GUINEA-BISSAU VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,142	5	907	+ 235
Kidney Disease	2	720	15	268	+ 452
Stroke	3	632	6	829	- 197
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	592	2	1,390	- 798
Diabetes Mellitus	5	503	14	313	+ 190
Road Traffic Accidents	6	406	10	619	- 213
Liver Disease	7	388	11	405	- 17
Lung Disease	8	300	20	191	+ 109
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	299	34	69	+ 230
Hypertension	10	292	21	177	+ 115
Stomach Cancer	11	243	36	55	+ 188
Prostate Cancer	12	159	42	41	+ 118
Congenital Anomalies	13	156	12	373	- 218
Suicide	14	154	26	134	+ 20
Violence	15	141	22	173	- 32
Low Birth Weight	16	136	8	705	- 568
Other Injuries	17	135	17	234	- 99
Falls	18	130	33	71	+ 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	129	38	50	+ 80
Lung Cancers	20	125	50	18	+ 107
Liver Cancer	21	111	28	116	- 5
Lymphomas	22	103	45	28	+ 75
Leukemia	23	103	61	6	+ 96
Cervical Cancer	24	98	23	154	- 56
Breast Cancer	25	96	29	93	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	26	77	46	27	+ 50
HIV/AIDS	27	71	1	1,445	- 1,374
Malnutrition	28	67	27	121	- 54
Tuberculosis	29	67	3	1,387	- 1,320
Pancreas Cancer	30	65	54	14	+ 52
Endocrine Disorders	31	59	18	221	- 162
Drownings	32	55	30	89	- 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	49	32	77	- 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	48	4	913	- 865
Ovary Cancer	35	38	48	19	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	36	36	37	53	- 17
Skin Cancers	37	36	52	17	+ 19
Birth Trauma	38	35	7	790	- 755
Alcohol	39	33	57	12	+ 20
Epilepsy	40	32	39	48	- 17
Drug Use	41	25	55	13	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	42	21	49	19	+ 2
Fires	43	20	35	64	- 43
Bladder Cancer	44	20	51	17	+ 2
Oral Cancer	45	19	56	13	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	46	19	13	333	- 314
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	19	43	33	- 14
Uterin Cancer	48	15	59	8	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	14	67	2	+ 13
Appendicitis	50	13	60	7	+ 6
Skin Disease	51	12	53	16	- 4
Meningitis	52	10	16	258	- 248
Asthma	53	10	24	150	- 140
Syphilis	54	10	31	85	- 75
Encephalitis	55	10	58	10	- 1
Pertussis	56	9	19	212	- 203
Other Neoplasms	57	7	65	2	+ 5
Poisonings	58	7	41	45	- 38
Chagas disease	59	2	77	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	64	2	- 0
Dengue	61	1	72	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	40	48	- 47
Upper Respiratory	63	1	66	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	0	47	20	- 20
Ascariasis	65	0	62	4	- 4
War	66	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	63	3	- 3
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	25	147	- 147
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	44	30	- 30
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	9	684	- 684
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Ecuador

Guinea-Bissau

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.