WORLD HEALTH REVIEW ECUADOR VS SOUTH AFRICA

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Compare Ecuador and South Africa 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.

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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS

Data Source: United Nations

Ecuador Population Pyramid

23,316,455

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South Africa Population Pyramid

75,517,909

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	ECUADOR				SOUTH AFRICA
	ECUADOR						SOUTH AFRICA
				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	47.4	51.0	49.2	100	96	98
1970	56.6	59.6	58.0	87	88	88	50.4	55.8	53.0	118	101	107
1980	61.4	65.3	63.3	86	87	87	53.9	60.6	57.2	125	112	119
1990	66.7	71.5	69.0	65	81	78	57.9	65.4	61.6	130	118	123
2000	69.8	76.0	72.8	57	51	52	54.6	60.1	57.3	148	140	146
2010	72.1	78.1	75.0	59	52	55	55.5	60.3	58.0	165	154	159
2019	76.4	80.5	78.4	39	45	41	62.2	68.3	65.3	154	145	149

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	ECUADOR				SOUTH AFRICA
			World Rank				World Rank
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
At Birth	76.4	80.5	39	45	62.2	68.3	154	145
Age	76.4	80.5	39	45	62.2	68.3	154	145
Age 5	77.6	81.5	39	41	64.6	70.5	168	153
Age 10	77.7	81.6	39	41	64.8	70.7	167	157
Age 15	77.9	81.7	39	41	65.0	70.8	167	158
Age 20	78.1	81.9	39	41	65.3	71.2	167	158
Age 25	78.5	82.0	39	41	66.0	71.8	167	157
Age 30	78.9	82.2	39	40	67.1	72.8	167	152
Age 35	79.3	82.4	38	39	68.5	74.1	165	141
Age 40	79.7	82.6	35	40	70.2	75.4	156	131
Age 45	80.1	82.8	32	40	71.9	76.8	147	118
Age 50	80.6	83.2	31	39	73.6	78.0	133	107
Age 55	81.2	83.7	31	38	75.5	79.2	119	101
Age 60	82.0	84.3	34	40	77.3	80.5	106	100
Age 65	83.0	85.1	36	40	79.4	82.0	91	96
Age 70	84.4	86.3	37	40	81.8	83.6	84	90
Age 75	86.0	87.5	38	41	84.1	85.4	82	88
Age 80	87.9	89.0	49	45	86.6	87.4	95	97
Age 85	90.2	91.1	66	52	89.6	90.1	115	122

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		ECUADOR		SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	57.99	153	83.76	128
2.	Kidney Disease	37.41	28	35.72	35
3.	Stroke	32.47	146	80.50	93
4.	Influenza and Pneumonia	28.80	87	83.23	40
5.	Diabetes Mellitus	26.62	95	74.67	16
6.	Liver Disease	20.76	87	18.41	95
7.	Road Traffic Accidents	20.60	73	22.70	61
8.	Prostate Cancer	18.33	73	35.20	22
9.	Lung Disease	14.62	145	31.41	47
10.	Hypertension	14.49	109	33.86	36
11.	Alzheimers & Dementia	14.34	140	16.44	118
12.	Stomach Cancer	12.80	19	3.68	137
13.	Cervical Cancer	9.95	84	20.99	37
14.	Breast Cancer	9.88	161	18.21	76
15.	Suicide	7.68	103	23.49	8
16.	Violence	7.07	66	37.54	8
17.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	6.86	120	8.90	89
18.	Other Injuries	6.75	102	10.77	57
19.	Lung Cancers	6.69	125	18.34	64
20.	Falls	6.58	77	2.99	150
21.	Congenital Anomalies	6.22	84	6.23	83
22.	Liver Cancer	5.94	78	5.46	87
23.	Lymphomas	5.50	63	6.08	39
24.	Leukemia	5.25	16	3.34	108
25.	Low Birth Weight	4.66	92	7.16	63
26.	Parkinson's Disease	3.88	105	3.36	130
27.	Ovary Cancer	3.86	114	3.85	115
28.	HIV/AIDS	3.70	81	121.35	9
29.	Pancreas Cancer	3.51	100	4.98	65
30.	Tuberculosis	3.49	94	39.83	26
31.	Malnutrition	3.21	67	4.41	56
32.	Endocrine Disorders	2.98	112	11.70	14
33.	Drownings	2.71	80	4.06	44
34.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	2.43	96	4.52	65
35.	Diarrhoeal diseases	2.38	103	33.37	46
36.	Inflammatory/Heart	1.82	166	12.75	17
37.	Skin Cancers	1.80	100	2.47	53
38.	Alcohol	1.74	70	1.93	61
39.	Epilepsy	1.60	92	3.28	22
40.	Uterin Cancer	1.53	137	2.15	99
41.	Drug Use	1.30	87	1.52	67
42.	Birth Trauma	1.20	114	3.36	78
43.	Oesophagus Cancer	1.12	149	8.50	16
44.	Bladder Cancer	1.03	157	2.19	83
45.	Oral Cancer	1.02	175	3.18	80
46.	Fires	1.01	113	6.64	4
47.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	0.97	123	2.04	70
48.	Maternal Conditions	0.93	88	2.65	62
49.	Rheumatoid Arthritis	0.72	21	0.88	11
50.	Appendicitis	0.66	41	0.51	64

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		ECUADOR		SOUTH AFRICA
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	9,805	13.71	32,739	7.20
2.	Kidney Disease	6,184	8.65	15,302	3.37
3.	Stroke	5,429	7.59	30,693	6.75
4.	Influenza and Pneumonia	5,083	7.11	39,341	8.65
5.	Diabetes Mellitus	4,321	6.04	30,188	6.64
6.	Road Traffic Accidents	3,490	4.88	13,014	2.86
7.	Liver Disease	3,330	4.66	9,013	1.98
8.	Lung Disease	2,576	3.60	11,895	2.62
9.	Alzheimers & Dementia	2,565	3.59	4,676	1.03
10.	Hypertension	2,507	3.51	12,789	2.81
11.	Stomach Cancer	2,089	2.92	1,535	0.34
12.	Prostate Cancer	1,362	1.90	4,374	0.96
13.	Congenital Anomalies	1,335	1.87	4,351	0.96
14.	Suicide	1,326	1.85	13,774	3.03
15.	Violence	1,210	1.69	21,000	4.62
16.	Low Birth Weight	1,172	1.64	6,250	1.37
17.	Other Injuries	1,161	1.62	6,014	1.32
18.	Falls	1,114	1.56	1,399	0.31
19.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	1,109	1.55	3,587	0.79
20.	Lung Cancers	1,075	1.50	7,705	1.70
21.	Liver Cancer	954	1.33	2,383	0.52
22.	Lymphomas	883	1.23	2,818	0.62
23.	Leukemia	882	1.23	1,464	0.32
24.	Cervical Cancer	840	1.17	5,555	1.22
25.	Breast Cancer	825	1.15	4,533	1.00
26.	Parkinson's Disease	658	0.92	1,077	0.24
27.	HIV/AIDS	609	0.85	71,996	15.84
28.	Malnutrition	578	0.81	2,381	0.52
29.	Tuberculosis	574	0.80	21,965	4.83
30.	Pancreas Cancer	562	0.79	2,007	0.44
31.	Endocrine Disorders	507	0.71	5,890	1.30
32.	Drownings	470	0.66	2,403	0.53
33.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	417	0.58	1,894	0.42
34.	Diarrhoeal diseases	410	0.57	15,843	3.49
35.	Ovary Cancer	322	0.45	951	0.21
36.	Skin Cancers	308	0.43	993	0.22
37.	Inflammatory/Heart	308	0.43	5,408	1.19
38.	Birth Trauma	302	0.42	3,004	0.66
39.	Alcohol	280	0.39	987	0.22
40.	Epilepsy	273	0.38	1,870	0.41
41.	Drug Use	214	0.30	770	0.17
42.	Oesophagus Cancer	180	0.25	3,486	0.77
43.	Fires	175	0.24	3,618	0.80
44.	Bladder Cancer	168	0.23	829	0.18
45.	Oral Cancer	166	0.23	1,406	0.31
46.	Maternal Conditions	164	0.23	1,700	0.37
47.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	163	0.23	1,015	0.22
48.	Uterin Cancer	129	0.18	512	0.11
49.	Rheumatoid Arthritis	124	0.17	376	0.08
50.	Appendicitis	110	0.15	274	0.06

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

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		ECUADOR		SOUTH AFRICA
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Prostate Cancer	18.33	73	35.20	22
2.	Stomach Cancer	12.80	19	3.68	137
3.	Cervical Cancer	9.95	84	20.99	37
4.	Breast Cancer	9.88	161	18.21	76
5.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	6.86	120	8.90	89
6.	Lung Cancers	6.69	125	18.34	64
7.	Liver Cancer	5.94	78	5.46	87
8.	Lymphomas	5.50	63	6.08	39
9.	Leukemia	5.25	16	3.34	108
10.	Ovary Cancer	3.86	114	3.85	115
11.	Pancreas Cancer	3.51	100	4.98	65
12.	Skin Cancers	1.80	100	2.47	53
13.	Uterin Cancer	1.53	137	2.15	99
14.	Oesophagus Cancer	1.12	149	8.50	16
15.	Bladder Cancer	1.03	157	2.19	83
16.	Oral Cancer	1.02	175	3.18	80

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.