ECUADOR VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,009	1	9,805	+ 22,204
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	11,138	9	2,565	+ 8,573
Stroke	3	10,838	3	5,429	+ 5,409
Lung Cancers	4	10,135	20	1,075	+ 9,060
Lung Disease	5	9,315	8	2,576	+ 6,739
Hypertension	6	5,833	10	2,507	+ 3,326
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	5,665	19	1,109	+ 4,556
Kidney Disease	8	4,956	2	6,184	- 1,228
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	4,508	4	5,083	- 574
Breast Cancer	10	4,101	25	825	+ 3,276
Pancreas Cancer	11	3,912	30	562	+ 3,350
Prostate Cancer	12	3,589	12	1,362	+ 2,227
Diabetes Mellitus	13	3,387	5	4,321	- 934
Falls	14	3,336	18	1,114	+ 2,222
Liver Disease	15	3,307	7	3,330	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	16	2,741	26	658	+ 2,083
Lymphomas	17	2,666	22	883	+ 1,783
Endocrine Disorders	18	2,324	31	507	+ 1,817
Suicide	19	2,239	14	1,326	+ 912
Stomach Cancer	20	2,102	11	2,089	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	21	1,935	36	308	+ 1,628
Leukemia	22	1,902	23	882	+ 1,020
Other Injuries	23	1,795	17	1,161	+ 635
Other Neoplasms	24	1,776	57	64	+ 1,712
Liver Cancer	25	1,754	21	954	+ 800
Alcohol	26	1,362	39	280	+ 1,082
Oesophagus Cancer	27	1,352	42	180	+ 1,173
Bladder Cancer	28	1,348	44	168	+ 1,180
Oral Cancer	29	1,311	45	166	+ 1,145
Ovary Cancer	30	1,130	35	322	+ 808
Skin Cancers	31	883	37	308	+ 575
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	834	34	410	+ 423
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	787	47	163	+ 624
Road Traffic Accidents	34	688	6	3,490	- 2,803
Epilepsy	35	673	40	273	+ 400
Congenital Anomalies	36	499	13	1,335	- 837
Uterin Cancer	37	486	48	129	+ 357
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	471	33	417	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	39	464	24	840	- 376
Drug Use	40	420	41	214	+ 206
Multiple Sclerosis	41	342	60	18	+ 324
Skin Disease	42	336	51	103	+ 233
Anemia	43	216	82	0	+ 216
Asthma	44	201	53	85	+ 116
Low Birth Weight	45	168	16	1,172	- 1,004
Violence	46	167	15	1,210	- 1,042
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	118	49	124	- 5
Hepatitis C	48	110	67	1	+ 109
Drownings	49	100	32	470	- 370
Malnutrition	50	98	28	578	- 480
Schizophrenia	51	85	83	0	+ 85
Osteoarthritis	52	79	85	0	+ 79
Fires	53	78	43	175	- 97
HIV/AIDS	54	75	27	609	- 534
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	63	86	0	+ 63
Tuberculosis	56	61	29	574	- 513
Birth Trauma	57	52	38	302	- 250
Poisonings	58	47	58	59	- 11
Hepatitis B	59	40	64	3	+ 37
Meningitis	60	36	52	90	- 53
Upper Respiratory	61	30	63	8	+ 22
Appendicitis	62	28	50	110	- 82
Oral conditions	63	14	84	0	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	64	8	46	164	- 156
Otitis Media	65	3	70	0	+ 3
War	66	2	66	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	67	2	55	82	- 80
Syphilis	68	1	54	85	- 84
Pertussis	69	1	56	79	- 79
Measles	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	59	21	- 21
Tetanus	75	0	62	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	65	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	61	10	- 10
Leprosy	84	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

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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.