ESTONIA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	639	1	3,009	- 2,370
Kidney Disease	2	403	17	176	+ 227
Stroke	3	354	3	1,116	- 762
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	331	6	349	- 17
Diabetes Mellitus	5	282	19	146	+ 136
Road Traffic Accidents	6	228	35	59	+ 168
Liver Disease	7	217	7	328	- 111
Lung Disease	8	168	13	229	- 61
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	167	12	229	- 62
Hypertension	10	163	2	2,700	- 2,537
Stomach Cancer	11	136	9	290	- 154
Prostate Cancer	12	89	8	298	- 210
Congenital Anomalies	13	87	43	25	+ 62
Suicide	14	86	16	197	- 111
Violence	15	79	42	28	+ 50
Low Birth Weight	16	76	55	7	+ 70
Other Injuries	17	76	20	141	- 66
Falls	18	73	24	119	- 46
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	72	5	527	- 455
Lung Cancers	20	70	4	657	- 587
Liver Cancer	21	62	26	107	- 45
Lymphomas	22	58	15	213	- 155
Leukemia	23	57	22	126	- 68
Cervical Cancer	24	55	32	68	- 13
Breast Cancer	25	54	11	260	- 206
Parkinson's Disease	26	43	29	82	- 39
HIV/AIDS	27	40	39	40	- 1
Malnutrition	28	38	79	0	+ 38
Tuberculosis	29	37	47	16	+ 21
Pancreas Cancer	30	37	10	268	- 232
Endocrine Disorders	31	33	33	66	- 33
Drownings	32	31	40	30	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	27	36	55	- 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	27	53	8	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	35	21	28	87	- 66
Inflammatory/Heart	36	20	14	217	- 197
Skin Cancers	37	20	30	79	- 59
Birth Trauma	38	20	57	5	+ 15
Alcohol	39	18	18	148	- 130
Epilepsy	40	18	37	45	- 27
Drug Use	41	14	31	75	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	42	12	27	99	- 87
Fires	43	11	38	41	- 29
Bladder Cancer	44	11	21	126	- 115
Oral Cancer	45	11	25	110	- 100
Maternal Conditions	46	11	61	1	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	11	45	22	- 11
Uterin Cancer	48	8	34	60	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	8	46	17	- 9
Appendicitis	50	7	59	2	+ 5
Skin Disease	51	7	41	29	- 22
Meningitis	52	6	54	7	- 2
Asthma	53	6	44	24	- 19
Syphilis	54	6	62	1	+ 5
Encephalitis	55	5	63	0	+ 5
Pertussis	56	5	83	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	57	4	23	123	- 119
Poisonings	58	4	52	8	- 5
Chagas disease	59	1	71	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	48	16	- 15
Dengue	61	1	75	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	74	0	+ 0
War	66	0	64	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	58	4	- 4
Chlamydia	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Oral conditions	84	0	60	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	49	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.