ECUADOR VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	7,096	4	5,083	+ 2,013
Stroke	2	6,801	3	5,429	+ 1,372
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,998	6	3,490	+ 1,507
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,846	1	9,805	- 4,959
Malaria	5	4,433	77	0	+ 4,433
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	4,195	34	410	+ 3,785
HIV/AIDS	7	3,798	27	609	+ 3,188
Liver Disease	8	3,425	7	3,330	+ 94
Low Birth Weight	9	2,947	16	1,172	+ 1,775
Birth Trauma	10	2,538	38	302	+ 2,235
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,498	5	4,321	- 1,823
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,389	13	1,335	+ 1,053
Lung Disease	13	2,089	8	2,576	- 487
Hypertension	14	1,824	10	2,507	- 683
Kidney Disease	15	1,621	2	6,184	- 4,563
Malnutrition	16	1,570	28	578	+ 991
Other Injuries	17	1,269	17	1,161	+ 108
Cervical Cancer	18	1,264	24	840	+ 424
Meningitis	19	1,139	52	90	+ 1,049
Stomach Cancer	20	1,049	11	2,089	- 1,040
Maternal Conditions	21	971	46	164	+ 806
Asthma	22	964	53	85	+ 878
Liver Cancer	23	949	21	954	- 4
Suicide	24	946	14	1,326	- 381
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	883	9	2,565	- 1,681
Tuberculosis	26	840	29	574	+ 266
Breast Cancer	27	806	25	825	- 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	794	19	1,109	- 315
Violence	29	736	15	1,210	- 473
Lymphomas	30	604	22	883	- 279
Falls	31	554	18	1,114	- 560
Prostate Cancer	32	532	12	1,362	- 830
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	487	33	417	+ 70
Inflammatory/Heart	34	466	36	308	+ 158
Leukemia	35	426	23	882	- 456
Drownings	36	383	32	470	- 87
Oral Cancer	37	366	45	166	+ 200
Fires	38	362	43	175	+ 187
Lung Cancers	39	315	20	1,075	- 760
Poisonings	40	296	58	59	+ 237
Endocrine Disorders	41	295	31	507	- 212
Pertussis	42	293	56	79	+ 213
Pancreas Cancer	43	287	30	562	- 274
Oesophagus Cancer	44	286	42	180	+ 107
Epilepsy	45	257	40	273	- 16
Syphilis	46	232	54	85	+ 147
Parkinson's Disease	47	196	26	658	- 462
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	183	47	163	+ 20
Alcohol	49	169	39	280	- 111
Skin Cancers	50	152	37	308	- 156
Schistosomiasis	51	149	75	0	+ 149
Skin Disease	52	138	51	103	+ 36
Ovary Cancer	53	124	35	322	- 199
Appendicitis	54	94	50	110	- 16
Hepatitis B	55	92	64	3	+ 89
Uterin Cancer	56	78	48	129	- 50
Upper Respiratory	57	78	63	8	+ 70
Tetanus	58	71	62	9	+ 62
Measles	59	69	72	0	+ 69
Drug Use	60	60	41	214	- 154
Encephalitis	61	52	55	82	- 30
Bladder Cancer	62	47	44	168	- 121
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	31	49	124	- 93
Other Neoplasms	64	22	57	64	- 42
Hepatitis C	65	17	67	1	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	66	10	60	18	- 8
Ascariasis	67	6	65	2	+ 4
Otitis Media	68	5	70	0	+ 5
War	69	3	66	2	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	3	68	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	71	1	69	1	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	61	10	- 9
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	59	21	- 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

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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.