GUINEA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	ECUADOR		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,489	6	5,665	+ 1,824
Kidney Disease	2	4,724	16	1,939	+ 2,784
Stroke	3	4,147	5	5,777	- 1,630
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,883	1	12,790	- 8,908
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,301	15	2,138	+ 1,163
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,666	9	3,788	- 1,122
Liver Disease	7	2,544	12	2,550	- 6
Lung Disease	8	1,968	20	1,373	+ 595
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,959	30	579	+ 1,380
Hypertension	10	1,915	21	1,348	+ 567
Stomach Cancer	11	1,596	41	245	+ 1,350
Prostate Cancer	12	1,040	32	525	+ 515
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,020	14	2,181	- 1,161
Suicide	14	1,013	29	892	+ 121
Violence	15	924	26	1,128	- 204
Low Birth Weight	16	895	8	4,319	- 3,424
Other Injuries	17	887	18	1,504	- 617
Falls	18	851	33	480	+ 372
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	847	53	100	+ 747
Lung Cancers	20	821	50	128	+ 693
Liver Cancer	21	728	23	1,167	- 439
Lymphomas	22	674	48	158	+ 517
Leukemia	23	673	67	17	+ 656
Cervical Cancer	24	641	19	1,491	- 850
Breast Cancer	25	630	38	345	+ 286
Parkinson's Disease	26	503	44	212	+ 291
HIV/AIDS	27	465	10	3,020	- 2,554
Malnutrition	28	442	28	1,032	- 590
Tuberculosis	29	438	13	2,369	- 1,930
Pancreas Cancer	30	429	65	19	+ 410
Endocrine Disorders	31	387	25	1,140	- 752
Drownings	32	359	31	528	- 170
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	318	34	448	- 130
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	313	3	6,788	- 6,475
Ovary Cancer	35	246	54	93	+ 154
Inflammatory/Heart	36	235	35	439	- 204
Skin Cancers	37	235	49	152	+ 83
Birth Trauma	38	231	7	4,797	- 4,566
Alcohol	39	214	55	83	+ 130
Epilepsy	40	208	37	350	- 141
Drug Use	41	163	46	169	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	42	137	63	20	+ 118
Fires	43	134	36	410	- 276
Bladder Cancer	44	128	60	32	+ 97
Oral Cancer	45	127	52	122	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	46	126	17	1,793	- 1,668
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	124	42	238	- 114
Uterin Cancer	48	98	59	38	+ 61
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	94	70	13	+ 82
Appendicitis	50	84	57	41	+ 43
Skin Disease	51	78	51	127	- 49
Meningitis	52	68	11	2,633	- 2,564
Asthma	53	65	22	1,179	- 1,114
Syphilis	54	65	39	328	- 263
Encephalitis	55	63	56	81	- 18
Pertussis	56	60	24	1,165	- 1,105
Other Neoplasms	57	49	68	16	+ 33
Poisonings	58	45	40	295	- 250
Chagas disease	59	16	77	0	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	60	14	66	18	- 4
Dengue	61	7	73	0	+ 7
Tetanus	62	7	45	170	- 163
Upper Respiratory	63	6	69	15	- 9
Hepatitis B	64	2	47	162	- 160
Ascariasis	65	1	62	22	- 21
War	66	1	64	20	- 18
Hepatitis C	67	1	61	22	- 22
Chlamydia	68	1	71	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	58	40	- 39
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	4	6,025	- 6,025
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	43	232	- 232
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Malaria	77	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Ecuador

Guinea

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.