DENMARK VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,199	1	5,341	- 2,143
Kidney Disease	2	2,017	12	911	+ 1,107
Stroke	3	1,771	5	3,662	- 1,891
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,658	6	2,244	- 585
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,410	10	1,284	+ 126
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,139	33	213	+ 925
Liver Disease	7	1,086	14	692	+ 394
Lung Disease	8	840	3	4,387	- 3,546
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	837	2	5,218	- 4,381
Hypertension	10	818	15	642	+ 175
Stomach Cancer	11	681	23	484	+ 197
Prostate Cancer	12	444	8	1,480	- 1,036
Congenital Anomalies	13	436	36	153	+ 282
Suicide	14	433	16	617	- 185
Violence	15	395	47	63	+ 332
Low Birth Weight	16	382	41	116	+ 266
Other Injuries	17	379	30	347	+ 32
Falls	18	363	22	541	- 177
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	362	7	2,147	- 1,785
Lung Cancers	20	351	4	3,721	- 3,371
Liver Cancer	21	311	25	464	- 153
Lymphomas	22	288	13	730	- 442
Leukemia	23	288	20	558	- 271
Cervical Cancer	24	274	37	153	+ 121
Breast Cancer	25	269	9	1,299	- 1,030
Parkinson's Disease	26	215	17	600	- 385
HIV/AIDS	27	199	55	23	+ 176
Malnutrition	28	189	59	14	+ 175
Tuberculosis	29	187	57	16	+ 172
Pancreas Cancer	30	183	11	1,096	- 913
Endocrine Disorders	31	165	19	575	- 409
Drownings	32	153	50	37	+ 116
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	136	32	216	- 80
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	134	38	145	- 11
Ovary Cancer	35	105	29	367	- 262
Inflammatory/Heart	36	100	31	284	- 184
Skin Cancers	37	100	26	388	- 288
Birth Trauma	38	99	56	21	+ 77
Alcohol	39	91	18	598	- 507
Epilepsy	40	89	40	125	- 36
Drug Use	41	70	34	197	- 127
Oesophagus Cancer	42	59	24	477	- 418
Fires	43	57	49	53	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	44	55	21	545	- 491
Oral Cancer	45	54	28	371	- 317
Maternal Conditions	46	54	64	2	+ 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	53	42	96	- 43
Uterin Cancer	48	42	35	156	- 114
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	40	43	84	- 44
Appendicitis	50	36	54	23	+ 13
Skin Disease	51	33	45	79	- 45
Meningitis	52	29	52	25	+ 4
Asthma	53	28	44	82	- 54
Syphilis	54	28	70	0	+ 27
Encephalitis	55	27	67	1	+ 26
Pertussis	56	26	72	0	+ 26
Other Neoplasms	57	21	27	378	- 357
Poisonings	58	19	62	6	+ 14
Chagas disease	59	7	77	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	39	132	- 126
Dengue	61	3	83	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	3	68	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	3	58	15	- 13
Hepatitis B	64	1	61	6	- 5
Ascariasis	65	1	81	0	+ 1
War	66	1	66	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	60	9	- 8
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	46	73	- 73
Schizophrenia	83	0	48	57	- 57
Oral conditions	84	0	63	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	53	25	- 25
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Ecuador

Denmark

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.