GUATEMALA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,775	1	9,825	- 49
Kidney Disease	2	6,165	4	6,277	- 111
Stroke	3	5,413	6	4,849	+ 564
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,068	2	9,245	- 4,178
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,308	3	6,932	- 2,624
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,480	8	4,026	- 546
Liver Disease	7	3,320	5	5,684	- 2,364
Lung Disease	8	2,569	13	1,901	+ 667
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,557	12	1,957	+ 600
Hypertension	10	2,499	26	679	+ 1,820
Stomach Cancer	11	2,083	17	1,570	+ 512
Prostate Cancer	12	1,358	24	846	+ 512
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,331	18	1,517	- 185
Suicide	14	1,322	22	1,039	+ 283
Violence	15	1,206	7	4,411	- 3,205
Low Birth Weight	16	1,168	16	1,658	- 490
Other Injuries	17	1,157	10	2,466	- 1,308
Falls	18	1,111	20	1,371	- 261
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	1,106	31	464	+ 642
Lung Cancers	20	1,071	35	391	+ 680
Liver Cancer	21	951	15	1,765	- 814
Lymphomas	22	880	43	229	+ 651
Leukemia	23	879	27	601	+ 278
Cervical Cancer	24	837	25	808	+ 30
Breast Cancer	25	823	28	495	+ 328
Parkinson's Disease	26	656	34	393	+ 263
HIV/AIDS	27	608	21	1,173	- 565
Malnutrition	28	577	11	1,981	- 1,404
Tuberculosis	29	572	37	301	+ 271
Pancreas Cancer	30	560	38	282	+ 278
Endocrine Disorders	31	505	29	486	+ 20
Drownings	32	468	32	463	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	415	23	1,029	- 614
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	409	9	2,617	- 2,208
Ovary Cancer	35	321	50	133	+ 188
Inflammatory/Heart	36	307	44	225	+ 82
Skin Cancers	37	307	46	195	+ 112
Birth Trauma	38	302	19	1,466	- 1,164
Alcohol	39	279	14	1,799	- 1,520
Epilepsy	40	272	33	463	- 191
Drug Use	41	213	40	272	- 58
Oesophagus Cancer	42	179	48	144	+ 35
Fires	43	175	45	207	- 33
Bladder Cancer	44	168	55	57	+ 110
Oral Cancer	45	165	49	142	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	46	164	30	468	- 304
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	162	54	62	+ 100
Uterin Cancer	48	128	59	27	+ 101
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	123	52	82	+ 41
Appendicitis	50	110	47	164	- 54
Skin Disease	51	102	42	232	- 130
Meningitis	52	89	41	271	- 182
Asthma	53	85	36	335	- 249
Syphilis	54	85	64	3	+ 82
Encephalitis	55	82	51	104	- 22
Pertussis	56	79	53	70	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	57	64	56	42	+ 22
Poisonings	58	58	39	275	- 217
Chagas disease	59	21	61	19	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	18	60	21	- 3
Dengue	61	10	58	33	- 23
Tetanus	62	9	62	10	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	8	57	34	- 26
Hepatitis B	64	3	65	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	2	63	7	- 5
War	66	2	68	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	1	66	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	1	67	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	69	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Ecuador

Guatemala

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.