PERU VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,457	2	13,769	+ 3,688
Kidney Disease	2	11,010	4	7,234	+ 3,776
Stroke	3	9,666	3	7,722	+ 1,945
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	9,050	1	15,326	- 6,277
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,694	8	4,437	+ 3,257
Road Traffic Accidents	6	6,214	9	4,414	+ 1,800
Liver Disease	7	5,930	5	6,375	- 446
Lung Disease	8	4,587	15	2,519	+ 2,069
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	4,567	6	5,811	- 1,245
Hypertension	10	4,463	28	1,061	+ 3,402
Stomach Cancer	11	3,719	7	5,072	- 1,353
Prostate Cancer	12	2,425	11	3,167	- 743
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,377	19	1,997	+ 381
Suicide	14	2,361	30	903	+ 1,458
Violence	15	2,154	12	3,013	- 859
Low Birth Weight	16	2,086	24	1,475	+ 611
Other Injuries	17	2,067	13	2,876	- 809
Falls	18	1,984	25	1,285	+ 699
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	1,975	14	2,642	- 667
Lung Cancers	20	1,913	10	3,169	- 1,256
Liver Cancer	21	1,698	16	2,476	- 778
Lymphomas	22	1,572	18	2,254	- 682
Leukemia	23	1,570	22	1,850	- 280
Cervical Cancer	24	1,495	21	1,924	- 429
Breast Cancer	25	1,470	20	1,969	- 500
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,172	26	1,270	- 98
HIV/AIDS	27	1,085	31	849	+ 236
Malnutrition	28	1,030	29	1,006	+ 24
Tuberculosis	29	1,022	17	2,377	- 1,356
Pancreas Cancer	30	1,000	23	1,607	- 607
Endocrine Disorders	31	902	40	474	+ 428
Drownings	32	837	36	584	+ 253
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	742	35	609	+ 133
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	731	27	1,108	- 377
Ovary Cancer	35	574	33	713	- 139
Inflammatory/Heart	36	548	39	494	+ 54
Skin Cancers	37	548	32	786	- 238
Birth Trauma	38	538	37	537	+ 1
Alcohol	39	499	44	321	+ 177
Epilepsy	40	485	47	262	+ 223
Drug Use	41	381	34	635	- 255
Oesophagus Cancer	42	320	42	394	- 74
Fires	43	312	49	239	+ 73
Bladder Cancer	44	299	41	463	- 163
Oral Cancer	45	295	38	519	- 224
Maternal Conditions	46	293	43	345	- 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	289	51	198	+ 91
Uterin Cancer	48	229	45	304	- 75
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	220	57	107	+ 113
Appendicitis	50	197	53	170	+ 26
Skin Disease	51	183	54	156	+ 26
Meningitis	52	159	56	118	+ 42
Asthma	53	152	50	208	- 56
Syphilis	54	151	52	182	- 31
Encephalitis	55	146	46	281	- 135
Pertussis	56	141	48	260	- 119
Other Neoplasms	57	114	58	54	+ 60
Poisonings	58	104	55	126	- 22
Chagas disease	59	37	59	49	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	60	32	62	35	- 2
Dengue	61	17	66	4	+ 14
Tetanus	62	16	60	48	- 32
Upper Respiratory	63	15	63	11	+ 4
Hepatitis B	64	5	64	10	- 5
Ascariasis	65	3	69	2	+ 1
War	66	3	67	3	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	2	65	4	- 2
Chlamydia	68	2	68	3	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	70	1	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	61	35	- 35
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PERU

Ecuador

Peru

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.