JAMAICA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,512	3	1,726	- 214
Kidney Disease	2	954	6	793	+ 161
Stroke	3	837	1	2,415	- 1,577
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	784	15	393	+ 391
Diabetes Mellitus	5	666	2	2,077	- 1,411
Road Traffic Accidents	6	538	12	444	+ 94
Liver Disease	7	514	21	155	+ 359
Lung Disease	8	397	11	452	- 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	396	9	587	- 192
Hypertension	10	387	8	651	- 264
Stomach Cancer	11	322	19	231	+ 92
Prostate Cancer	12	210	5	883	- 673
Congenital Anomalies	13	206	23	139	+ 67
Suicide	14	205	35	70	+ 134
Violence	15	187	4	1,484	- 1,298
Low Birth Weight	16	181	18	241	- 60
Other Injuries	17	179	31	91	+ 88
Falls	18	172	33	82	+ 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	171	13	436	- 265
Lung Cancers	20	166	10	472	- 307
Liver Cancer	21	147	29	101	+ 46
Lymphomas	22	136	17	251	- 115
Leukemia	23	136	26	129	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	24	130	16	358	- 228
Breast Cancer	25	127	14	413	- 286
Parkinson's Disease	26	101	25	132	- 31
HIV/AIDS	27	94	7	757	- 663
Malnutrition	28	89	40	48	+ 41
Tuberculosis	29	88	54	8	+ 81
Pancreas Cancer	30	87	27	119	- 32
Endocrine Disorders	31	78	20	176	- 98
Drownings	32	72	51	10	+ 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	64	32	82	- 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	63	42	35	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	35	50	30	97	- 47
Inflammatory/Heart	36	47	24	133	- 86
Skin Cancers	37	47	52	10	+ 37
Birth Trauma	38	47	37	65	- 18
Alcohol	39	43	55	7	+ 36
Epilepsy	40	42	41	46	- 4
Drug Use	41	33	48	13	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	42	28	34	74	- 46
Fires	43	27	46	16	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	44	26	38	60	- 34
Oral Cancer	45	26	39	59	- 33
Maternal Conditions	46	25	43	35	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	25	44	27	- 2
Uterin Cancer	48	20	28	106	- 86
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	19	50	11	+ 8
Appendicitis	50	17	53	9	+ 8
Skin Disease	51	16	22	145	- 130
Meningitis	52	14	47	16	- 2
Asthma	53	13	36	65	- 52
Syphilis	54	13	60	1	+ 12
Encephalitis	55	13	49	13	- 0
Pertussis	56	12	67	0	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	57	10	45	19	- 9
Poisonings	58	9	57	2	+ 7
Chagas disease	59	3	73	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	56	3	- 1
Dengue	61	1	58	1	+ 0
Tetanus	62	1	63	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	64	0	59	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	66	0	+ 0
War	66	0	61	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Ecuador

Jamaica

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.