ECUADOR VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,101	1	9,805	+ 13,296
Stroke	2	22,135	3	5,429	+ 16,706
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	12,899	9	2,565	+ 10,335
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	12,290	4	5,083	+ 7,208
Lung Cancers	5	7,904	20	1,075	+ 6,829
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	7,874	19	1,109	+ 6,765
Lung Disease	7	7,688	8	2,576	+ 5,112
Diabetes Mellitus	8	6,460	5	4,321	+ 2,139
Kidney Disease	9	5,029	2	6,184	- 1,155
Stomach Cancer	10	4,542	11	2,089	+ 2,453
Prostate Cancer	11	3,810	12	1,362	+ 2,448
Breast Cancer	12	3,582	25	825	+ 2,757
Other Injuries	13	3,475	17	1,161	+ 2,314
Hypertension	14	3,372	10	2,507	+ 865
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,994	30	562	+ 2,433
Lymphomas	16	2,884	22	883	+ 2,001
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,775	31	507	+ 2,268
Liver Cancer	18	2,279	21	954	+ 1,325
Suicide	19	2,102	14	1,326	+ 776
Bladder Cancer	20	2,100	44	168	+ 1,932
Parkinson's Disease	21	2,044	26	658	+ 1,386
Liver Disease	22	2,019	7	3,330	- 1,311
Falls	23	1,852	18	1,114	+ 738
Leukemia	24	1,821	23	882	+ 940
Oral Cancer	25	1,636	45	166	+ 1,470
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,630	36	308	+ 1,322
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,504	6	3,490	- 1,987
Other Neoplasms	28	1,170	57	64	+ 1,106
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,117	42	180	+ 937
Skin Cancers	30	939	37	308	+ 632
Epilepsy	31	745	40	273	+ 472
Uterin Cancer	32	728	48	129	+ 599
Ovary Cancer	33	713	35	322	+ 390
Cervical Cancer	34	590	24	840	- 250
HIV/AIDS	35	573	27	609	- 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	414	34	410	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	410	33	417	- 7
Tuberculosis	38	382	29	574	- 192
Skin Disease	39	363	51	103	+ 260
Congenital Anomalies	40	352	13	1,335	- 983
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	303	47	163	+ 140
Anemia	42	270	82	0	+ 270
Asthma	43	263	53	85	+ 177
Drug Use	44	230	41	214	+ 17
Alcohol	45	199	39	280	- 81
Fires	46	194	43	175	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	177	49	124	+ 54
Violence	48	173	15	1,210	- 1,037
Hepatitis C	49	156	67	1	+ 155
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	148	86	0	+ 148
Drownings	51	142	32	470	- 328
Low Birth Weight	52	141	16	1,172	- 1,030
Malnutrition	53	141	28	578	- 437
Multiple Sclerosis	54	101	60	18	+ 83
Schizophrenia	55	88	83	0	+ 88
Meningitis	56	77	52	90	- 13
Poisonings	57	53	58	59	- 6
Osteoarthritis	58	51	85	0	+ 51
Hepatitis B	59	47	64	3	+ 44
Birth Trauma	60	43	38	302	- 260
Appendicitis	61	37	50	110	- 73
Upper Respiratory	62	26	63	8	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	63	13	46	164	- 152
Syphilis	64	5	54	85	- 79
Oral conditions	65	5	84	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	66	4	70	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	67	2	55	82	- 80
Leishmaniasis	68	2	74	0	+ 2
War	69	2	66	2	+ 0
Leprosy	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Measles	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	56	79	- 79
Tetanus	73	0	62	9	- 9
Diphtheria	74	0	69	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	68	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	59	21	- 21
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	65	2	- 2
Dengue	84	0	61	10	- 10
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Portugal

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.