ZIMBABWE VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,184	3	8,493	+ 691
Kidney Disease	2	5,792	12	2,214	+ 3,579
Stroke	3	5,085	5	5,126	- 41
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,761	2	10,779	- 6,019
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,048	9	3,344	+ 704
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,269	4	6,037	- 2,768
Liver Disease	7	3,119	17	1,941	+ 1,178
Lung Disease	8	2,413	23	1,163	+ 1,250
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,402	31	768	+ 1,635
Hypertension	10	2,348	24	1,146	+ 1,202
Stomach Cancer	11	1,956	33	559	+ 1,398
Prostate Cancer	12	1,276	32	628	+ 648
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,251	11	2,217	- 967
Suicide	14	1,242	13	2,069	- 826
Violence	15	1,133	18	1,916	- 783
Low Birth Weight	16	1,098	7	4,038	- 2,940
Other Injuries	17	1,087	20	1,656	- 568
Falls	18	1,044	41	465	+ 579
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	1,039	40	505	+ 534
Lung Cancers	20	1,006	43	286	+ 721
Liver Cancer	21	893	38	510	+ 384
Lymphomas	22	827	26	960	- 133
Leukemia	23	826	45	244	+ 582
Cervical Cancer	24	787	14	2,023	- 1,236
Breast Cancer	25	773	28	839	- 66
Parkinson's Disease	26	616	46	226	+ 391
HIV/AIDS	27	571	1	19,988	- 19,417
Malnutrition	28	542	10	2,396	- 1,854
Tuberculosis	29	537	16	1,999	- 1,462
Pancreas Cancer	30	526	47	217	+ 309
Endocrine Disorders	31	475	34	553	- 79
Drownings	32	440	27	956	- 516
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	390	35	548	- 158
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	384	6	4,595	- 4,210
Ovary Cancer	35	302	51	173	+ 128
Inflammatory/Heart	36	288	25	1,047	- 759
Skin Cancers	37	288	44	264	+ 24
Birth Trauma	38	283	8	3,405	- 3,122
Alcohol	39	262	61	48	+ 214
Epilepsy	40	255	39	508	- 252
Drug Use	41	200	48	213	- 12
Oesophagus Cancer	42	168	29	801	- 633
Fires	43	164	30	793	- 629
Bladder Cancer	44	157	54	125	+ 33
Oral Cancer	45	155	49	208	- 52
Maternal Conditions	46	154	19	1,749	- 1,595
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	152	36	542	- 390
Uterin Cancer	48	121	50	182	- 61
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	116	64	26	+ 90
Appendicitis	50	103	58	66	+ 37
Skin Disease	51	96	52	173	- 77
Meningitis	52	84	22	1,325	- 1,241
Asthma	53	80	21	1,531	- 1,451
Syphilis	54	80	55	124	- 45
Encephalitis	55	77	56	117	- 41
Pertussis	56	74	42	419	- 345
Other Neoplasms	57	60	62	37	+ 23
Poisonings	58	55	37	515	- 460
Chagas disease	59	20	76	0	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	60	17	67	14	+ 3
Dengue	61	9	73	0	+ 9
Tetanus	62	8	57	102	- 93
Upper Respiratory	63	8	59	65	- 57
Hepatitis B	64	3	60	57	- 54
Ascariasis	65	2	70	2	- 1
War	66	2	65	26	- 24
Hepatitis C	67	1	66	14	- 13
Chlamydia	68	1	69	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	1	72	2	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	63	30	- 30
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	53	172	- 172
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	2	- 2
Malaria	77	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	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 ZIMBABWE

Ecuador

Zimbabwe

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.