NORTH KOREA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,083	2	31,342	- 17,259
Kidney Disease	2	8,882	12	3,959	+ 4,923
Stroke	3	7,798	1	49,648	- 41,850
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,300	6	6,231	+ 1,070
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,207	14	3,671	+ 2,536
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,013	7	6,210	- 1,197
Liver Disease	7	4,783	10	4,506	+ 277
Lung Disease	8	3,700	3	26,178	- 22,477
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	3,684	11	4,340	- 656
Hypertension	10	3,601	8	5,368	- 1,767
Stomach Cancer	11	3,000	13	3,771	- 771
Prostate Cancer	12	1,956	48	219	+ 1,737
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,918	29	991	+ 927
Suicide	14	1,905	16	2,407	- 502
Violence	15	1,737	28	1,082	+ 655
Low Birth Weight	16	1,683	25	1,208	+ 475
Other Injuries	17	1,667	20	1,531	+ 136
Falls	18	1,600	18	1,801	- 201
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	1,593	15	3,232	- 1,638
Lung Cancers	20	1,543	5	11,893	- 10,350
Liver Cancer	21	1,370	9	5,326	- 3,956
Lymphomas	22	1,268	35	560	+ 708
Leukemia	23	1,266	30	965	+ 301
Cervical Cancer	24	1,206	33	704	+ 502
Breast Cancer	25	1,185	23	1,366	- 180
Parkinson's Disease	26	945	26	1,155	- 210
HIV/AIDS	27	875	31	753	+ 122
Malnutrition	28	831	43	317	+ 513
Tuberculosis	29	824	4	17,417	- 16,593
Pancreas Cancer	30	807	21	1,525	- 719
Endocrine Disorders	31	728	39	452	+ 276
Drownings	32	675	27	1,126	- 451
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	598	19	1,712	- 1,114
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	589	40	374	+ 215
Ovary Cancer	35	463	36	532	- 69
Inflammatory/Heart	36	442	34	684	- 242
Skin Cancers	37	442	51	168	+ 273
Birth Trauma	38	434	32	736	- 301
Alcohol	39	402	44	304	+ 98
Epilepsy	40	392	45	266	+ 126
Drug Use	41	307	42	356	- 49
Oesophagus Cancer	42	258	24	1,222	- 964
Fires	43	252	46	253	- 2
Bladder Cancer	44	241	38	500	- 258
Oral Cancer	45	238	37	513	- 274
Maternal Conditions	46	236	47	252	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	234	17	2,093	- 1,859
Uterin Cancer	48	185	53	138	+ 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	178	50	198	- 21
Appendicitis	50	159	57	57	+ 102
Skin Disease	51	147	52	158	- 11
Meningitis	52	129	49	207	- 78
Asthma	53	123	22	1,439	- 1,316
Syphilis	54	122	58	54	+ 68
Encephalitis	55	118	54	117	+ 1
Pertussis	56	114	61	34	+ 79
Other Neoplasms	57	92	59	44	+ 48
Poisonings	58	84	41	366	- 282
Chagas disease	59	30	72	0	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	60	26	60	40	- 14
Dengue	61	14	76	0	+ 14
Tetanus	62	13	62	28	- 15
Upper Respiratory	63	12	56	67	- 55
Hepatitis B	64	4	55	68	- 64
Ascariasis	65	3	67	1	+ 2
War	66	2	63	16	- 14
Hepatitis C	67	2	64	10	- 9
Chlamydia	68	1	66	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	65	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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 NORTH KOREA

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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.