ECUADOR VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,891	1	9,805	+ 5,086
Stroke	2	9,986	3	5,429	+ 4,556
Hypertension	3	8,813	10	2,507	+ 6,306
Diabetes Mellitus	4	6,845	5	4,321	+ 2,524
Violence	5	6,617	15	1,210	+ 5,407
HIV/AIDS	6	5,983	27	609	+ 5,374
Kidney Disease	7	5,338	2	6,184	- 846
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,349	4	5,083	- 734
Breast Cancer	9	3,070	25	825	+ 2,245
Other Injuries	10	2,987	17	1,161	+ 1,826
Liver Disease	11	2,985	7	3,330	- 346
Prostate Cancer	12	2,916	12	1,362	+ 1,554
Endocrine Disorders	13	2,749	31	507	+ 2,242
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,381	9	2,565	- 184
Inflammatory/Heart	15	2,091	36	308	+ 1,783
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,887	19	1,109	+ 778
Lung Disease	17	1,481	8	2,576	- 1,096
Road Traffic Accidents	18	1,344	6	3,490	- 2,146
Lung Cancers	19	1,304	20	1,075	+ 230
Skin Disease	20	1,181	51	103	+ 1,079
Drownings	21	1,158	32	470	+ 688
Lymphomas	22	1,109	22	883	+ 226
Cervical Cancer	23	916	24	840	+ 76
Alcohol	24	895	39	280	+ 615
Stomach Cancer	25	790	11	2,089	- 1,299
Falls	26	784	18	1,114	- 330
Parkinson's Disease	27	750	26	658	+ 92
Low Birth Weight	28	735	16	1,172	- 437
Congenital Anomalies	29	707	13	1,335	- 629
Uterin Cancer	30	622	48	129	+ 494
Suicide	31	614	14	1,326	- 713
Liver Cancer	32	527	21	954	- 427
Fires	33	464	43	175	+ 288
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	462	33	417	+ 46
Leukemia	35	450	23	882	- 432
Ovary Cancer	36	445	35	322	+ 122
Pancreas Cancer	37	435	30	562	- 127
Oesophagus Cancer	38	388	42	180	+ 209
Asthma	39	380	53	85	+ 295
Epilepsy	40	348	40	273	+ 75
Maternal Conditions	41	286	46	164	+ 121
Birth Trauma	42	276	38	302	- 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	231	34	410	- 180
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	194	47	163	+ 31
Malnutrition	45	189	28	578	- 389
Oral Cancer	46	154	45	166	- 11
Other Neoplasms	47	146	57	64	+ 82
Drug Use	48	111	41	214	- 102
Meningitis	49	110	52	90	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	50	94	44	168	- 74
Encephalitis	51	82	55	82	- 0
Appendicitis	52	80	50	110	- 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	69	49	124	- 54
Multiple Sclerosis	54	67	60	18	+ 49
Skin Cancers	55	37	37	308	- 271
Poisonings	56	29	58	59	- 30
War	57	29	66	2	+ 27
Tuberculosis	58	16	29	574	- 558
Dengue	59	11	61	10	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	10	64	3	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	61	9	63	8	+ 0
Tetanus	62	3	62	9	- 5
Syphilis	63	3	54	85	- 82
Chlamydia	64	3	68	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	1	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	65	2	- 1
Pertussis	68	0	56	79	- 79
Measles	69	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	59	21	- 21
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Bahamas

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.