VENEZUELA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,734	1	26,905	- 10,171
Kidney Disease	2	10,554	8	5,932	+ 4,623
Stroke	3	9,266	3	12,133	- 2,867
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,675	7	7,188	+ 1,487
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,375	4	11,176	- 3,801
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,957	5	11,127	- 5,170
Liver Disease	7	5,684	16	2,340	+ 3,344
Lung Disease	8	4,397	10	5,150	- 752
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	4,377	35	572	+ 3,805
Hypertension	10	4,279	9	5,195	- 916
Stomach Cancer	11	3,565	17	2,175	+ 1,390
Prostate Cancer	12	2,324	13	2,848	- 524
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,279	14	2,846	- 567
Suicide	14	2,264	34	585	+ 1,678
Violence	15	2,065	2	18,132	- 16,067
Low Birth Weight	16	2,000	12	3,088	- 1,088
Other Injuries	17	1,981	21	1,693	+ 288
Falls	18	1,901	28	865	+ 1,036
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	1,893	19	2,037	- 144
Lung Cancers	20	1,834	11	3,900	- 2,066
Liver Cancer	21	1,628	26	1,029	+ 598
Lymphomas	22	1,507	23	1,248	+ 259
Leukemia	23	1,505	27	1,007	+ 497
Cervical Cancer	24	1,433	20	1,986	- 553
Breast Cancer	25	1,409	15	2,563	- 1,154
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,123	48	252	+ 871
HIV/AIDS	27	1,040	6	7,490	- 6,450
Malnutrition	28	987	32	629	+ 358
Tuberculosis	29	979	31	748	+ 232
Pancreas Cancer	30	959	25	1,082	- 123
Endocrine Disorders	31	865	30	760	+ 105
Drownings	32	802	43	388	+ 414
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	711	40	418	+ 293
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	700	22	1,359	- 659
Ovary Cancer	35	550	36	563	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	36	525	33	599	- 74
Skin Cancers	37	525	37	553	- 28
Birth Trauma	38	516	24	1,087	- 571
Alcohol	39	478	62	34	+ 444
Epilepsy	40	465	41	411	+ 55
Drug Use	41	365	50	225	+ 140
Oesophagus Cancer	42	307	44	370	- 63
Fires	43	299	54	144	+ 154
Bladder Cancer	44	287	45	365	- 78
Oral Cancer	45	283	38	544	- 261
Maternal Conditions	46	281	39	422	- 141
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	277	57	80	+ 197
Uterin Cancer	48	220	47	309	- 90
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	211	52	180	+ 31
Appendicitis	50	189	56	98	+ 91
Skin Disease	51	175	66	18	+ 158
Meningitis	52	153	49	251	- 98
Asthma	53	146	46	311	- 165
Syphilis	54	145	67	15	+ 130
Encephalitis	55	140	61	37	+ 103
Pertussis	56	135	64	26	+ 110
Other Neoplasms	57	109	18	2,167	- 2,058
Poisonings	58	100	58	68	+ 32
Chagas disease	59	36	29	826	- 790
Multiple Sclerosis	60	31	60	51	- 20
Dengue	61	16	59	65	- 48
Tetanus	62	15	68	8	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	63	14	74	1	+ 13
Hepatitis B	64	5	63	30	- 25
Ascariasis	65	3	70	5	- 2
War	66	3	51	185	- 182
Hepatitis C	67	2	65	21	- 19
Chlamydia	68	2	82	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	0	75	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	71	4	- 4
Measles	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	42	402	- 402
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	55	126	- 126
Schizophrenia	83	0	69	6	- 6
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	72	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	53	151	- 151
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Ecuador

Venezuela

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.