YEMEN VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,211	1	30,158	- 12,947
Kidney Disease	2	10,855	15	2,679	+ 8,176
Stroke	3	9,530	2	13,570	- 4,040
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,922	4	11,978	- 3,056
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,585	19	1,794	+ 5,791
Road Traffic Accidents	6	6,127	6	8,561	- 2,434
Liver Disease	7	5,846	13	2,891	+ 2,955
Lung Disease	8	4,522	11	3,196	+ 1,327
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	4,502	22	1,405	+ 3,097
Hypertension	10	4,401	8	5,293	- 893
Stomach Cancer	11	3,667	31	902	+ 2,764
Prostate Cancer	12	2,391	63	39	+ 2,351
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,344	10	4,291	- 1,947
Suicide	14	2,328	21	1,699	+ 630
Violence	15	2,123	14	2,839	- 716
Low Birth Weight	16	2,057	5	8,810	- 6,753
Other Injuries	17	2,037	16	2,225	- 188
Falls	18	1,956	24	1,170	+ 786
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	1,947	30	913	+ 1,034
Lung Cancers	20	1,886	41	569	+ 1,317
Liver Cancer	21	1,674	39	609	+ 1,065
Lymphomas	22	1,550	45	433	+ 1,117
Leukemia	23	1,548	34	776	+ 771
Cervical Cancer	24	1,474	57	119	+ 1,355
Breast Cancer	25	1,449	26	1,134	+ 315
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,155	49	362	+ 793
HIV/AIDS	27	1,070	46	396	+ 674
Malnutrition	28	1,015	27	1,058	- 43
Tuberculosis	29	1,007	18	1,899	- 892
Pancreas Cancer	30	986	51	283	+ 703
Endocrine Disorders	31	890	36	738	+ 152
Drownings	32	825	25	1,142	- 317
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	731	33	833	- 102
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	720	9	4,372	- 3,651
Ovary Cancer	35	566	52	188	+ 378
Inflammatory/Heart	36	540	40	585	- 44
Skin Cancers	37	540	58	100	+ 440
Birth Trauma	38	531	7	5,939	- 5,409
Alcohol	39	492	59	78	+ 413
Epilepsy	40	479	43	539	- 60
Drug Use	41	375	38	613	- 237
Oesophagus Cancer	42	316	35	765	- 449
Fires	43	307	29	991	- 684
Bladder Cancer	44	295	55	160	+ 135
Oral Cancer	45	291	42	547	- 256
Maternal Conditions	46	289	32	890	- 601
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	285	37	707	- 421
Uterin Cancer	48	226	69	5	+ 221
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	217	66	14	+ 203
Appendicitis	50	194	54	162	+ 32
Skin Disease	51	180	61	44	+ 136
Meningitis	52	157	28	1,018	- 861
Asthma	53	150	17	2,106	- 1,956
Syphilis	54	149	53	175	- 26
Encephalitis	55	144	48	369	- 225
Pertussis	56	139	23	1,239	- 1,100
Other Neoplasms	57	113	64	21	+ 92
Poisonings	58	103	44	532	- 429
Chagas disease	59	37	75	0	+ 37
Multiple Sclerosis	60	32	62	42	- 10
Dengue	61	17	60	71	- 54
Tetanus	62	16	47	395	- 379
Upper Respiratory	63	15	70	5	+ 10
Hepatitis B	64	5	50	299	- 294
Ascariasis	65	3	65	17	- 14
War	66	3	3	12,915	- 12,912
Hepatitis C	67	2	68	8	- 6
Chlamydia	68	2	72	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	67	14	- 13
Otitis Media	70	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	12	3,019	- 3,019
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	71	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	75	0	56	124	- 124
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	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 YEMEN

Ecuador

Yemen

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.