LATVIA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	965	1	8,099	- 7,135
Kidney Disease	2	608	17	356	+ 252
Stroke	3	534	2	5,893	- 5,359
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	500	9	501	- 1
Diabetes Mellitus	5	425	8	529	- 104
Road Traffic Accidents	6	343	27	154	+ 190
Liver Disease	7	328	15	365	- 37
Lung Disease	8	253	18	346	- 93
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	252	7	664	- 411
Hypertension	10	247	3	1,194	- 947
Stomach Cancer	11	205	11	470	- 264
Prostate Cancer	12	134	12	464	- 330
Congenital Anomalies	13	131	43	46	+ 85
Suicide	14	130	14	384	- 253
Violence	15	119	37	94	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	16	115	56	11	+ 104
Other Injuries	17	114	16	362	- 248
Falls	18	110	23	201	- 92
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	109	6	722	- 613
Lung Cancers	20	106	4	956	- 851
Liver Cancer	21	94	26	157	- 63
Lymphomas	22	87	19	245	- 159
Leukemia	23	87	25	186	- 99
Cervical Cancer	24	83	33	128	- 45
Breast Cancer	25	81	10	472	- 391
Parkinson's Disease	26	65	35	125	- 61
HIV/AIDS	27	60	39	74	- 14
Malnutrition	28	57	64	2	+ 55
Tuberculosis	29	56	40	71	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	30	55	13	436	- 381
Endocrine Disorders	31	50	41	59	- 9
Drownings	32	46	34	127	- 81
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	41	31	142	- 101
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	40	54	14	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	35	32	24	196	- 165
Inflammatory/Heart	36	30	5	921	- 891
Skin Cancers	37	30	30	144	- 114
Birth Trauma	38	30	55	12	+ 18
Alcohol	39	28	21	227	- 200
Epilepsy	40	27	45	44	- 17
Drug Use	41	21	48	41	- 20
Oesophagus Cancer	42	18	32	131	- 113
Fires	43	17	36	103	- 86
Bladder Cancer	44	17	20	228	- 211
Oral Cancer	45	16	22	214	- 198
Maternal Conditions	46	16	60	5	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	16	47	41	- 25
Uterin Cancer	48	13	29	148	- 135
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	12	51	20	- 8
Appendicitis	50	11	59	5	+ 6
Skin Disease	51	10	38	76	- 66
Meningitis	52	9	52	15	- 6
Asthma	53	8	46	42	- 33
Syphilis	54	8	65	1	+ 7
Encephalitis	55	8	69	0	+ 8
Pertussis	56	8	70	0	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	57	6	28	153	- 146
Poisonings	58	6	49	23	- 17
Chagas disease	59	2	80	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	50	20	- 19
Dengue	61	1	83	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	4	- 3
Hepatitis B	64	0	63	3	- 3
Ascariasis	65	0	84	0	+ 0
War	66	0	68	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	42	53	- 53
Chlamydia	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	53	14	- 14
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Oral conditions	84	0	61	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	44	45	- 45
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

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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.