ECUADOR VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,795	1	9,805	+ 3,990
Stroke	2	10,252	3	5,429	+ 4,823
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,880	4	5,083	+ 2,797
Violence	4	5,723	15	1,210	+ 4,513
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,960	5	4,321	+ 639
Lung Disease	6	4,940	8	2,576	+ 2,364
Kidney Disease	7	3,136	2	6,184	- 3,048
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,818	6	3,490	- 672
Lung Cancers	9	2,634	20	1,075	+ 1,560
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,556	9	2,565	- 9
Hypertension	11	2,398	10	2,507	- 109
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,927	19	1,109	+ 818
Liver Disease	13	1,782	7	3,330	- 1,548
Breast Cancer	14	1,727	25	825	+ 902
Prostate Cancer	15	1,581	12	1,362	+ 219
Falls	16	1,568	18	1,114	+ 454
Stomach Cancer	17	1,497	11	2,089	- 592
Inflammatory/Heart	18	1,457	36	308	+ 1,149
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,408	31	507	+ 902
Suicide	20	1,210	14	1,326	- 116
Other Injuries	21	1,149	17	1,161	- 12
HIV/AIDS	22	1,045	27	609	+ 436
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,025	13	1,335	- 310
Pancreas Cancer	24	998	30	562	+ 437
Liver Cancer	25	958	21	954	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	26	871	42	180	+ 691
Lymphomas	27	863	22	883	- 20
Oral Cancer	28	828	45	166	+ 662
Cervical Cancer	29	791	24	840	- 48
Leukemia	30	710	23	882	- 172
Skin Disease	31	597	51	103	+ 495
Alcohol	32	593	39	280	+ 313
Low Birth Weight	33	573	16	1,172	- 599
Malnutrition	34	557	28	578	- 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	471	34	410	+ 60
Bladder Cancer	36	441	44	168	+ 273
Chagas disease	37	420	59	21	+ 399
Skin Cancers	38	419	37	308	+ 111
Drownings	39	411	32	470	- 59
Tuberculosis	40	407	29	574	- 166
Parkinson's Disease	41	397	26	658	- 261
Other Neoplasms	42	388	57	64	+ 324
Ovary Cancer	43	362	35	322	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	354	33	417	- 62
Birth Trauma	45	314	38	302	+ 12
Epilepsy	46	272	40	273	- 1
Uterin Cancer	47	231	48	129	+ 103
Asthma	48	216	53	85	+ 130
Drug Use	49	205	41	214	- 8
Anemia	50	201	82	0	+ 201
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	182	47	163	+ 20
Hepatitis C	52	163	67	1	+ 162
Maternal Conditions	53	125	46	164	- 39
Meningitis	54	113	52	90	+ 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	91	86	0	+ 91
War	56	91	66	2	+ 89
Appendicitis	57	89	50	110	- 22
Fires	58	86	43	175	- 90
Hepatitis B	59	64	64	3	+ 62
Schizophrenia	60	55	83	0	+ 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	50	49	124	- 74
Schistosomiasis	62	49	75	0	+ 49
Leishmaniasis	63	36	74	0	+ 36
Multiple Sclerosis	64	30	60	18	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	65	27	85	0	+ 27
Poisonings	66	26	58	59	- 32
Upper Respiratory	67	22	63	8	+ 13
Syphilis	68	19	54	85	- 66
Leprosy	69	14	71	0	+ 14
Otitis Media	70	8	70	0	+ 8
Tetanus	71	7	62	9	- 2
Encephalitis	72	5	55	82	- 77
Oral conditions	73	5	84	0	+ 5
Malaria	74	4	77	0	+ 4
Pertussis	75	3	56	79	- 77
Dengue	76	1	61	10	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	78	1	65	2	- 1
Diphtheria	79	1	69	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	68	1	- 0
Measles	81	0	72	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	78	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.