ECUADOR VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,167	1	9,805	+ 19,363
Stroke	2	18,811	3	5,429	+ 13,382
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	12,447	9	2,565	+ 9,883
Lung Cancers	4	10,257	20	1,075	+ 9,183
Lung Disease	5	9,726	8	2,576	+ 7,149
Hypertension	6	8,989	10	2,507	+ 6,483
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	6,383	19	1,109	+ 5,274
Diabetes Mellitus	8	5,957	5	4,321	+ 1,636
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	4,907	4	5,083	- 176
Breast Cancer	10	4,165	25	825	+ 3,340
Kidney Disease	11	3,822	2	6,184	- 2,362
Other Injuries	12	3,638	17	1,161	+ 2,477
Pancreas Cancer	13	3,632	30	562	+ 3,071
Stomach Cancer	14	3,079	11	2,089	+ 990
Other Neoplasms	15	2,999	57	64	+ 2,934
Lymphomas	16	2,904	22	883	+ 2,021
Liver Cancer	17	2,889	21	954	+ 1,936
Endocrine Disorders	18	2,532	31	507	+ 2,025
Parkinson's Disease	19	2,531	26	658	+ 1,873
Prostate Cancer	20	2,526	12	1,362	+ 1,164
Leukemia	21	2,021	23	882	+ 1,139
Bladder Cancer	22	2,015	44	168	+ 1,847
Liver Disease	23	1,670	7	3,330	- 1,661
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,661	36	308	+ 1,353
Falls	25	1,268	18	1,114	+ 154
Suicide	26	1,214	14	1,326	- 112
Oral Cancer	27	1,004	45	166	+ 838
Ovary Cancer	28	986	35	322	+ 663
Skin Cancers	29	973	37	308	+ 665
Road Traffic Accidents	30	967	6	3,490	- 2,523
Hepatitis C	31	736	67	1	+ 735
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	665	47	163	+ 503
Uterin Cancer	33	660	48	129	+ 531
Oesophagus Cancer	34	614	42	180	+ 435
Anemia	35	502	82	0	+ 502
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	487	34	410	+ 77
Congenital Anomalies	37	433	13	1,335	- 902
Skin Disease	38	432	51	103	+ 330
Epilepsy	39	401	40	273	+ 129
Cervical Cancer	40	346	24	840	- 493
Malnutrition	41	233	28	578	- 345
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	211	49	124	+ 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	207	33	417	- 209
Multiple Sclerosis	44	203	60	18	+ 185
Drug Use	45	196	41	214	- 17
HIV/AIDS	46	156	27	609	- 453
Asthma	47	148	53	85	+ 63
Osteoarthritis	48	145	85	0	+ 145
Schizophrenia	49	127	83	0	+ 127
Violence	50	123	15	1,210	- 1,087
Low Birth Weight	51	107	16	1,172	- 1,064
Drownings	52	103	32	470	- 367
Tuberculosis	53	101	29	574	- 473
Hepatitis B	54	100	64	3	+ 97
Alcohol	55	83	39	280	- 197
Fires	56	81	43	175	- 94
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	72	86	0	+ 72
Poisonings	58	46	58	59	- 12
Birth Trauma	59	42	38	302	- 260
Meningitis	60	38	52	90	- 51
Appendicitis	61	15	50	110	- 96
Oral conditions	62	14	84	0	+ 14
Tetanus	63	6	62	9	- 2
Upper Respiratory	64	6	63	8	- 2
Otitis Media	65	5	70	0	+ 5
War	66	2	66	2	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	2	46	164	- 163
Encephalitis	68	1	55	82	- 81
Syphilis	69	1	54	85	- 84
Leishmaniasis	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Measles	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	59	21	- 21
Pertussis	73	0	56	79	- 79
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	69	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	65	2	- 2
Dengue	81	0	61	10	- 10
Trichuriasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
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.