NEW ZEALAND VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,764	1	5,095	- 2,331
Kidney Disease	2	1,743	17	432	+ 1,311
Stroke	3	1,530	3	2,378	- 848
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,433	7	920	+ 513
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,218	8	769	+ 449
Road Traffic Accidents	6	984	16	458	+ 526
Liver Disease	7	939	32	158	+ 781
Lung Disease	8	726	5	1,815	- 1,089
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	723	2	3,032	- 2,309
Hypertension	10	707	20	327	+ 380
Stomach Cancer	11	589	22	323	+ 266
Prostate Cancer	12	384	9	739	- 355
Congenital Anomalies	13	376	30	176	+ 201
Suicide	14	374	15	528	- 155
Violence	15	341	42	57	+ 284
Low Birth Weight	16	330	38	78	+ 252
Other Injuries	17	327	28	218	+ 109
Falls	18	314	11	627	- 313
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	313	6	1,495	- 1,182
Lung Cancers	20	303	4	1,873	- 1,571
Liver Cancer	21	269	24	288	- 19
Lymphomas	22	249	13	608	- 359
Leukemia	23	249	18	391	- 142
Cervical Cancer	24	237	41	61	+ 176
Breast Cancer	25	233	10	737	- 504
Parkinson's Disease	26	185	19	353	- 168
HIV/AIDS	27	172	57	10	+ 161
Malnutrition	28	163	55	14	+ 149
Tuberculosis	29	162	52	17	+ 145
Pancreas Cancer	30	158	14	543	- 385
Endocrine Disorders	31	143	21	325	- 182
Drownings	32	132	44	54	+ 78
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	117	39	70	+ 47
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	116	37	81	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	35	91	29	207	- 116
Inflammatory/Heart	36	87	23	313	- 226
Skin Cancers	37	87	12	612	- 525
Birth Trauma	38	85	54	15	+ 71
Alcohol	39	79	45	51	+ 28
Epilepsy	40	77	43	55	+ 22
Drug Use	41	60	40	69	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	42	51	25	279	- 228
Fires	43	49	53	17	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	44	47	26	267	- 219
Oral Cancer	45	47	31	164	- 117
Maternal Conditions	46	46	63	5	+ 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	46	35	113	- 67
Uterin Cancer	48	36	33	145	- 108
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	35	46	47	- 12
Appendicitis	50	31	62	6	+ 25
Skin Disease	51	29	34	118	- 89
Meningitis	52	25	59	9	+ 16
Asthma	53	24	36	91	- 67
Syphilis	54	24	70	0	+ 24
Encephalitis	55	23	66	1	+ 22
Pertussis	56	22	65	1	+ 22
Other Neoplasms	57	18	27	245	- 227
Poisonings	58	17	58	9	+ 7
Chagas disease	59	6	79	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	47	43	- 38
Dengue	61	3	75	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	3	69	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	2	64	4	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	56	14	- 13
Ascariasis	65	1	76	0	+ 1
War	66	0	68	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	48	30	- 29
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	17	- 17
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Oral conditions	84	0	61	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	50	22	- 22
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

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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.