SWITZERLAND VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,745	1	10,713	- 5,968
Kidney Disease	2	2,993	13	1,261	+ 1,731
Stroke	3	2,627	3	3,918	- 1,290
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,460	8	1,949	+ 510
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,091	17	1,022	+ 1,069
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,689	34	193	+ 1,496
Liver Disease	7	1,612	21	677	+ 934
Lung Disease	8	1,247	5	2,902	- 1,655
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,241	2	7,192	- 5,951
Hypertension	10	1,213	6	2,471	- 1,258
Stomach Cancer	11	1,011	24	614	+ 397
Prostate Cancer	12	659	10	1,579	- 920
Congenital Anomalies	13	646	31	305	+ 341
Suicide	14	642	14	1,249	- 607
Violence	15	585	51	42	+ 543
Low Birth Weight	16	567	43	105	+ 462
Other Injuries	17	562	30	410	+ 152
Falls	18	539	9	1,919	- 1,380
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	537	7	1,995	- 1,458
Lung Cancers	20	520	4	3,520	- 3,000
Liver Cancer	21	461	19	805	- 343
Lymphomas	22	427	15	1,131	- 704
Leukemia	23	427	22	671	- 245
Cervical Cancer	24	406	42	105	+ 301
Breast Cancer	25	399	11	1,577	- 1,177
Parkinson's Disease	26	318	18	857	- 539
HIV/AIDS	27	295	54	29	+ 266
Malnutrition	28	280	47	84	+ 196
Tuberculosis	29	278	56	21	+ 256
Pancreas Cancer	30	272	12	1,486	- 1,214
Endocrine Disorders	31	245	25	593	- 348
Drownings	32	227	50	49	+ 178
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	202	41	122	+ 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	199	35	186	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	35	156	29	457	- 301
Inflammatory/Heart	36	149	16	1,027	- 878
Skin Cancers	37	149	27	493	- 344
Birth Trauma	38	146	52	32	+ 114
Alcohol	39	135	32	229	- 93
Epilepsy	40	132	39	159	- 27
Drug Use	41	103	36	176	- 73
Oesophagus Cancer	42	87	28	491	- 404
Fires	43	85	55	21	+ 63
Bladder Cancer	44	81	23	669	- 588
Oral Cancer	45	80	26	500	- 420
Maternal Conditions	46	80	64	4	+ 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	79	48	78	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	48	62	33	224	- 161
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	60	49	68	- 8
Appendicitis	50	53	59	15	+ 39
Skin Disease	51	50	40	129	- 80
Meningitis	52	43	57	20	+ 23
Asthma	53	41	46	95	- 53
Syphilis	54	41	65	2	+ 40
Encephalitis	55	40	68	1	+ 39
Pertussis	56	38	73	0	+ 38
Other Neoplasms	57	31	20	681	- 650
Poisonings	58	28	60	13	+ 15
Chagas disease	59	10	76	0	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	60	9	38	160	- 151
Dengue	61	5	81	0	+ 5
Tetanus	62	4	70	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	63	4	61	11	- 7
Hepatitis B	64	1	63	5	- 3
Ascariasis	65	1	82	0	+ 1
War	66	1	67	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	1	58	15	- 15
Chlamydia	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	44	102	- 102
Schizophrenia	83	0	45	96	- 96
Oral conditions	84	0	62	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	37	170	- 170
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	53	32	- 32
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Ecuador

Switzerland

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.