SWAZILAND VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	609	5	755	- 146
Kidney Disease	2	384	8	381	+ 3
Stroke	3	337	4	800	- 463
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	316	2	921	- 605
Diabetes Mellitus	5	269	3	892	- 623
Road Traffic Accidents	6	217	7	384	- 167
Liver Disease	7	207	11	274	- 67
Lung Disease	8	160	12	264	- 104
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	159	27	77	+ 83
Hypertension	10	156	10	292	- 136
Stomach Cancer	11	130	53	7	+ 123
Prostate Cancer	12	85	31	45	+ 40
Congenital Anomalies	13	83	19	160	- 77
Suicide	14	82	9	338	- 255
Violence	15	75	16	212	- 137
Low Birth Weight	16	73	14	233	- 160
Other Injuries	17	72	17	190	- 118
Falls	18	69	32	41	+ 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	69	43	19	+ 50
Lung Cancers	20	67	46	17	+ 50
Liver Cancer	21	59	37	29	+ 30
Lymphomas	22	55	36	31	+ 24
Leukemia	23	55	47	16	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	24	52	15	215	- 163
Breast Cancer	25	51	35	37	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	26	41	41	24	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	27	38	1	2,314	- 2,276
Malnutrition	28	36	22	106	- 70
Tuberculosis	29	36	13	256	- 220
Pancreas Cancer	30	35	56	6	+ 29
Endocrine Disorders	31	32	28	74	- 43
Drownings	32	29	25	87	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	26	29	51	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	26	6	517	- 492
Ovary Cancer	35	20	52	10	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	36	19	24	94	- 75
Skin Cancers	37	19	42	20	- 1
Birth Trauma	38	19	18	166	- 148
Alcohol	39	17	48	16	+ 1
Epilepsy	40	17	30	46	- 29
Drug Use	41	13	38	27	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	42	11	44	18	- 7
Fires	43	11	26	84	- 73
Bladder Cancer	44	10	55	6	+ 4
Oral Cancer	45	10	51	10	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	46	10	21	116	- 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	10	39	26	- 16
Uterin Cancer	48	8	50	11	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	8	58	5	+ 3
Appendicitis	50	7	54	7	+ 0
Skin Disease	51	6	40	25	- 19
Meningitis	52	6	23	97	- 92
Asthma	53	5	20	150	- 144
Syphilis	54	5	45	17	- 12
Encephalitis	55	5	59	5	+ 0
Pertussis	56	5	33	39	- 34
Other Neoplasms	57	4	61	4	+ 0
Poisonings	58	4	34	37	- 34
Chagas disease	59	1	79	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	63	1	- 0
Dengue	61	1	72	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	62	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	63	1	60	4	- 4
Hepatitis B	64	0	57	6	- 6
Ascariasis	65	0	66	0	- 0
War	66	0	71	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	64	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	49	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Ecuador

Swaziland

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.