ECUADOR VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,359	1	9,805	+ 13,554
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	14,394	9	2,565	+ 11,829
Stroke	3	11,324	3	5,429	+ 5,895
Lung Cancers	4	10,360	20	1,075	+ 9,285
Lung Disease	5	9,842	8	2,576	+ 7,265
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	8,679	4	5,083	+ 3,596
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	5,089	19	1,109	+ 3,979
Kidney Disease	8	4,512	2	6,184	- 1,672
Breast Cancer	9	3,954	25	825	+ 3,129
Suicide	10	3,227	14	1,326	+ 1,901
Other Injuries	11	3,067	17	1,161	+ 1,906
Other Neoplasms	12	2,794	57	64	+ 2,730
Prostate Cancer	13	2,789	12	1,362	+ 1,427
Pancreas Cancer	14	2,766	30	562	+ 2,204
Falls	15	2,684	18	1,114	+ 1,570
Lymphomas	16	2,373	22	883	+ 1,490
Liver Disease	17	2,190	7	3,330	- 1,140
Endocrine Disorders	18	2,189	31	507	+ 1,682
Parkinson's Disease	19	2,106	26	658	+ 1,448
Diabetes Mellitus	20	1,940	5	4,321	- 2,381
Leukemia	21	1,833	23	882	+ 952
Bladder Cancer	22	1,649	44	168	+ 1,481
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,621	36	308	+ 1,313
Liver Cancer	24	1,492	21	954	+ 538
Oesophagus Cancer	25	1,373	42	180	+ 1,193
Stomach Cancer	26	1,319	11	2,089	- 769
Hypertension	27	1,131	10	2,507	- 1,376
Oral Cancer	28	1,031	45	166	+ 865
Road Traffic Accidents	29	1,018	6	3,490	- 2,472
Ovary Cancer	30	998	35	322	+ 675
Skin Cancers	31	798	37	308	+ 491
Alcohol	32	764	39	280	+ 484
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	638	34	410	+ 228
Uterin Cancer	34	587	48	129	+ 458
Skin Disease	35	580	51	103	+ 478
Epilepsy	36	532	40	273	+ 259
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	448	47	163	+ 285
Malnutrition	38	444	28	578	- 134
Drug Use	39	439	41	214	+ 226
Congenital Anomalies	40	431	13	1,335	- 904
Cervical Cancer	41	371	24	840	- 469
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	325	33	417	- 92
Anemia	43	304	82	0	+ 304
Violence	44	229	15	1,210	- 981
Multiple Sclerosis	45	225	60	18	+ 207
Asthma	46	195	53	85	+ 110
Drownings	47	120	32	470	- 350
Fires	48	115	43	175	- 61
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	111	49	124	- 13
Low Birth Weight	50	107	16	1,172	- 1,065
Osteoarthritis	51	89	85	0	+ 89
Hepatitis C	52	81	67	1	+ 80
Birth Trauma	53	72	38	302	- 231
Tuberculosis	54	70	29	574	- 504
Poisonings	55	63	58	59	+ 4
Schizophrenia	56	60	83	0	+ 60
HIV/AIDS	57	55	27	609	- 554
Meningitis	58	44	52	90	- 46
Upper Respiratory	59	34	63	8	+ 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	31	86	0	+ 31
Oral conditions	61	29	84	0	+ 29
Appendicitis	62	26	50	110	- 85
Hepatitis B	63	25	64	3	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	64	9	46	164	- 155
Otitis Media	65	3	70	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	66	2	55	82	- 80
War	67	2	66	2	+ 0
Pertussis	68	1	56	79	- 78
Diphtheria	69	0	69	1	- 1
Syphilis	70	0	54	85	- 85
Chlamydia	71	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	59	21	- 21
Tetanus	78	0	62	9	- 9
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	65	2	- 2
Dengue	83	0	61	10	- 10
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

Belgium

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.