CROATIA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,222	1	12,307	- 10,085
Kidney Disease	2	1,402	7	1,392	+ 9
Stroke	3	1,231	2	6,275	- 5,045
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,152	10	1,021	+ 131
Diabetes Mellitus	5	979	6	1,963	- 983
Road Traffic Accidents	6	791	27	328	+ 463
Liver Disease	7	755	13	924	- 170
Lung Disease	8	584	5	2,111	- 1,527
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	581	9	1,066	- 485
Hypertension	10	568	8	1,102	- 534
Stomach Cancer	11	473	15	786	- 313
Prostate Cancer	12	309	14	852	- 543
Congenital Anomalies	13	303	37	94	+ 208
Suicide	14	301	17	676	- 376
Violence	15	274	48	45	+ 230
Low Birth Weight	16	266	56	10	+ 256
Other Injuries	17	263	23	428	- 165
Falls	18	253	12	974	- 722
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	251	4	2,189	- 1,938
Lung Cancers	20	244	3	2,842	- 2,598
Liver Cancer	21	216	19	501	- 285
Lymphomas	22	200	18	556	- 356
Leukemia	23	200	22	435	- 235
Cervical Cancer	24	190	34	156	+ 35
Breast Cancer	25	187	11	1,019	- 831
Parkinson's Disease	26	149	24	423	- 274
HIV/AIDS	27	138	59	8	+ 131
Malnutrition	28	131	70	0	+ 131
Tuberculosis	29	130	44	61	+ 69
Pancreas Cancer	30	127	16	754	- 627
Endocrine Disorders	31	115	42	72	+ 42
Drownings	32	106	38	86	+ 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	94	31	207	- 112
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	93	39	82	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	35	73	28	308	- 235
Inflammatory/Heart	36	70	21	457	- 387
Skin Cancers	37	70	26	332	- 262
Birth Trauma	38	69	55	11	+ 57
Alcohol	39	63	30	219	- 155
Epilepsy	40	62	36	94	- 33
Drug Use	41	48	43	70	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	42	41	33	189	- 149
Fires	43	40	50	34	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	44	38	20	499	- 461
Oral Cancer	45	38	25	338	- 300
Maternal Conditions	46	37	61	2	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	37	35	137	- 100
Uterin Cancer	48	29	32	199	- 170
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	28	46	47	- 19
Appendicitis	50	25	57	9	+ 16
Skin Disease	51	23	58	8	+ 16
Meningitis	52	20	52	16	+ 4
Asthma	53	19	41	74	- 54
Syphilis	54	19	71	0	+ 19
Encephalitis	55	19	65	1	+ 18
Pertussis	56	18	69	0	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	57	15	29	283	- 269
Poisonings	58	13	54	16	- 2
Chagas disease	59	5	76	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	45	55	- 51
Dengue	61	2	80	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	2	68	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	2	63	2	+ 0
Hepatitis B	64	1	51	17	- 17
Ascariasis	65	0	83	0	+ 0
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	47	45	- 44
Chlamydia	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	60	3	- 3
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	62	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	53	16	- 16
Schizophrenia	83	0	40	79	- 79
Oral conditions	84	0	64	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	49	43	- 43
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

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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.