ZAMBIA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,138	10	4,432	+ 6,706
Kidney Disease	2	7,025	18	1,760	+ 5,264
Stroke	3	6,167	3	7,948	- 1,781
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,774	2	9,517	- 3,743
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,909	14	2,395	+ 2,514
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,965	11	3,654	+ 311
Liver Disease	7	3,783	9	4,501	- 718
Lung Disease	8	2,927	21	1,273	+ 1,654
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,913	29	590	+ 2,324
Hypertension	10	2,848	13	2,616	+ 231
Stomach Cancer	11	2,373	42	206	+ 2,166
Prostate Cancer	12	1,547	30	561	+ 986
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,517	12	3,146	- 1,629
Suicide	14	1,507	20	1,303	+ 204
Violence	15	1,374	23	1,153	+ 221
Low Birth Weight	16	1,331	8	4,857	- 3,526
Other Injuries	17	1,319	19	1,729	- 410
Falls	18	1,266	28	596	+ 669
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	1,260	43	203	+ 1,057
Lung Cancers	20	1,221	41	226	+ 995
Liver Cancer	21	1,083	46	177	+ 907
Lymphomas	22	1,003	31	548	+ 455
Leukemia	23	1,001	39	261	+ 740
Cervical Cancer	24	954	17	1,799	- 845
Breast Cancer	25	938	35	366	+ 572
Parkinson's Disease	26	747	47	164	+ 583
HIV/AIDS	27	692	1	17,234	- 16,542
Malnutrition	28	657	15	2,303	- 1,646
Tuberculosis	29	652	6	5,941	- 5,289
Pancreas Cancer	30	638	62	42	+ 596
Endocrine Disorders	31	576	37	354	+ 222
Drownings	32	534	27	689	- 155
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	473	40	246	+ 228
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	466	5	6,275	- 5,809
Ovary Cancer	35	366	57	82	+ 284
Inflammatory/Heart	36	350	33	501	- 152
Skin Cancers	37	349	54	108	+ 241
Birth Trauma	38	344	7	5,062	- 4,718
Alcohol	39	318	49	140	+ 178
Epilepsy	40	310	38	332	- 22
Drug Use	41	243	53	122	+ 120
Oesophagus Cancer	42	204	36	359	- 154
Fires	43	199	32	546	- 347
Bladder Cancer	44	191	50	132	+ 59
Oral Cancer	45	188	48	155	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	46	187	22	1,188	- 1,001
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	185	45	190	- 5
Uterin Cancer	48	146	64	30	+ 116
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	140	63	30	+ 110
Appendicitis	50	126	56	84	+ 42
Skin Disease	51	117	52	126	- 9
Meningitis	52	102	16	1,976	- 1,874
Asthma	53	97	26	741	- 644
Syphilis	54	97	24	885	- 788
Encephalitis	55	93	59	70	+ 23
Pertussis	56	90	25	743	- 653
Other Neoplasms	57	73	65	20	+ 53
Poisonings	58	67	34	456	- 390
Chagas disease	59	24	79	0	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	60	20	67	13	+ 7
Dengue	61	11	74	1	+ 10
Tetanus	62	10	44	190	- 180
Upper Respiratory	63	9	60	68	- 58
Hepatitis B	64	3	55	104	- 101
Ascariasis	65	2	68	9	- 7
War	66	2	69	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	67	1	66	18	- 16
Chlamydia	68	1	71	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	1	73	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	61	48	- 48
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	58	72	- 72
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	128	- 128
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	77	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

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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.