SRI LANKA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,771	1	26,304	- 14,533
Kidney Disease	2	7,424	5	6,858	+ 566
Stroke	3	6,518	6	6,805	- 287
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,102	8	5,117	+ 986
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,188	2	12,460	- 7,272
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,190	9	4,200	- 9
Liver Disease	7	3,998	17	1,303	+ 2,695
Lung Disease	8	3,093	3	9,456	- 6,363
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	3,079	4	6,939	- 3,859
Hypertension	10	3,010	20	1,055	+ 1,954
Stomach Cancer	11	2,508	16	1,321	+ 1,187
Prostate Cancer	12	1,635	30	507	+ 1,128
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,603	22	989	+ 614
Suicide	14	1,592	10	2,977	- 1,385
Violence	15	1,452	31	499	+ 953
Low Birth Weight	16	1,407	29	536	+ 871
Other Injuries	17	1,394	14	1,529	- 136
Falls	18	1,338	23	964	+ 374
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	1,332	24	911	+ 420
Lung Cancers	20	1,290	12	1,775	- 485
Liver Cancer	21	1,145	19	1,090	+ 55
Lymphomas	22	1,060	21	1,027	+ 33
Leukemia	23	1,058	18	1,155	- 96
Cervical Cancer	24	1,008	26	762	+ 246
Breast Cancer	25	991	15	1,383	- 392
Parkinson's Disease	26	790	45	168	+ 622
HIV/AIDS	27	732	55	39	+ 692
Malnutrition	28	694	54	43	+ 651
Tuberculosis	29	689	25	769	- 80
Pancreas Cancer	30	674	43	214	+ 461
Endocrine Disorders	31	608	32	462	+ 146
Drownings	32	564	27	731	- 166
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	500	56	38	+ 462
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	493	28	605	- 112
Ovary Cancer	35	387	37	281	+ 106
Inflammatory/Heart	36	370	35	425	- 55
Skin Cancers	37	369	52	58	+ 311
Birth Trauma	38	363	44	193	+ 170
Alcohol	39	336	51	82	+ 254
Epilepsy	40	327	39	269	+ 58
Drug Use	41	257	40	257	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	42	216	13	1,544	- 1,328
Fires	43	210	41	239	- 28
Bladder Cancer	44	202	34	432	- 230
Oral Cancer	45	199	11	2,893	- 2,694
Maternal Conditions	46	197	48	96	+ 101
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	195	53	49	+ 146
Uterin Cancer	48	155	42	218	- 63
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	148	60	11	+ 137
Appendicitis	50	133	64	5	+ 127
Skin Disease	51	123	36	293	- 169
Meningitis	52	107	46	146	- 39
Asthma	53	103	7	6,471	- 6,368
Syphilis	54	102	58	15	+ 87
Encephalitis	55	98	61	10	+ 88
Pertussis	56	95	59	15	+ 80
Other Neoplasms	57	77	50	86	- 9
Poisonings	58	70	49	93	- 23
Chagas disease	59	25	83	0	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	60	22	69	2	+ 19
Dengue	61	12	47	131	- 119
Tetanus	62	11	57	27	- 17
Upper Respiratory	63	10	66	5	+ 5
Hepatitis B	64	3	62	6	- 3
Ascariasis	65	2	72	0	+ 2
War	66	2	38	280	- 278
Hepatitis C	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	63	6	- 6
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	33	445	- 445
Schizophrenia	83	0	65	5	- 5
Oral conditions	84	0	68	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	85	0	67	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	70	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

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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.