PORTUGAL VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,466	1	12,878	- 7,412
Kidney Disease	2	3,447	9	2,803	+ 644
Stroke	3	3,027	2	12,339	- 9,313
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,833	4	6,851	- 4,018
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,409	8	3,601	- 1,192
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,946	27	838	+ 1,108
Liver Disease	7	1,857	22	1,126	+ 731
Lung Disease	8	1,436	7	4,286	- 2,850
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,430	3	7,191	- 5,761
Hypertension	10	1,398	14	1,880	- 482
Stomach Cancer	11	1,164	10	2,532	- 1,368
Prostate Cancer	12	759	11	2,124	- 1,365
Congenital Anomalies	13	744	40	196	+ 548
Suicide	14	739	19	1,172	- 433
Violence	15	674	48	96	+ 578
Low Birth Weight	16	653	52	79	+ 574
Other Injuries	17	647	13	1,937	- 1,290
Falls	18	621	23	1,033	- 412
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	618	6	4,389	- 3,771
Lung Cancers	20	599	5	4,406	- 3,807
Liver Cancer	21	532	18	1,270	- 739
Lymphomas	22	492	16	1,608	- 1,115
Leukemia	23	491	24	1,015	- 524
Cervical Cancer	24	468	34	329	+ 139
Breast Cancer	25	460	12	1,997	- 1,537
Parkinson's Disease	26	367	21	1,139	- 773
HIV/AIDS	27	340	35	320	+ 20
Malnutrition	28	322	53	79	+ 244
Tuberculosis	29	320	38	213	+ 107
Pancreas Cancer	30	313	15	1,669	- 1,356
Endocrine Disorders	31	283	17	1,547	- 1,264
Drownings	32	262	51	79	+ 183
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	232	37	229	+ 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	229	36	231	- 2
Ovary Cancer	35	180	33	397	- 218
Inflammatory/Heart	36	172	26	909	- 737
Skin Cancers	37	171	30	523	- 352
Birth Trauma	38	169	60	24	+ 145
Alcohol	39	156	45	111	+ 45
Epilepsy	40	152	31	415	- 263
Drug Use	41	119	44	128	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	42	100	29	623	- 523
Fires	43	98	46	108	- 11
Bladder Cancer	44	94	20	1,171	- 1,077
Oral Cancer	45	92	25	912	- 820
Maternal Conditions	46	92	63	7	+ 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	91	41	169	- 78
Uterin Cancer	48	72	32	406	- 334
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	69	47	99	- 30
Appendicitis	50	62	61	21	+ 41
Skin Disease	51	57	39	202	- 145
Meningitis	52	50	56	43	+ 7
Asthma	53	48	43	146	- 99
Syphilis	54	47	64	3	+ 44
Encephalitis	55	46	67	1	+ 44
Pertussis	56	44	72	0	+ 44
Other Neoplasms	57	36	28	652	- 616
Poisonings	58	33	57	29	+ 3
Chagas disease	59	12	79	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	60	10	54	56	- 46
Dengue	61	5	84	0	+ 5
Tetanus	62	5	73	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	63	5	62	15	- 10
Hepatitis B	64	2	59	26	- 24
Ascariasis	65	1	83	0	+ 1
War	66	1	69	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	1	49	87	- 86
Chlamydia	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	68	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	42	151	- 151
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	49	- 49
Oral conditions	84	0	65	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	29	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	50	82	- 82
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Ecuador

Portugal

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.