ECUADOR VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	23,146	3	5,429	+ 17,717
Coronary Heart Disease	2	21,536	1	9,805	+ 11,731
Diabetes Mellitus	3	15,651	5	4,321	+ 11,330
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	13,317	4	5,083	+ 8,234
Prostate Cancer	5	9,936	12	1,362	+ 8,574
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	6,923	19	1,109	+ 5,814
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	6,868	9	2,565	+ 4,303
Breast Cancer	8	5,723	25	825	+ 4,898
Endocrine Disorders	9	5,619	31	507	+ 5,112
Kidney Disease	10	5,555	2	6,184	- 629
Other Injuries	11	4,726	17	1,161	+ 3,566
Lung Disease	12	4,445	8	2,576	+ 1,868
Hypertension	13	4,333	10	2,507	+ 1,826
Skin Disease	14	3,757	51	103	+ 3,655
Lymphomas	15	3,056	22	883	+ 2,173
Lung Cancers	16	2,569	20	1,075	+ 1,494
Inflammatory/Heart	17	2,348	36	308	+ 2,040
Pancreas Cancer	18	2,332	30	562	+ 1,770
Violence	19	1,947	15	1,210	+ 737
Leukemia	20	1,751	23	882	+ 869
HIV/AIDS	21	1,694	27	609	+ 1,085
Stomach Cancer	22	1,668	11	2,089	- 421
Cervical Cancer	23	1,658	24	840	+ 818
Other Neoplasms	24	1,555	57	64	+ 1,491
Road Traffic Accidents	25	1,413	6	3,490	- 2,078
Liver Disease	26	1,375	7	3,330	- 1,956
Uterin Cancer	27	1,275	48	129	+ 1,147
Oral Cancer	28	1,076	45	166	+ 910
Congenital Anomalies	29	1,075	13	1,335	- 261
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	1,043	86	0	+ 1,043
Parkinson's Disease	31	986	26	658	+ 328
Ovary Cancer	32	934	35	322	+ 612
Liver Cancer	33	866	21	954	- 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	854	33	417	+ 437
Asthma	35	782	53	85	+ 696
Oesophagus Cancer	36	693	42	180	+ 513
Anemia	37	671	82	0	+ 671
Epilepsy	38	566	40	273	+ 294
Bladder Cancer	39	564	44	168	+ 396
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	411	34	410	+ 1
Falls	41	398	18	1,114	- 717
Low Birth Weight	42	318	16	1,172	- 854
Birth Trauma	43	313	38	302	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	280	49	124	+ 156
Meningitis	45	260	52	90	+ 170
Alcohol	46	244	39	280	- 36
Skin Cancers	47	237	37	308	- 70
Poisonings	48	124	58	59	+ 65
Malnutrition	49	119	28	578	- 459
Osteoarthritis	50	118	85	0	+ 118
Suicide	51	107	14	1,326	- 1,220
Hepatitis B	52	97	64	3	+ 95
Drug Use	53	89	41	214	- 125
Dengue	54	82	61	10	+ 72
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	71	47	163	- 92
Maternal Conditions	56	69	46	164	- 95
Drownings	57	66	32	470	- 403
Upper Respiratory	58	63	63	8	+ 54
Schizophrenia	59	62	83	0	+ 62
Tuberculosis	60	61	29	574	- 513
Multiple Sclerosis	61	45	60	18	+ 27
Fires	62	34	43	175	- 141
Oral conditions	63	34	84	0	+ 34
Syphilis	64	23	54	85	- 62
Appendicitis	65	20	50	110	- 91
War	66	2	66	2	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	56	79	- 79
Measles	68	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	1	- 1
Tetanus	70	0	62	9	- 9
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	65	2	- 2
Malaria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	59	21	- 21
Chlamydia	81	0	68	1	- 1
Encephalitis	82	0	55	82	- 82
Hepatitis C	83	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	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.