CUBA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,872	1	22,079	- 16,207
Kidney Disease	2	3,704	14	1,700	+ 2,004
Stroke	3	3,252	2	10,725	- 7,474
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,044	3	8,564	- 5,520
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,588	13	1,791	+ 797
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,090	19	1,007	+ 1,083
Liver Disease	7	1,995	11	1,873	+ 121
Lung Disease	8	1,543	6	5,492	- 3,949
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,536	5	5,841	- 4,305
Hypertension	10	1,501	7	3,469	- 1,967
Stomach Cancer	11	1,251	20	991	+ 260
Prostate Cancer	12	816	8	3,365	- 2,550
Congenital Anomalies	13	800	37	368	+ 432
Suicide	14	794	16	1,638	- 843
Violence	15	724	32	584	+ 141
Low Birth Weight	16	702	48	98	+ 604
Other Injuries	17	695	12	1,869	- 1,174
Falls	18	667	10	2,810	- 2,143
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	664	9	2,958	- 2,293
Lung Cancers	20	644	4	5,985	- 5,341
Liver Cancer	21	571	24	815	- 244
Lymphomas	22	529	18	1,089	- 561
Leukemia	23	528	30	633	- 105
Cervical Cancer	24	503	29	666	- 163
Breast Cancer	25	494	15	1,673	- 1,178
Parkinson's Disease	26	394	27	691	- 297
HIV/AIDS	27	365	34	471	- 107
Malnutrition	28	346	55	64	+ 283
Tuberculosis	29	344	60	45	+ 299
Pancreas Cancer	30	336	21	905	- 568
Endocrine Disorders	31	304	36	412	- 109
Drownings	32	281	42	231	+ 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	250	35	420	- 170
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	246	43	206	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	35	193	39	323	- 130
Inflammatory/Heart	36	184	17	1,156	- 972
Skin Cancers	37	184	33	514	- 330
Birth Trauma	38	181	59	49	+ 132
Alcohol	39	168	28	675	- 508
Epilepsy	40	163	46	108	+ 55
Drug Use	41	128	51	82	+ 46
Oesophagus Cancer	42	108	22	879	- 772
Fires	43	105	58	55	+ 50
Bladder Cancer	44	101	26	734	- 633
Oral Cancer	45	99	23	876	- 777
Maternal Conditions	46	99	61	43	+ 55
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	97	44	162	- 64
Uterin Cancer	48	77	31	602	- 525
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	74	49	87	- 13
Appendicitis	50	66	47	104	- 38
Skin Disease	51	61	41	258	- 197
Meningitis	52	54	50	83	- 29
Asthma	53	51	40	301	- 250
Syphilis	54	51	69	1	+ 50
Encephalitis	55	49	66	6	+ 43
Pertussis	56	47	73	0	+ 47
Other Neoplasms	57	38	25	769	- 730
Poisonings	58	35	62	17	+ 18
Chagas disease	59	13	79	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	60	11	57	55	- 45
Dengue	61	6	74	0	+ 6
Tetanus	62	5	71	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	63	5	65	6	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	2	56	59	- 57
Ascariasis	65	1	70	1	+ 0
War	66	1	68	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	1	45	112	- 111
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	71	0	67	2	- 2
Measles	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	52	77	- 77
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	68	- 68
Oral conditions	84	0	64	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	85	0	38	326	- 326
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	53	75	- 75
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Ecuador

Cuba

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.