FINLAND VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,013	2	9,831	- 6,818
Kidney Disease	2	1,900	26	342	+ 1,558
Stroke	3	1,668	3	4,115	- 2,447
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,562	21	436	+ 1,126
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,328	22	418	+ 910
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,073	33	215	+ 858
Liver Disease	7	1,023	10	1,068	- 45
Lung Disease	8	792	8	1,289	- 498
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	788	1	11,120	- 10,332
Hypertension	10	770	5	2,030	- 1,260
Stomach Cancer	11	642	19	447	+ 195
Prostate Cancer	12	418	11	970	- 552
Congenital Anomalies	13	410	35	192	+ 218
Suicide	14	408	15	846	- 439
Violence	15	372	43	64	+ 307
Low Birth Weight	16	360	48	26	+ 334
Other Injuries	17	357	20	437	- 80
Falls	18	342	7	1,325	- 983
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	341	6	1,433	- 1,092
Lung Cancers	20	330	4	2,312	- 1,982
Liver Cancer	21	293	16	545	- 252
Lymphomas	22	271	14	851	- 579
Leukemia	23	271	24	371	- 100
Cervical Cancer	24	258	44	62	+ 196
Breast Cancer	25	254	12	948	- 695
Parkinson's Disease	26	202	13	853	- 651
HIV/AIDS	27	187	59	6	+ 182
Malnutrition	28	178	57	7	+ 171
Tuberculosis	29	176	46	32	+ 144
Pancreas Cancer	30	173	9	1,247	- 1,074
Endocrine Disorders	31	156	31	257	- 101
Drownings	32	144	37	106	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	128	36	151	- 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	126	52	15	+ 111
Ovary Cancer	35	99	25	344	- 245
Inflammatory/Heart	36	95	17	518	- 423
Skin Cancers	37	94	29	297	- 203
Birth Trauma	38	93	56	8	+ 85
Alcohol	39	86	18	464	- 378
Epilepsy	40	84	38	104	- 20
Drug Use	41	66	30	269	- 203
Oesophagus Cancer	42	55	27	320	- 265
Fires	43	54	45	62	- 8
Bladder Cancer	44	52	28	308	- 257
Oral Cancer	45	51	34	207	- 156
Maternal Conditions	46	51	64	2	+ 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	50	50	19	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	48	40	32	225	- 186
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	38	41	83	- 45
Appendicitis	50	34	54	10	+ 24
Skin Disease	51	32	47	27	+ 4
Meningitis	52	28	55	9	+ 18
Asthma	53	26	40	85	- 58
Syphilis	54	26	67	0	+ 26
Encephalitis	55	25	66	0	+ 25
Pertussis	56	24	69	0	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	57	20	23	377	- 357
Poisonings	58	18	49	25	- 7
Chagas disease	59	6	76	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	42	80	- 75
Dengue	61	3	82	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	3	70	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	3	62	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	63	2	- 1
Ascariasis	65	1	81	0	+ 1
War	66	1	65	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	60	5	- 4
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	58	6	- 6
Schizophrenia	83	0	39	93	- 93
Oral conditions	84	0	61	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	53	11	- 11
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Ecuador

Finland

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.