SOMALIA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,971	7	7,233	- 262
Kidney Disease	2	4,396	21	2,051	+ 2,345
Stroke	3	3,860	6	8,595	- 4,736
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,614	1	21,712	- 18,098
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,072	16	2,888	+ 184
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,481	11	4,231	- 1,750
Liver Disease	7	2,368	13	3,917	- 1,549
Lung Disease	8	1,832	19	2,442	- 611
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,823	32	647	+ 1,176
Hypertension	10	1,782	18	2,643	- 861
Stomach Cancer	11	1,485	49	310	+ 1,175
Prostate Cancer	12	968	52	285	+ 683
Congenital Anomalies	13	949	15	3,410	- 2,461
Suicide	14	943	27	1,219	- 276
Violence	15	860	29	828	+ 32
Low Birth Weight	16	833	8	6,250	- 5,417
Other Injuries	17	825	14	3,602	- 2,776
Falls	18	792	37	548	+ 244
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	789	38	546	+ 242
Lung Cancers	20	764	54	233	+ 531
Liver Cancer	21	678	53	256	+ 422
Lymphomas	22	628	34	605	+ 23
Leukemia	23	627	35	562	+ 65
Cervical Cancer	24	597	28	883	- 286
Breast Cancer	25	587	26	1,232	- 645
Parkinson's Disease	26	468	56	184	+ 284
HIV/AIDS	27	433	33	610	- 177
Malnutrition	28	411	10	4,825	- 4,414
Tuberculosis	29	408	4	10,261	- 9,853
Pancreas Cancer	30	399	62	108	+ 292
Endocrine Disorders	31	360	44	406	- 46
Drownings	32	334	25	1,272	- 938
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	296	36	559	- 263
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	292	2	15,363	- 15,071
Ovary Cancer	35	229	50	295	- 66
Inflammatory/Heart	36	219	39	521	- 302
Skin Cancers	37	219	57	164	+ 55
Birth Trauma	38	215	5	9,573	- 9,358
Alcohol	39	199	59	151	+ 48
Epilepsy	40	194	43	419	- 225
Drug Use	41	152	65	54	+ 98
Oesophagus Cancer	42	128	40	516	- 388
Fires	43	125	30	810	- 686
Bladder Cancer	44	120	61	149	- 30
Oral Cancer	45	118	46	328	- 210
Maternal Conditions	46	117	12	4,127	- 4,010
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	116	41	446	- 330
Uterin Cancer	48	92	64	78	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	88	66	35	+ 53
Appendicitis	50	79	55	188	- 109
Skin Disease	51	73	58	151	- 78
Meningitis	52	64	9	5,381	- 5,317
Asthma	53	61	23	1,878	- 1,817
Syphilis	54	60	45	378	- 317
Encephalitis	55	58	63	91	- 32
Pertussis	56	56	20	2,054	- 1,998
Other Neoplasms	57	46	70	12	+ 33
Poisonings	58	42	31	758	- 716
Chagas disease	59	15	79	0	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	60	13	71	8	+ 5
Dengue	61	7	73	1	+ 6
Tetanus	62	6	17	2,648	- 2,642
Upper Respiratory	63	6	47	326	- 320
Hepatitis B	64	2	48	315	- 313
Ascariasis	65	1	69	30	- 28
War	66	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Hepatitis C	67	1	67	34	- 34
Chlamydia	68	1	72	5	- 4
Diphtheria	69	0	60	150	- 149
Otitis Media	70	0	68	32	- 31
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	51	290	- 290
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	435	- 435
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	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 SOMALIA

Ecuador

Somalia

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.