MALDIVES VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	208	1	279	- 71
Kidney Disease	2	131	4	80	+ 51
Stroke	3	115	2	143	- 28
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	108	8	33	+ 75
Diabetes Mellitus	5	92	6	47	+ 45
Road Traffic Accidents	6	74	31	9	+ 65
Liver Disease	7	71	11	24	+ 46
Lung Disease	8	55	3	91	- 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	54	5	47	+ 7
Hypertension	10	53	17	16	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	11	44	49	1	+ 43
Prostate Cancer	12	29	26	11	+ 17
Congenital Anomalies	13	28	15	19	+ 9
Suicide	14	28	21	15	+ 14
Violence	15	26	28	10	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	16	25	20	15	+ 10
Other Injuries	17	25	18	16	+ 9
Falls	18	24	16	19	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	24	14	21	+ 3
Lung Cancers	20	23	7	36	- 14
Liver Cancer	21	20	10	27	- 7
Lymphomas	22	19	34	7	+ 11
Leukemia	23	19	24	13	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	24	18	13	22	- 4
Breast Cancer	25	18	9	28	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	26	14	25	12	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	27	13	78	0	+ 13
Malnutrition	28	12	45	3	+ 10
Tuberculosis	29	12	27	11	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	30	12	40	4	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	31	11	12	22	- 11
Drownings	32	10	23	14	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	9	42	4	+ 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	9	22	14	- 6
Ovary Cancer	35	7	30	9	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	36	7	36	5	+ 1
Skin Cancers	37	7	63	0	+ 6
Birth Trauma	38	6	39	5	+ 2
Alcohol	39	6	51	1	+ 5
Epilepsy	40	6	38	5	+ 1
Drug Use	41	5	48	2	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	42	4	59	0	+ 4
Fires	43	4	41	4	- 0
Bladder Cancer	44	4	37	5	- 2
Oral Cancer	45	4	19	15	- 12
Maternal Conditions	46	3	35	5	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	3	43	3	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	48	3	47	2	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	3	53	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	50	2	61	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	51	2	32	8	- 6
Meningitis	52	2	50	1	+ 1
Asthma	53	2	29	10	- 8
Syphilis	54	2	58	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	55	2	44	3	- 1
Pertussis	56	2	52	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	57	1	46	2	- 1
Poisonings	58	1	55	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	59	0	73	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	0	57	0	+ 0
Dengue	61	0	33	8	- 7
Tetanus	62	0	54	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	64	0	56	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	65	0	+ 0
War	66	0	62	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	60	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

Ecuador

Maldives

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.