CONGO VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,265	4	2,494	+ 771
Kidney Disease	2	2,059	15	613	+ 1,446
Stroke	3	1,808	5	2,267	- 459
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,693	3	2,576	- 883
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,439	10	1,050	+ 389
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,162	7	1,598	- 436
Liver Disease	7	1,109	13	931	+ 179
Lung Disease	8	858	17	541	+ 317
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	854	25	230	+ 624
Hypertension	10	835	12	933	- 98
Stomach Cancer	11	696	39	88	+ 608
Prostate Cancer	12	454	28	198	+ 256
Congenital Anomalies	13	445	14	729	- 284
Suicide	14	442	19	349	+ 93
Violence	15	403	18	539	- 136
Low Birth Weight	16	390	9	1,283	- 893
Other Injuries	17	387	20	333	+ 53
Falls	18	371	33	149	+ 222
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	369	38	89	+ 281
Lung Cancers	20	358	47	54	+ 304
Liver Cancer	21	318	30	169	+ 148
Lymphomas	22	294	45	61	+ 233
Leukemia	23	294	46	57	+ 236
Cervical Cancer	24	280	29	196	+ 84
Breast Cancer	25	275	32	159	+ 116
Parkinson's Disease	26	219	42	69	+ 150
HIV/AIDS	27	203	1	4,509	- 4,306
Malnutrition	28	193	24	272	- 79
Tuberculosis	29	191	2	2,781	- 2,590
Pancreas Cancer	30	187	52	42	+ 145
Endocrine Disorders	31	169	27	208	- 39
Drownings	32	156	36	104	+ 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	139	35	105	+ 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	137	8	1,304	- 1,167
Ovary Cancer	35	107	48	49	+ 58
Inflammatory/Heart	36	103	26	220	- 117
Skin Cancers	37	102	53	36	+ 66
Birth Trauma	38	101	11	997	- 897
Alcohol	39	93	49	46	+ 47
Epilepsy	40	91	40	76	+ 15
Drug Use	41	71	44	65	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	42	60	57	19	+ 40
Fires	43	58	37	90	- 32
Bladder Cancer	44	56	61	15	+ 41
Oral Cancer	45	55	54	33	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	46	55	16	578	- 523
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	54	43	67	- 12
Uterin Cancer	48	43	60	15	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	41	59	15	+ 26
Appendicitis	50	37	58	18	+ 18
Skin Disease	51	34	50	46	- 12
Meningitis	52	30	22	299	- 269
Asthma	53	28	23	291	- 262
Syphilis	54	28	34	107	- 78
Encephalitis	55	27	56	20	+ 7
Pertussis	56	26	21	329	- 303
Other Neoplasms	57	21	63	8	+ 14
Poisonings	58	20	41	71	- 51
Chagas disease	59	7	79	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	66	4	+ 2
Dengue	61	3	73	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	3	55	23	- 20
Upper Respiratory	63	3	64	7	- 4
Hepatitis B	64	1	62	14	- 14
Ascariasis	65	1	69	1	- 0
War	66	1	72	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	67	2	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	68	2	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	31	159	- 159
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	45	- 45
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	65	7	- 7
Malaria	77	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Ecuador

Congo

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.