ECUADOR VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	54,298	1	9,805	+ 44,494
Stroke	2	27,686	3	5,429	+ 22,257
Lung Cancers	3	12,539	20	1,075	+ 11,464
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	9,658	19	1,109	+ 8,549
Lung Disease	5	9,313	8	2,576	+ 6,736
Diabetes Mellitus	6	8,660	5	4,321	+ 4,339
Kidney Disease	7	6,142	2	6,184	- 41
Hypertension	8	4,862	10	2,507	+ 2,355
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	4,705	9	2,565	+ 2,140
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	4,506	4	5,083	- 577
Breast Cancer	11	4,494	25	825	+ 3,668
Falls	12	4,299	18	1,114	+ 3,185
Liver Disease	13	4,079	7	3,330	+ 748
Prostate Cancer	14	3,759	12	1,362	+ 2,397
Stomach Cancer	15	3,470	11	2,089	+ 1,381
Pancreas Cancer	16	3,328	30	562	+ 2,766
Suicide	17	2,983	14	1,326	+ 1,657
Lymphomas	18	2,455	22	883	+ 1,572
Liver Cancer	19	2,212	21	954	+ 1,258
Bladder Cancer	20	2,202	44	168	+ 2,034
Inflammatory/Heart	21	2,015	36	308	+ 1,707
Leukemia	22	1,921	23	882	+ 1,039
Other Injuries	23	1,887	17	1,161	+ 726
Parkinson's Disease	24	1,867	26	658	+ 1,209
Oral Cancer	25	1,491	45	166	+ 1,325
Skin Cancers	26	1,464	37	308	+ 1,156
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,448	6	3,490	- 2,042
Ovary Cancer	28	1,361	35	322	+ 1,038
Other Neoplasms	29	1,249	57	64	+ 1,185
Alcohol	30	966	39	280	+ 686
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	912	33	417	+ 496
Uterin Cancer	32	879	48	129	+ 751
Oesophagus Cancer	33	835	42	180	+ 655
Cervical Cancer	34	686	24	840	- 154
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	603	47	163	+ 440
Epilepsy	36	417	40	273	+ 144
Congenital Anomalies	37	416	13	1,335	- 919
Drownings	38	379	32	470	- 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	362	34	410	- 49
Schizophrenia	40	349	83	0	+ 349
Asthma	41	325	53	85	+ 239
Endocrine Disorders	42	320	31	507	- 187
Drug Use	43	311	41	214	+ 97
Tuberculosis	44	271	29	574	- 302
Multiple Sclerosis	45	242	60	18	+ 224
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	207	49	124	+ 84
Hepatitis C	47	197	67	1	+ 196
Violence	48	197	15	1,210	- 1,013
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	189	86	0	+ 189
Fires	50	151	43	175	- 24
Hepatitis B	51	76	64	3	+ 73
Meningitis	52	72	52	90	- 18
Anemia	53	70	82	0	+ 70
Poisonings	54	70	58	59	+ 11
Birth Trauma	55	49	38	302	- 254
Low Birth Weight	56	44	16	1,172	- 1,127
Appendicitis	57	38	50	110	- 72
Skin Disease	58	34	51	103	- 68
HIV/AIDS	59	33	27	609	- 576
Otitis Media	60	15	70	0	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	61	10	46	164	- 154
Iodine Deficiency	62	9	73	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	63	7	63	8	- 1
Oral conditions	64	7	84	0	+ 7
Encephalitis	65	3	55	82	- 79
Leishmaniasis	66	2	74	0	+ 2
War	67	2	66	2	+ 0
Tetanus	68	1	62	9	- 8
Pertussis	69	1	56	79	- 79
Malnutrition	70	0	28	578	- 578
Syphilis	71	0	54	85	- 85
Diphtheria	72	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	68	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	59	21	- 21
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	61	10	- 10
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	65	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	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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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.