ECUADOR VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,034	1	9,805	+ 17,230
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	15,378	9	2,565	+ 12,813
Lung Disease	3	10,462	8	2,576	+ 7,885
Stroke	4	8,488	3	5,429	+ 3,059
Lung Cancers	5	8,328	20	1,075	+ 7,253
Kidney Disease	6	4,597	2	6,184	- 1,587
Drug Use	7	3,986	41	214	+ 3,772
Hypertension	8	3,532	10	2,507	+ 1,025
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	3,310	19	1,109	+ 2,201
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,289	5	4,321	- 1,033
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	3,230	4	5,083	- 1,853
Suicide	12	2,843	14	1,326	+ 1,517
Breast Cancer	13	2,606	25	825	+ 1,781
Endocrine Disorders	14	2,516	31	507	+ 2,009
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,372	30	562	+ 1,810
Liver Disease	16	2,324	7	3,330	- 1,006
Road Traffic Accidents	17	2,232	6	3,490	- 1,258
Falls	18	2,164	18	1,114	+ 1,050
Lymphomas	19	2,157	22	883	+ 1,274
Prostate Cancer	20	1,907	12	1,362	+ 545
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,847	26	658	+ 1,189
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,742	36	308	+ 1,434
Liver Cancer	23	1,449	21	954	+ 495
Leukemia	24	1,444	23	882	+ 562
Other Injuries	25	1,392	17	1,161	+ 231
Bladder Cancer	26	1,051	44	168	+ 883
Violence	27	1,016	15	1,210	- 194
Oesophagus Cancer	28	955	42	180	+ 775
Other Neoplasms	29	950	57	64	+ 886
Alcohol	30	785	39	280	+ 505
Ovary Cancer	31	781	35	322	+ 459
Skin Cancers	32	766	37	308	+ 459
Stomach Cancer	33	700	11	2,089	- 1,389
Congenital Anomalies	34	630	13	1,335	- 706
Oral Cancer	35	619	45	166	+ 453
Uterin Cancer	36	539	48	129	+ 410
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	533	34	410	+ 123
Cervical Cancer	38	374	24	840	- 466
Low Birth Weight	39	371	16	1,172	- 801
Malnutrition	40	362	28	578	- 216
Hepatitis C	41	304	67	1	+ 303
HIV/AIDS	42	303	27	609	- 306
Skin Disease	43	290	51	103	+ 187
Multiple Sclerosis	44	271	60	18	+ 253
Drownings	45	218	32	470	- 252
Asthma	46	204	53	85	+ 119
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	195	47	163	+ 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	185	33	417	- 231
Fires	49	170	43	175	- 5
Epilepsy	50	169	40	273	- 103
Anemia	51	167	82	0	+ 167
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	132	49	124	+ 8
Poisonings	53	90	58	59	+ 31
Birth Trauma	54	66	38	302	- 236
War	55	64	66	2	+ 62
Maternal Conditions	56	42	46	164	- 123
Schizophrenia	57	39	83	0	+ 39
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	36	86	0	+ 36
Hepatitis B	59	33	64	3	+ 30
Meningitis	60	32	52	90	- 57
Osteoarthritis	61	31	85	0	+ 31
Tuberculosis	62	29	29	574	- 544
Appendicitis	63	23	50	110	- 88
Oral conditions	64	15	84	0	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	65	12	63	8	+ 4
Syphilis	66	3	54	85	- 82
Otitis Media	67	2	70	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	68	1	55	82	- 81
Pertussis	69	1	56	79	- 78
Chagas disease	70	0	59	21	- 21
Tetanus	71	0	62	9	- 9
Schistosomiasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	61	10	- 10
Malaria	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	65	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	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.