ECUADOR VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,739	1	9,805	+ 4,934
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	10,663	9	2,565	+ 8,098
Stroke	3	7,067	3	5,429	+ 1,637
Lung Cancers	4	5,998	20	1,075	+ 4,923
Lung Disease	5	5,805	8	2,576	+ 3,229
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,247	19	1,109	+ 3,138
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,058	5	4,321	- 1,263
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,041	4	5,083	- 2,042
Prostate Cancer	9	2,576	12	1,362	+ 1,214
Breast Cancer	10	2,329	25	825	+ 1,504
Suicide	11	2,154	14	1,326	+ 828
Kidney Disease	12	2,147	2	6,184	- 4,037
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,132	30	562	+ 1,571
Falls	14	2,131	18	1,114	+ 1,017
Lymphomas	15	2,078	22	883	+ 1,195
Endocrine Disorders	16	1,593	31	507	+ 1,086
Skin Cancers	17	1,586	37	308	+ 1,278
Leukemia	18	1,454	23	882	+ 573
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,393	26	658	+ 735
Liver Cancer	20	1,393	21	954	+ 439
Drug Use	21	1,219	41	214	+ 1,006
Other Injuries	22	1,123	17	1,161	- 37
Hypertension	23	1,116	10	2,507	- 1,391
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,075	36	308	+ 767
Oesophagus Cancer	25	1,022	42	180	+ 842
Liver Disease	26	972	7	3,330	- 2,358
Stomach Cancer	27	881	11	2,089	- 1,208
Other Neoplasms	28	857	57	64	+ 792
Road Traffic Accidents	29	851	6	3,490	- 2,639
Bladder Cancer	30	812	44	168	+ 644
Ovary Cancer	31	686	35	322	+ 363
Oral Cancer	32	665	45	166	+ 499
Congenital Anomalies	33	486	13	1,335	- 849
Skin Disease	34	407	51	103	+ 304
Uterin Cancer	35	358	48	129	+ 230
Asthma	36	311	53	85	+ 226
Alcohol	37	260	39	280	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	259	47	163	+ 97
Cervical Cancer	39	234	24	840	- 606
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	202	34	410	- 208
Epilepsy	41	195	40	273	- 78
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	189	33	417	- 228
Low Birth Weight	43	170	16	1,172	- 1,002
Violence	44	167	15	1,210	- 1,043
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	157	49	124	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	46	128	60	18	+ 110
Drownings	47	121	32	470	- 349
Hepatitis C	48	118	67	1	+ 117
Anemia	49	108	82	0	+ 108
Birth Trauma	50	96	38	302	- 207
Malnutrition	51	80	28	578	- 498
Osteoarthritis	52	78	85	0	+ 78
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	49	86	0	+ 49
Schizophrenia	54	44	83	0	+ 44
Fires	55	37	43	175	- 138
Tuberculosis	56	36	29	574	- 538
HIV/AIDS	57	34	27	609	- 575
Hepatitis B	58	28	64	3	+ 25
Oral conditions	59	27	84	0	+ 27
Meningitis	60	25	52	90	- 64
Poisonings	61	24	58	59	- 35
Appendicitis	62	18	50	110	- 92
Maternal Conditions	63	14	46	164	- 151
Upper Respiratory	64	12	63	8	+ 3
War	65	5	66	2	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	4	70	0	+ 4
Syphilis	67	2	54	85	- 83
Encephalitis	68	2	55	82	- 80
Pertussis	69	1	56	79	- 78
Tetanus	70	1	62	9	- 8
Diphtheria	71	0	69	1	- 0
Dengue	72	0	61	10	- 10
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	59	21	- 21
Leishmaniasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	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.