BELGIUM VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,414	1	15,281	- 8,867
Kidney Disease	2	4,045	8	2,952	+ 1,093
Stroke	3	3,551	3	7,408	- 3,856
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,325	6	5,677	- 2,352
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,827	20	1,269	+ 1,557
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,283	29	666	+ 1,617
Liver Disease	7	2,179	17	1,433	+ 746
Lung Disease	8	1,685	5	6,438	- 4,753
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,678	2	9,416	- 7,738
Hypertension	10	1,640	27	740	+ 900
Stomach Cancer	11	1,366	26	863	+ 503
Prostate Cancer	12	891	13	1,824	- 934
Congenital Anomalies	13	874	40	282	+ 592
Suicide	14	868	10	2,111	- 1,243
Violence	15	791	44	149	+ 642
Low Birth Weight	16	767	50	70	+ 697
Other Injuries	17	759	11	2,006	- 1,247
Falls	18	729	15	1,756	- 1,027
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	726	7	3,329	- 2,603
Lung Cancers	20	703	4	6,777	- 6,074
Liver Cancer	21	624	24	976	- 352
Lymphomas	22	578	16	1,552	- 975
Leukemia	23	577	21	1,199	- 623
Cervical Cancer	24	549	41	243	+ 307
Breast Cancer	25	540	9	2,587	- 2,047
Parkinson's Disease	26	430	19	1,378	- 947
HIV/AIDS	27	399	57	36	+ 363
Malnutrition	28	378	38	291	+ 88
Tuberculosis	29	375	54	46	+ 330
Pancreas Cancer	30	367	14	1,809	- 1,442
Endocrine Disorders	31	332	18	1,432	- 1,100
Drownings	32	307	47	79	+ 229
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	273	42	213	+ 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	268	33	418	- 149
Ovary Cancer	35	211	30	653	- 442
Inflammatory/Heart	36	201	23	1,060	- 859
Skin Cancers	37	201	31	522	- 321
Birth Trauma	38	198	53	47	+ 151
Alcohol	39	183	32	500	- 316
Epilepsy	40	178	36	348	- 169
Drug Use	41	140	39	287	- 148
Oesophagus Cancer	42	118	25	898	- 781
Fires	43	115	48	75	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	44	110	22	1,078	- 969
Oral Cancer	45	109	28	675	- 566
Maternal Conditions	46	108	64	6	+ 102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	106	37	293	- 186
Uterin Cancer	48	84	34	384	- 300
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	81	49	73	+ 8
Appendicitis	50	72	62	17	+ 56
Skin Disease	51	67	35	380	- 312
Meningitis	52	59	58	28	+ 30
Asthma	53	56	46	128	- 72
Syphilis	54	56	70	0	+ 56
Encephalitis	55	54	66	1	+ 52
Pertussis	56	52	68	1	+ 51
Other Neoplasms	57	42	12	1,828	- 1,786
Poisonings	58	38	55	41	- 3
Chagas disease	59	14	77	0	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	60	12	45	147	- 135
Dengue	61	6	83	0	+ 6
Tetanus	62	6	78	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	63	5	59	22	- 17
Hepatitis B	64	2	63	17	- 15
Ascariasis	65	1	82	0	+ 1
War	66	1	67	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	1	52	53	- 52
Chlamydia	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	43	199	- 199
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	40	- 40
Oral conditions	84	0	61	19	- 19
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	59	- 59
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	60	20	- 20
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Ecuador

Belgium

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.