PANAMA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,394	1	2,624	- 230
Kidney Disease	2	1,510	3	1,106	+ 404
Stroke	3	1,325	2	2,006	- 680
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,241	7	697	+ 544
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,055	4	1,070	- 15
Road Traffic Accidents	6	852	9	591	+ 261
Liver Disease	7	813	15	325	+ 488
Lung Disease	8	629	5	815	- 186
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	626	17	296	+ 330
Hypertension	10	612	10	510	+ 102
Stomach Cancer	11	510	11	397	+ 113
Prostate Cancer	12	332	12	390	- 57
Congenital Anomalies	13	326	13	378	- 52
Suicide	14	324	32	121	+ 203
Violence	15	295	6	730	- 434
Low Birth Weight	16	286	22	238	+ 48
Other Injuries	17	283	35	100	+ 184
Falls	18	272	37	92	+ 180
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	271	14	352	- 82
Lung Cancers	20	262	16	303	- 41
Liver Cancer	21	233	27	182	+ 51
Lymphomas	22	216	24	205	+ 11
Leukemia	23	215	25	189	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	24	205	26	185	+ 20
Breast Cancer	25	202	19	279	- 77
Parkinson's Disease	26	161	33	115	+ 46
HIV/AIDS	27	149	8	653	- 504
Malnutrition	28	141	31	122	+ 19
Tuberculosis	29	140	23	223	- 83
Pancreas Cancer	30	137	29	135	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	31	124	18	279	- 155
Drownings	32	115	34	103	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	102	50	30	+ 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	100	28	163	- 63
Ovary Cancer	35	79	41	64	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	36	75	20	270	- 195
Skin Cancers	37	75	44	56	+ 19
Birth Trauma	38	74	36	94	- 20
Alcohol	39	68	49	30	+ 38
Epilepsy	40	67	39	66	+ 0
Drug Use	41	52	47	33	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	42	44	45	52	- 8
Fires	43	43	57	11	+ 31
Bladder Cancer	44	41	46	33	+ 8
Oral Cancer	45	41	38	78	- 38
Maternal Conditions	46	40	48	32	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	40	53	25	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	48	31	40	66	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	30	55	14	+ 17
Appendicitis	50	27	56	11	+ 16
Skin Disease	51	25	30	127	- 102
Meningitis	52	22	52	27	- 5
Asthma	53	21	43	56	- 35
Syphilis	54	21	65	1	+ 19
Encephalitis	55	20	63	3	+ 17
Pertussis	56	19	74	0	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	57	16	21	256	- 240
Poisonings	58	14	61	4	+ 10
Chagas disease	59	5	73	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	62	3	+ 2
Dengue	61	2	64	2	+ 0
Tetanus	62	2	69	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	2	54	14	- 12
Hepatitis B	64	1	59	7	- 7
Ascariasis	65	0	75	0	+ 0
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	42	63	- 63
Schizophrenia	83	0	58	10	- 10
Oral conditions	84	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	51	28	- 28
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Ecuador

Panama

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.