GUYANA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	425	1	1,335	- 910
Kidney Disease	2	268	8	233	+ 35
Stroke	3	235	2	1,022	- 787
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	220	6	302	- 81
Diabetes Mellitus	5	187	3	579	- 391
Road Traffic Accidents	6	151	11	175	- 23
Liver Disease	7	144	9	197	- 52
Lung Disease	8	112	13	174	- 62
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	111	38	23	+ 88
Hypertension	10	109	4	320	- 211
Stomach Cancer	11	91	31	34	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	12	59	17	123	- 64
Congenital Anomalies	13	58	23	69	- 11
Suicide	14	58	5	315	- 258
Violence	15	52	10	194	- 141
Low Birth Weight	16	51	22	89	- 38
Other Injuries	17	50	14	167	- 117
Falls	18	48	48	11	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	48	25	59	- 10
Lung Cancers	20	47	29	38	+ 9
Liver Cancer	21	41	34	29	+ 12
Lymphomas	22	38	32	32	+ 6
Leukemia	23	38	39	21	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	24	36	21	91	- 55
Breast Cancer	25	36	19	96	- 60
Parkinson's Disease	26	29	49	9	+ 20
HIV/AIDS	27	26	7	256	- 230
Malnutrition	28	25	30	37	- 12
Tuberculosis	29	25	16	137	- 112
Pancreas Cancer	30	24	42	19	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	31	22	12	174	- 152
Drownings	32	20	15	145	- 124
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	18	26	54	- 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	18	27	48	- 30
Ovary Cancer	35	14	43	18	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	36	13	20	92	- 78
Skin Cancers	37	13	55	5	+ 9
Birth Trauma	38	13	24	64	- 51
Alcohol	39	12	57	3	+ 9
Epilepsy	40	12	37	24	- 12
Drug Use	41	9	45	16	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	42	8	51	8	- 0
Fires	43	8	41	19	- 12
Bladder Cancer	44	7	50	8	- 1
Oral Cancer	45	7	40	20	- 13
Maternal Conditions	46	7	35	28	- 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	7	47	13	- 6
Uterin Cancer	48	6	46	13	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	5	63	1	+ 4
Appendicitis	50	5	54	6	- 1
Skin Disease	51	4	56	3	+ 1
Meningitis	52	4	44	17	- 14
Asthma	53	4	36	25	- 22
Syphilis	54	4	71	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	55	4	53	7	- 3
Pertussis	56	3	73	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	57	3	28	40	- 37
Poisonings	58	3	65	1	+ 2
Chagas disease	59	1	81	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	61	1	- 0
Dengue	61	0	60	2	- 1
Tetanus	62	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	66	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	64	0	59	2	- 2
Ascariasis	65	0	74	0	+ 0
War	66	0	64	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	33	30	- 30
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	18	99	- 99
Schizophrenia	83	0	62	1	- 1
Oral conditions	84	0	67	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	52	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Ecuador

Guyana

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.