TANZANIA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,125	9	13,215	+ 22,911
Kidney Disease	2	22,784	19	4,547	+ 18,237
Stroke	3	20,003	7	16,894	+ 3,109
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	18,727	2	26,028	- 7,301
Diabetes Mellitus	5	15,921	15	6,247	+ 9,674
Road Traffic Accidents	6	12,860	5	18,054	- 5,194
Liver Disease	7	12,270	13	6,586	+ 5,685
Lung Disease	8	9,492	22	3,051	+ 6,441
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	9,450	27	2,048	+ 7,402
Hypertension	10	9,237	17	5,209	+ 4,028
Stomach Cancer	11	7,696	39	1,190	+ 6,506
Prostate Cancer	12	5,018	28	1,819	+ 3,199
Congenital Anomalies	13	4,920	11	9,791	- 4,871
Suicide	14	4,887	24	2,474	+ 2,412
Violence	15	4,457	18	4,713	- 256
Low Birth Weight	16	4,318	10	12,173	- 7,855
Other Injuries	17	4,277	20	4,270	+ 7
Falls	18	4,105	34	1,533	+ 2,572
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	4,087	33	1,567	+ 2,520
Lung Cancers	20	3,959	61	159	+ 3,800
Liver Cancer	21	3,514	36	1,413	+ 2,100
Lymphomas	22	3,253	41	805	+ 2,448
Leukemia	23	3,248	47	416	+ 2,832
Cervical Cancer	24	3,094	14	6,424	- 3,330
Breast Cancer	25	3,041	37	1,285	+ 1,756
Parkinson's Disease	26	2,424	45	513	+ 1,911
HIV/AIDS	27	2,245	1	27,402	- 25,157
Malnutrition	28	2,131	16	5,574	- 3,444
Tuberculosis	29	2,114	4	20,269	- 18,155
Pancreas Cancer	30	2,069	62	158	+ 1,912
Endocrine Disorders	31	1,867	29	1,778	+ 90
Drownings	32	1,731	32	1,642	+ 89
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	1,535	46	462	+ 1,073
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	1,512	6	17,587	- 16,075
Ovary Cancer	35	1,188	53	337	+ 851
Inflammatory/Heart	36	1,134	38	1,227	- 93
Skin Cancers	37	1,133	42	744	+ 389
Birth Trauma	38	1,114	8	15,086	- 13,972
Alcohol	39	1,032	56	270	+ 761
Epilepsy	40	1,004	43	707	+ 298
Drug Use	41	788	48	404	+ 384
Oesophagus Cancer	42	662	25	2,247	- 1,585
Fires	43	645	35	1,424	- 779
Bladder Cancer	44	619	44	667	- 48
Oral Cancer	45	611	31	1,646	- 1,035
Maternal Conditions	46	606	12	6,835	- 6,229
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	599	50	401	+ 198
Uterin Cancer	48	474	57	218	+ 256
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	455	63	81	+ 374
Appendicitis	50	407	58	218	+ 189
Skin Disease	51	378	52	359	+ 19
Meningitis	52	330	21	3,188	- 2,858
Asthma	53	315	30	1,700	- 1,385
Syphilis	54	313	26	2,115	- 1,802
Encephalitis	55	302	59	199	+ 104
Pertussis	56	292	23	2,774	- 2,482
Other Neoplasms	57	236	64	58	+ 179
Poisonings	58	216	40	1,170	- 954
Chagas disease	59	77	78	0	+ 77
Multiple Sclerosis	60	66	68	27	+ 40
Dengue	61	36	73	2	+ 34
Tetanus	62	33	49	402	- 369
Upper Respiratory	63	31	54	299	- 268
Hepatitis B	64	11	60	168	- 158
Ascariasis	65	7	65	56	- 49
War	66	6	67	30	- 23
Hepatitis C	67	4	66	40	- 36
Chlamydia	68	3	71	9	- 6
Diphtheria	69	2	70	11	- 9
Otitis Media	70	0	69	17	- 17
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	55	295	- 295
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	371	- 371
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	77	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Ecuador

Tanzania

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.