ECUADOR VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,902	1	9,805	+ 6,097
Violence	2	7,115	15	1,210	+ 5,905
Stroke	3	6,119	3	5,429	+ 690
Lung Disease	4	5,881	8	2,576	+ 3,305
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,978	4	5,083	- 1,105
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,867	6	3,490	- 623
Kidney Disease	7	2,523	2	6,184	- 3,661
Hypertension	8	2,363	10	2,507	- 144
Stomach Cancer	9	2,257	11	2,089	+ 168
Lung Cancers	10	1,939	20	1,075	+ 864
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,857	5	4,321	- 2,465
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,614	19	1,109	+ 505
Breast Cancer	13	1,355	25	825	+ 529
Prostate Cancer	14	1,324	12	1,362	- 38
Other Neoplasms	15	1,183	57	64	+ 1,119
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,094	13	1,335	- 241
HIV/AIDS	17	991	27	609	+ 381
Lymphomas	18	961	22	883	+ 78
Liver Disease	19	896	7	3,330	- 2,434
Cervical Cancer	20	837	24	840	- 3
Leukemia	21	815	23	882	- 66
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	796	9	2,565	- 1,768
Low Birth Weight	23	774	16	1,172	- 398
Liver Cancer	24	762	21	954	- 191
Pancreas Cancer	25	747	30	562	+ 185
Suicide	26	726	14	1,326	- 601
Malnutrition	27	693	28	578	+ 115
Other Injuries	28	588	17	1,161	- 573
Falls	29	560	18	1,114	- 554
Endocrine Disorders	30	505	31	507	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	31	491	36	308	+ 183
Tuberculosis	32	470	29	574	- 104
Ovary Cancer	33	414	35	322	+ 92
Skin Disease	34	407	51	103	+ 304
Skin Cancers	35	380	37	308	+ 72
Oesophagus Cancer	36	308	42	180	+ 129
Oral Cancer	37	298	45	166	+ 132
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	276	34	410	- 134
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	258	33	417	- 159
Drownings	40	254	32	470	- 215
Birth Trauma	41	239	38	302	- 63
Bladder Cancer	42	225	44	168	+ 57
Epilepsy	43	221	40	273	- 52
Drug Use	44	182	41	214	- 32
Uterin Cancer	45	156	48	129	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	46	145	46	164	- 19
Parkinson's Disease	47	141	26	658	- 517
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	123	86	0	+ 123
War	49	96	66	2	+ 94
Meningitis	50	90	52	90	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	89	49	124	- 34
Appendicitis	52	79	50	110	- 32
Chagas disease	53	75	59	21	+ 54
Asthma	54	71	53	85	- 15
Dengue	55	49	61	10	+ 40
Fires	56	47	43	175	- 128
Anemia	57	37	82	0	+ 37
Osteoarthritis	58	25	85	0	+ 25
Hepatitis C	59	24	67	1	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	60	23	60	18	+ 5
Poisonings	61	22	58	59	- 36
Hepatitis B	62	19	64	3	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	14	47	163	- 149
Encephalitis	64	14	55	82	- 68
Syphilis	65	11	54	85	- 74
Upper Respiratory	66	10	63	8	+ 2
Malaria	67	10	77	0	+ 10
Alcohol	68	8	39	280	- 272
Pertussis	69	7	56	79	- 72
Schizophrenia	70	6	83	0	+ 6
Tetanus	71	5	62	9	- 4
Leprosy	72	3	71	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	73	3	70	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	74	3	74	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	75	3	84	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	76	2	65	2	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	1	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	68	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Colombia

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.