver Cancer	37	171	16	355	- 184
Drug Use	38	156	43	74	+ 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	153	65	6	+ 146
Skin Disease	40	147	36	121	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	41	139	44	70	+ 69
Skin Cancers	42	116	47	60	+ 56
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	109	20	315	- 206
Oesophagus Cancer	44	108	41	80	+ 27
Syphilis	45	101	58	14	+ 87
Lung Cancers	46	97	23	290	- 193
Leukemia	47	95	21	312	- 217
Alcohol	48	93	12	648	- 555
Schistosomiasis	49	75	82	0	+ 75
Uterin Cancer	50	67	50	39	+ 27
Oral Cancer	51	60	39	94	- 34
Ovary Cancer	52	58	40	93	- 35
Stomach Cancer	53	40	11	702	- 662
Appendicitis	54	39	56	18	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	55	35	49	42	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	56	35	29	161	- 126
Hepatitis B	57	34	66	5	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	29	59	14	+ 15
Encephalitis	59	28	63	7	+ 21
Upper Respiratory	60	24	62	9	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	61	23	32	145	- 122
Tetanus	62	21	60	11	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	63	9	64	7	+ 2
Measles	64	4	76	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	2	75	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	2	72	0	+ 2
Malaria	67	2	80	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	77	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	74	0	+ 1
War	71	1	70	1	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	55	18	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	81	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	68	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	67	4	- 4
Anemia	84	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Swaziland

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.