ECUADOR VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,343	1	9,805	+ 8,539
War	2	11,692	66	2	+ 11,690
Stroke	3	8,698	3	5,429	+ 3,269
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,685	4	5,083	+ 1,603
Low Birth Weight	5	5,764	16	1,172	+ 4,592
Birth Trauma	6	4,893	38	302	+ 4,591
Tuberculosis	7	4,490	29	574	+ 3,916
Hypertension	8	3,649	10	2,507	+ 1,142
Maternal Conditions	9	3,563	46	164	+ 3,398
Kidney Disease	10	3,008	2	6,184	- 3,176
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,753	6	3,490	- 737
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,624	5	4,321	- 1,697
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	2,535	34	410	+ 2,125
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,282	13	1,335	+ 947
Lung Disease	15	2,122	8	2,576	- 454
Liver Disease	16	2,099	7	3,330	- 1,231
Asthma	17	1,553	53	85	+ 1,467
Other Injuries	18	1,479	17	1,161	+ 319
Violence	19	1,468	15	1,210	+ 258
Meningitis	20	1,198	52	90	+ 1,109
Pertussis	21	962	56	79	+ 883
Breast Cancer	22	832	25	825	+ 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	805	9	2,565	- 1,759
Suicide	24	718	14	1,326	- 609
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	687	33	417	+ 270
Stomach Cancer	26	685	11	2,089	- 1,404
Oral Cancer	27	670	45	166	+ 504
Endocrine Disorders	28	622	31	507	+ 116
Oesophagus Cancer	29	600	42	180	+ 420
Tetanus	30	572	62	9	+ 563
Encephalitis	31	543	55	82	+ 461
Lung Cancers	32	491	20	1,075	- 584
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	475	47	163	+ 312
Drownings	34	455	32	470	- 15
Epilepsy	35	453	40	273	+ 180
Lymphomas	36	432	22	883	- 451
Falls	37	413	18	1,114	- 701
Hepatitis B	38	394	64	3	+ 391
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	338	19	1,109	- 771
Liver Cancer	40	300	21	954	- 654
Parkinson's Disease	41	286	26	658	- 372
Leukemia	42	278	23	882	- 603
Malnutrition	43	269	28	578	- 309
Cervical Cancer	44	247	24	840	- 593
Inflammatory/Heart	45	240	36	308	- 67
HIV/AIDS	46	212	27	609	- 398
Poisonings	47	175	58	59	+ 116
Ovary Cancer	48	169	35	322	- 154
Measles	49	160	72	0	+ 160
Fires	50	159	43	175	- 16
Drug Use	51	150	41	214	- 64
Appendicitis	52	136	50	110	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	53	132	48	129	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	54	124	44	168	- 44
Prostate Cancer	55	118	12	1,362	- 1,244
Pancreas Cancer	56	105	30	562	- 457
Malaria	57	85	77	0	+ 85
Alcohol	58	68	39	280	- 212
Skin Cancers	59	66	37	308	- 241
Syphilis	60	43	54	85	- 42
Skin Disease	61	43	51	103	- 60
Multiple Sclerosis	62	38	60	18	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	63	13	57	64	- 51
Hepatitis C	64	13	67	1	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	12	49	124	- 112
Ascariasis	66	8	65	2	+ 6
Diphtheria	67	8	69	1	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	68	4	63	8	- 4
Chlamydia	69	1	68	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	61	10	- 10
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	59	21	- 21
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

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Ecuador

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.