SWEDEN VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,671	1	15,136	- 9,465
Kidney Disease	2	3,577	12	1,629	+ 1,947
Stroke	3	3,140	3	6,035	- 2,895
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,940	7	2,659	+ 281
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,499	11	1,834	+ 665
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,019	34	315	+ 1,704
Liver Disease	7	1,926	23	723	+ 1,203
Lung Disease	8	1,490	4	4,344	- 2,854
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,483	2	10,917	- 9,433
Hypertension	10	1,450	10	1,838	- 389
Stomach Cancer	11	1,208	26	612	+ 596
Prostate Cancer	12	788	8	2,622	- 1,834
Congenital Anomalies	13	772	35	308	+ 465
Suicide	14	767	14	1,479	- 712
Violence	15	700	47	113	+ 587
Low Birth Weight	16	678	51	50	+ 627
Other Injuries	17	671	15	1,374	- 702
Falls	18	644	17	1,109	- 465
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	642	6	3,049	- 2,408
Lung Cancers	20	621	5	3,722	- 3,101
Liver Cancer	21	552	22	752	- 200
Lymphomas	22	511	16	1,357	- 846
Leukemia	23	510	20	825	- 316
Cervical Cancer	24	486	38	228	+ 258
Breast Cancer	25	477	13	1,582	- 1,105
Parkinson's Disease	26	381	19	943	- 562
HIV/AIDS	27	352	61	13	+ 340
Malnutrition	28	335	45	117	+ 217
Tuberculosis	29	332	56	24	+ 308
Pancreas Cancer	30	325	9	1,849	- 1,524
Endocrine Disorders	31	293	24	702	- 409
Drownings	32	272	46	114	+ 157
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	241	37	277	- 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	237	36	289	- 52
Ovary Cancer	35	186	27	553	- 366
Inflammatory/Heart	36	178	28	547	- 369
Skin Cancers	37	178	25	650	- 472
Birth Trauma	38	175	55	34	+ 141
Alcohol	39	162	32	359	- 197
Epilepsy	40	158	44	121	+ 37
Drug Use	41	124	30	423	- 300
Oesophagus Cancer	42	104	29	538	- 434
Fires	43	101	49	65	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	44	97	21	760	- 663
Oral Cancer	45	96	31	379	- 283
Maternal Conditions	46	95	64	5	+ 90
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	94	48	110	- 16
Uterin Cancer	48	74	33	345	- 270
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	71	43	129	- 57
Appendicitis	50	64	59	18	+ 46
Skin Disease	51	59	39	220	- 161
Meningitis	52	52	54	35	+ 17
Asthma	53	49	42	158	- 109
Syphilis	54	49	72	0	+ 49
Encephalitis	55	47	71	0	+ 47
Pertussis	56	46	67	0	+ 45
Other Neoplasms	57	37	18	1,036	- 999
Poisonings	58	34	60	18	+ 16
Chagas disease	59	12	77	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	60	10	41	170	- 160
Dengue	61	6	80	0	+ 6
Tetanus	62	5	68	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	63	5	58	20	- 15
Hepatitis B	64	2	62	9	- 8
Ascariasis	65	1	81	0	+ 1
War	66	1	65	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	53	44	- 43
Chlamydia	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	40	175	- 175
Schizophrenia	83	0	50	63	- 63
Oral conditions	84	0	63	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	57	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	52	46	- 46
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Ecuador

Sweden

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.