MADAGASCAR VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		MADAGASCAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,772	3	12,388	+ 3,383
Kidney Disease	2	9,947	22	2,202	+ 7,745
Stroke	3	8,733	1	17,964	- 9,231
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,176	2	14,605	- 6,429
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,951	16	3,278	+ 3,673
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,614	7	7,880	- 2,265
Liver Disease	7	5,357	12	4,803	+ 554
Lung Disease	8	4,144	14	3,957	+ 187
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	4,126	26	1,120	+ 3,005
Hypertension	10	4,033	8	6,208	- 2,176
Stomach Cancer	11	3,360	47	368	+ 2,992
Prostate Cancer	12	2,191	29	996	+ 1,195
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,148	15	3,380	- 1,233
Suicide	14	2,133	24	1,476	+ 658
Violence	15	1,946	23	1,749	+ 197
Low Birth Weight	16	1,885	10	5,353	- 3,468
Other Injuries	17	1,867	21	2,359	- 492
Falls	18	1,792	36	653	+ 1,139
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	1,784	39	606	+ 1,179
Lung Cancers	20	1,728	55	147	+ 1,581
Liver Cancer	21	1,534	30	933	+ 601
Lymphomas	22	1,420	34	675	+ 746
Leukemia	23	1,418	45	401	+ 1,017
Cervical Cancer	24	1,351	17	3,028	- 1,677
Breast Cancer	25	1,328	37	629	+ 699
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,058	49	266	+ 792
HIV/AIDS	27	980	25	1,341	- 361
Malnutrition	28	930	13	4,236	- 3,306
Tuberculosis	29	923	4	11,606	- 10,683
Pancreas Cancer	30	903	61	80	+ 823
Endocrine Disorders	31	815	44	463	+ 352
Drownings	32	756	31	825	- 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	670	42	495	+ 175
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	660	5	11,085	- 10,425
Ovary Cancer	35	518	57	135	+ 384
Inflammatory/Heart	36	495	28	1,046	- 551
Skin Cancers	37	495	43	467	+ 28
Birth Trauma	38	486	11	5,347	- 4,861
Alcohol	39	450	53	161	+ 290
Epilepsy	40	439	46	385	+ 54
Drug Use	41	344	62	58	+ 286
Oesophagus Cancer	42	289	27	1,080	- 791
Fires	43	282	35	661	- 380
Bladder Cancer	44	270	48	286	- 15
Oral Cancer	45	267	32	697	- 430
Maternal Conditions	46	265	18	2,776	- 2,511
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	262	38	627	- 366
Uterin Cancer	48	207	59	95	+ 113
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	199	64	47	+ 152
Appendicitis	50	178	56	147	+ 31
Skin Disease	51	165	51	187	- 22
Meningitis	52	144	20	2,391	- 2,247
Asthma	53	137	19	2,507	- 2,370
Syphilis	54	137	33	680	- 543
Encephalitis	55	132	60	94	+ 38
Pertussis	56	127	41	519	- 392
Other Neoplasms	57	103	65	24	+ 79
Poisonings	58	94	40	571	- 477
Chagas disease	59	34	76	0	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	60	29	66	18	+ 11
Dengue	61	16	72	0	+ 15
Tetanus	62	14	52	186	- 172
Upper Respiratory	63	13	63	49	- 35
Hepatitis B	64	5	58	98	- 94
Ascariasis	65	3	70	5	- 2
War	66	3	54	155	- 152
Hepatitis C	67	2	67	16	- 14
Chlamydia	68	1	69	7	- 5
Diphtheria	69	1	71	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	68	10	- 10
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	6	9,172	- 9,172
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	50	260	- 260
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	9	5,507	- 5,507
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	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 MADAGASCAR

Ecuador

Madagascar

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.