NAMIBIA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,501	5	1,221	+ 281
Kidney Disease	2	947	15	322	+ 625
Stroke	3	831	4	1,333	- 502
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	778	2	1,464	- 686
Diabetes Mellitus	5	662	7	724	- 63
Road Traffic Accidents	6	534	6	868	- 334
Liver Disease	7	510	14	336	+ 174
Lung Disease	8	394	10	461	- 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	393	21	176	+ 217
Hypertension	10	384	12	428	- 44
Stomach Cancer	11	320	45	33	+ 287
Prostate Cancer	12	209	31	94	+ 114
Congenital Anomalies	13	204	16	283	- 79
Suicide	14	203	17	243	- 40
Violence	15	185	11	450	- 264
Low Birth Weight	16	179	9	516	- 337
Other Injuries	17	178	19	207	- 29
Falls	18	171	34	62	+ 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	170	36	54	+ 115
Lung Cancers	20	165	35	59	+ 106
Liver Cancer	21	146	41	45	+ 101
Lymphomas	22	135	40	46	+ 89
Leukemia	23	135	49	24	+ 111
Cervical Cancer	24	129	23	133	- 4
Breast Cancer	25	126	24	121	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	26	101	42	43	+ 57
HIV/AIDS	27	93	1	2,928	- 2,835
Malnutrition	28	89	18	224	- 135
Tuberculosis	29	88	3	1,416	- 1,328
Pancreas Cancer	30	86	53	18	+ 68
Endocrine Disorders	31	78	33	73	+ 5
Drownings	32	72	26	110	- 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	64	32	76	- 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	63	8	645	- 582
Ovary Cancer	35	49	50	23	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	36	47	22	162	- 115
Skin Cancers	37	47	29	108	- 61
Birth Trauma	38	46	13	345	- 298
Alcohol	39	43	48	28	+ 15
Epilepsy	40	42	38	49	- 7
Drug Use	41	33	46	32	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	42	28	52	21	+ 7
Fires	43	27	28	109	- 82
Bladder Cancer	44	26	54	16	+ 10
Oral Cancer	45	25	30	100	- 74
Maternal Conditions	46	25	25	110	- 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	25	44	33	- 8
Uterin Cancer	48	20	56	11	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	19	57	9	+ 9
Appendicitis	50	17	58	9	+ 8
Skin Disease	51	16	47	31	- 15
Meningitis	52	14	27	109	- 95
Asthma	53	13	20	200	- 187
Syphilis	54	13	43	35	- 22
Encephalitis	55	13	59	8	+ 4
Pertussis	56	12	37	54	- 42
Other Neoplasms	57	10	60	8	+ 2
Poisonings	58	9	39	46	- 37
Chagas disease	59	3	78	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	64	2	+ 0
Dengue	61	1	74	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	62	6	- 5
Upper Respiratory	63	1	61	6	- 5
Hepatitis B	64	0	63	4	- 4
Ascariasis	65	0	69	0	- 0
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	65	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	55	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	51	22	- 22
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

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Namibia

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.