ECUADOR VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,764	1	9,805	+ 5,959
Violence	2	10,624	15	1,210	+ 9,414
Stroke	3	7,109	3	5,429	+ 1,680
Diabetes Mellitus	4	6,548	5	4,321	+ 2,227
Road Traffic Accidents	5	6,520	6	3,490	+ 3,029
HIV/AIDS	6	4,389	27	609	+ 3,779
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,212	4	5,083	- 871
Kidney Disease	8	3,475	2	6,184	- 2,708
Hypertension	9	3,044	10	2,507	+ 537
Lung Disease	10	3,017	8	2,576	+ 441
Lung Cancers	11	2,285	20	1,075	+ 1,210
Low Birth Weight	12	1,809	16	1,172	+ 637
Prostate Cancer	13	1,669	12	1,362	+ 307
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,667	13	1,335	+ 332
Breast Cancer	15	1,502	25	825	+ 676
Liver Disease	16	1,371	7	3,330	- 1,959
Stomach Cancer	17	1,274	11	2,089	- 814
Other Neoplasms	18	1,270	57	64	+ 1,206
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	1,194	19	1,109	+ 84
Cervical Cancer	20	1,164	24	840	+ 324
Other Injuries	21	992	17	1,161	- 169
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	796	34	410	+ 386
Lymphomas	23	731	22	883	- 152
Birth Trauma	24	637	38	302	+ 335
Pancreas Cancer	25	634	30	562	+ 72
Liver Cancer	26	603	21	954	- 351
Leukemia	27	590	23	882	- 291
Falls	28	507	18	1,114	- 607
Chagas disease	29	484	59	21	+ 463
Endocrine Disorders	30	445	31	507	- 62
Tuberculosis	31	438	29	574	- 136
Malnutrition	32	369	28	578	- 210
Inflammatory/Heart	33	351	36	308	+ 43
Suicide	34	343	14	1,326	- 983
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	335	9	2,565	- 2,230
Ovary Cancer	36	330	35	322	+ 7
Skin Cancers	37	324	37	308	+ 17
Oral Cancer	38	319	45	166	+ 153
Maternal Conditions	39	247	46	164	+ 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	245	33	417	- 172
Epilepsy	41	241	40	273	- 32
Malaria	42	236	77	0	+ 236
Drownings	43	228	32	470	- 242
Oesophagus Cancer	44	217	42	180	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	45	214	44	168	+ 45
Asthma	46	182	53	85	+ 97
Uterin Cancer	47	181	48	129	+ 53
Parkinson's Disease	48	147	26	658	- 511
Meningitis	49	147	52	90	+ 57
Drug Use	50	132	41	214	- 82
War	51	108	66	2	+ 107
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	105	49	124	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	88	86	0	+ 88
Fires	54	85	43	175	- 91
Anemia	55	74	82	0	+ 74
Appendicitis	56	57	50	110	- 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	47	47	163	- 116
Poisonings	58	40	58	59	- 19
Dengue	59	38	61	10	+ 28
Multiple Sclerosis	60	30	60	18	+ 12
Encephalitis	61	22	55	82	- 60
Alcohol	62	20	39	280	- 260
Hepatitis B	63	17	64	3	+ 15
Pertussis	64	15	56	79	- 64
Hepatitis C	65	12	67	1	+ 11
Skin Disease	66	10	51	103	- 92
Syphilis	67	9	54	85	- 76
Tetanus	68	4	62	9	- 4
Schizophrenia	69	3	83	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	70	3	65	2	+ 1
Leprosy	71	2	71	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	72	2	85	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	73	2	74	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	74	1	63	8	- 8
Otitis Media	75	1	70	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	68	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Venezuela

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.