ECUADOR VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	35,522	1	9,805	+ 25,718
Diabetes Mellitus	2	22,561	5	4,321	+ 18,240
Stroke	3	21,897	3	5,429	+ 16,467
Kidney Disease	4	10,338	2	6,184	+ 4,154
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	9,518	4	5,083	+ 4,436
Lung Disease	6	7,578	8	2,576	+ 5,002
Suicide	7	5,903	14	1,326	+ 4,577
Hypertension	8	4,985	10	2,507	+ 2,478
Liver Disease	9	4,359	7	3,330	+ 1,028
Lung Cancers	10	4,216	20	1,075	+ 3,141
Drownings	11	3,166	32	470	+ 2,696
Breast Cancer	12	3,122	25	825	+ 2,296
Asthma	13	2,924	53	85	+ 2,839
Low Birth Weight	14	2,751	16	1,172	+ 1,580
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,523	47	163	+ 2,360
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	2,468	34	410	+ 2,058
Other Injuries	17	2,446	17	1,161	+ 1,286
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,441	13	1,335	+ 1,106
Tuberculosis	19	2,300	29	574	+ 1,727
Stomach Cancer	20	2,158	11	2,089	+ 70
Birth Trauma	21	1,989	38	302	+ 1,686
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,550	19	1,109	+ 441
Cervical Cancer	23	1,530	24	840	+ 691
Liver Cancer	24	1,500	21	954	+ 546
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,216	33	417	+ 800
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	1,198	9	2,565	- 1,366
Falls	27	1,131	18	1,114	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,108	36	308	+ 800
Prostate Cancer	29	1,013	12	1,362	- 349
Endocrine Disorders	30	975	31	507	+ 468
Violence	31	968	15	1,210	- 241
Leukemia	32	923	23	882	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	33	858	26	658	+ 200
Maternal Conditions	34	674	46	164	+ 509
Pancreas Cancer	35	666	30	562	+ 105
Lymphomas	36	661	22	883	- 222
Pertussis	37	648	56	79	+ 569
Oral Cancer	38	621	45	166	+ 455
Meningitis	39	587	52	90	+ 497
Syphilis	40	555	54	85	+ 470
Uterin Cancer	41	526	48	129	+ 398
Skin Disease	42	504	51	103	+ 401
Epilepsy	43	501	40	273	+ 229
Malnutrition	44	488	28	578	- 90
Ovary Cancer	45	424	35	322	+ 102
Alcohol	46	418	39	280	+ 138
Oesophagus Cancer	47	401	42	180	+ 221
Fires	48	370	43	175	+ 195
Bladder Cancer	49	287	44	168	+ 119
Poisonings	50	187	58	59	+ 129
Skin Cancers	51	167	37	308	- 140
Drug Use	52	114	41	214	- 100
Encephalitis	53	109	55	82	+ 27
Appendicitis	54	81	50	110	- 29
Other Neoplasms	55	68	57	64	+ 4
Measles	56	64	72	0	+ 64
Hepatitis B	57	55	64	3	+ 52
Road Traffic Accidents	58	33	6	3,490	- 3,457
Tetanus	59	31	62	9	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	27	49	124	- 97
Dengue	61	26	61	10	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	62	25	60	18	+ 7
Hepatitis C	63	7	67	1	+ 6
Diphtheria	64	6	69	1	+ 6
Ascariasis	65	6	65	2	+ 4
War	66	2	66	2	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	2	68	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	2	63	8	- 7
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	27	609	- 609
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	59	21	- 21
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Micronesia

Ecuador

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.