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Ecuador
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Ecuador and South Korea health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

South Korea
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Ecuador Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Ecuador ECUADOR   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Ecuador ECUADOR   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
           
    World Rank
           
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    52.1
    54.7
    53.4
    82
    86
    86
     
    52.6
    55.8
    54.2
    81
    82
    82
    1970
    56.6
    59.6
    58.0
    87
    88
    88
     
    58.7
    65.1
    61.8
    80
    68
    73
    1980
    61.4
    65.3
    63.3
    86
    87
    87
     
    61.8
    70.0
    65.8
    80
    69
    76
    1990
    66.7
    71.5
    69.0
    65
    81
    78
     
    67.3
    75.5
    71.3
    59
    41
    49
    2000
    69.8
    76.0
    72.8
    57
    51
    52
     
    72.3
    79.5
    76.0
    38
    27
    33
    2010
    72.1
    78.1
    75.0
    59
    52
    55
     
    77.2
    84.0
    80.7
    24
    8
    15
    2019
    76.4
    80.5
    78.4
    39
    45
    41
     
    80.3
    86.1
    83.3
    16
    2
    3
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Ecuador ECUADOR   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    76.4
    80.5
    39
    45
    80.3
    86.1
    16
    2
    Age 5
    77.6
    81.5
    39
    41
    80.6
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 10
    77.7
    81.6
    39
    41
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 15
    77.9
    81.7
    39
    41
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 20
    78.1
    81.9
    39
    41
    80.8
    86.5
    17
    2
    Age 25
    78.5
    82.0
    39
    41
    80.9
    86.6
    17
    2
    Age 30
    78.9
    82.2
    39
    40
    81.0
    86.7
    17
    2
    Age 35
    79.3
    82.4
    38
    39
    81.2
    86.8
    17
    2
    Age 40
    79.7
    82.6
    35
    40
    81.4
    86.9
    15
    2
    Age 45
    80.1
    82.8
    32
    40
    81.7
    87.1
    16
    2
    Age 50
    80.6
    83.2
    31
    39
    82.1
    87.3
    15
    2
    Age 55
    81.2
    83.7
    31
    38
    82.6
    87.6
    15
    2
    Age 60
    82.0
    84.3
    34
    40
    83.4
    87.9
    12
    2
    Age 65
    83.0
    85.1
    36
    40
    84.2
    88.2
    14
    2
    Age 70
    84.4
    86.3
    37
    40
    85.3
    88.7
    15
    2
    Age 75
    86.0
    87.5
    38
    41
    86.6
    89.4
    21
    5
    Age 80
    87.9
    89.0
    49
    45
    88.6
    90.5
    19
    4
    Age 85
    90.2
    91.1
    66
    52
    91.2
    92.3
    13
    5
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Ecuador ECUADOR   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    57.99
    153
    27.78
    183
    2. Kidney Disease
    37.41
    28
    9.92
    142
    3. Stroke
    32.47
    146
    25.48
    155
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    28.80
    87
    25.21
    100
    5. Diabetes Mellitus
    26.62
    95
    6.84
    160
    6. Liver Disease
    20.76
    87
    7.50
    148
    7. Road Traffic Accidents
    20.60
    73
    5.76
    150
    8. Prostate Cancer
    18.33
    73
    6.10
    155
    9. Lung Disease
    14.62
    145
    8.14
    175
    10. Hypertension
    14.49
    109
    3.45
    163
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    14.34
    140
    11.04
    154
    12. Stomach Cancer
    12.80
    19
    9.13
    50
    13. Cervical Cancer
    9.95
    84
    2.29
    160
    14. Breast Cancer
    9.88
    161
    6.59
    180
    15. Suicide
    7.68
    103
    21.16
    12
    16. Violence
    7.07
    66
    0.68
    170
    17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    6.86
    120
    10.56
    68
    18. Other Injuries
    6.75
    102
    3.88
    154
    19. Lung Cancers
    6.69
    125
    20.90
    49
    20. Falls
    6.58
    77
    3.34
    142
    21. Congenital Anomalies
    6.22
    84
    1.82
    181
    22. Liver Cancer
    5.94
    78
    12.57
    21
    23. Lymphomas
    5.50
    63
    3.72
    131
    24. Leukemia
    5.25
    16
    2.65
    138
    25. Low Birth Weight
    4.66
    92
    1.62
    152
    26. Parkinson's Disease
    3.88
    105
    3.78
    114
    27. Ovary Cancer
    3.86
    114
    2.84
    149
    28. HIV/AIDS
    3.70
    81
    0.11
    155
    29. Pancreas Cancer
    3.51
    100
    7.34
    34
    30. Tuberculosis
    3.49
    94
    1.93
    110
    31. Malnutrition
    3.21
    67
    0.09
    158
    32. Endocrine Disorders
    2.98
    112
    2.11
    148
    33. Drownings
    2.71
    80
    0.71
    161
    34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2.43
    96
    0.54
    171
    35. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2.38
    103
    0.91
    139
    36. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.82
    166
    1.55
    172
    37. Skin Cancers
    1.80
    100
    0.60
    157
    38. Alcohol
    1.74
    70
    1.34
    97
    39. Epilepsy
    1.60
    92
    0.72
    166
    40. Uterin Cancer
    1.53
    137
    0.89
    165
    41. Drug Use
    1.30
    87
    0.20
    181
    42. Birth Trauma
    1.20
    114
    0.39
    164
    43. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.12
    149
    1.84
    115
    44. Bladder Cancer
    1.03
    157
    1.74
    111
    45. Oral Cancer
    1.02
    175
    1.60
    154
    46. Fires
    1.01
    113
    0.33
    159
    47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.97
    123
    0.23
    175
    48. Maternal Conditions
    0.93
    88
    0.07
    158
    49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.72
    21
    0.16
    141
    50. Appendicitis
    0.66
    41
    0.06
    164
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Ecuador ECUADOR   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    9,805
    13.71
    28,043
    11.19
    2. Kidney Disease
    6,184
    8.65
    10,107
    4.03
    3. Stroke
    5,429
    7.59
    25,596
    10.21
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    5,083
    7.11
    26,650
    10.63
    5. Diabetes Mellitus
    4,321
    6.04
    6,812
    2.72
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    3,490
    4.88
    4,399
    1.76
    7. Liver Disease
    3,330
    4.66
    6,348
    2.53
    8. Lung Disease
    2,576
    3.60
    8,526
    3.40
    9. Alzheimers & Dementia
    2,565
    3.59
    12,145
    4.85
    10. Hypertension
    2,507
    3.51
    3,711
    1.48
    11. Stomach Cancer
    2,089
    2.92
    8,625
    3.44
    12. Prostate Cancer
    1,362
    1.90
    2,316
    0.92
    13. Congenital Anomalies
    1,335
    1.87
    518
    0.21
    14. Suicide
    1,326
    1.85
    14,636
    5.84
    15. Violence
    1,210
    1.69
    386
    0.15
    16. Low Birth Weight
    1,172
    1.64
    370
    0.15
    17. Other Injuries
    1,161
    1.62
    3,634
    1.45
    18. Falls
    1,114
    1.56
    2,934
    1.17
    19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    1,109
    1.55
    10,180
    4.06
    20. Lung Cancers
    1,075
    1.50
    20,293
    8.10
    21. Liver Cancer
    954
    1.33
    11,589
    4.62
    22. Lymphomas
    883
    1.23
    3,477
    1.39
    23. Leukemia
    882
    1.23
    2,140
    0.85
    24. Cervical Cancer
    840
    1.17
    1,065
    0.42
    25. Breast Cancer
    825
    1.15
    2,880
    1.15
    26. Parkinson's Disease
    658
    0.92
    3,951
    1.58
    27. HIV/AIDS
    609
    0.85
    84
    0.03
    28. Malnutrition
    578
    0.81
    88
    0.04
    29. Tuberculosis
    574
    0.80
    1,950
    0.78
    30. Pancreas Cancer
    562
    0.79
    6,994
    2.79
    31. Endocrine Disorders
    507
    0.71
    1,891
    0.75
    32. Drownings
    470
    0.66
    501
    0.20
    33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    417
    0.58
    540
    0.22
    34. Diarrhoeal diseases
    410
    0.57
    929
    0.37
    35. Ovary Cancer
    322
    0.45
    1,330
    0.53
    36. Skin Cancers
    308
    0.43
    585
    0.23
    37. Inflammatory/Heart
    308
    0.43
    1,325
    0.53
    38. Birth Trauma
    302
    0.42
    88
    0.04
    39. Alcohol
    280
    0.39
    1,081
    0.43
    40. Epilepsy
    273
    0.38
    524
    0.21
    41. Drug Use
    214
    0.30
    154
    0.06
    42. Oesophagus Cancer
    180
    0.25
    1,733
    0.69
    43. Fires
    175
    0.24
    263
    0.10
    44. Bladder Cancer
    168
    0.23
    1,768
    0.71
    45. Oral Cancer
    166
    0.23
    1,457
    0.58
    46. Maternal Conditions
    164
    0.23
    34
    0.01
    47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    163
    0.23
    224
    0.09
    48. Uterin Cancer
    129
    0.18
    420
    0.17
    49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    124
    0.17
    150
    0.06
    50. Appendicitis
    110
    0.15
    54
    0.02
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Ecuador ECUADOR   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Prostate Cancer
    18.33
    73
    6.10
    155
    2. Stomach Cancer
    12.80
    19
    9.13
    50
    3. Cervical Cancer
    9.95
    84
    2.29
    160
    4. Breast Cancer
    9.88
    161
    6.59
    180
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    6.86
    120
    10.56
    68
    6. Lung Cancers
    6.69
    125
    20.90
    49
    7. Liver Cancer
    5.94
    78
    12.57
    21
    8. Lymphomas
    5.50
    63
    3.72
    131
    9. Leukemia
    5.25
    16
    2.65
    138
    10. Ovary Cancer
    3.86
    114
    2.84
    149
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    3.51
    100
    7.34
    34
    12. Skin Cancers
    1.80
    100
    0.60
    157
    13. Uterin Cancer
    1.53
    137
    0.89
    165
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.12
    149
    1.84
    115
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.03
    157
    1.74
    111
    16. Oral Cancer
    1.02
    175
    1.60
    154
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.