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United States
COUNTRY #1
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UNITED STATES VS ECUADOR

Compare United States and Ecuador 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.

Ecuador
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
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Ecuador Population Pyramid
23,316,455
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Ecuador ECUADOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Ecuador ECUADOR
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
  
52.1
54.7
53.4
82
86
86
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
  
56.6
59.6
58.0
87
88
88
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
  
61.4
65.3
63.3
86
87
87
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
  
66.7
71.5
69.0
65
81
78
2000
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
  
69.8
76.0
72.8
57
51
52
2010
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
  
72.1
78.1
75.0
59
52
55
2019
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
  
76.4
80.5
78.4
39
45
41
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Ecuador ECUADOR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.3
80.7
41
42
76.4
80.5
39
45
Age
76.3
80.7
41
42
76.4
80.5
39
45
Age 5
76.8
81.2
42
45
77.6
81.5
39
41
Age 10
76.9
81.2
43
45
77.7
81.6
39
41
Age 15
76.9
81.3
43
45
77.9
81.7
39
41
Age 20
77.1
81.4
43
45
78.1
81.9
39
41
Age 25
77.5
81.5
43
45
78.5
82.0
39
41
Age 30
77.9
81.7
41
45
78.9
82.2
39
40
Age 35
78.3
81.9
41
43
79.3
82.4
38
39
Age 40
78.8
82.2
40
43
79.7
82.6
35
40
Age 45
79.3
82.5
40
42
80.1
82.8
32
40
Age 50
79.9
83.0
41
41
80.6
83.2
31
39
Age 55
80.7
83.6
40
40
81.2
83.7
31
38
Age 60
81.8
84.4
37
38
82.0
84.3
34
40
Age 65
83.1
85.3
34
38
83.0
85.1
36
40
Age 70
84.6
86.4
32
38
84.4
86.3
37
40
Age 75
86.5
87.7
23
35
86.0
87.5
38
41
Age 80
88.6
89.4
18
27
87.9
89.0
49
45
Age 85
91.1
91.5
22
30
90.2
91.1
66
52
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Ecuador ECUADOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.49
142
57.99
153
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.26
8
14.34
140
3. Lung Disease
28.49
60
14.62
145
4. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
6.69
125
5. Stroke
22.27
164
32.47
146
6. Drug Use
21.28
1
1.30
87
7. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
9.88
161
8. Suicide
14.51
31
7.68
103
9. Kidney Disease
13.08
127
37.41
28
10. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
18.33
73
11. Road Traffic Accidents
11.10
120
20.60
73
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10.58
144
26.62
95
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
6.86
120
14. Hypertension
10.26
133
14.49
109
15. Liver Disease
8.98
134
20.76
87
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.86
163
28.80
87
17. Endocrine Disorders
8.22
28
2.98
112
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
3.51
100
19. Lymphomas
6.36
31
5.50
63
20. Violence
6.00
81
7.07
66
21. Falls
5.68
90
6.58
77
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.64
73
1.82
166
23. Other Injuries
5.11
130
6.75
102
24. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
3.86
114
25. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
5.94
78
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.55
68
3.88
105
27. Leukemia
4.43
49
5.25
16
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.78
140
6.22
84
29. Alcohol
3.50
28
1.74
70
30. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
1.53
137
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
1.12
149
32. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
1.03
157
33. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
9.95
84
34. Other Neoplasms
2.68
37
0.39
106
35. Low Birth Weight
2.37
138
4.66
92
36. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
1.80
100
37. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
12.80
19
38. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
1.02
175
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.55
114
2.38
103
40. HIV/AIDS
1.37
113
3.70
81
41. Drownings
1.19
140
2.71
80
42. Hepatitis C
1.13
5
0.01
158
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
8
0.11
144
44. Malnutrition
0.90
104
3.21
67
45. Skin Disease
0.86
115
0.59
136
46. Asthma
0.84
141
0.50
161
47. Epilepsy
0.78
159
1.60
92
48. Fires
0.73
124
1.01
113
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.55
152
0.97
123
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.55
170
2.43
96
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United States UNITED STATES   Ecuador ECUADOR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
504,904
20.15
9,805
13.71
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
287,198
11.46
2,565
3.59
3. Lung Disease
195,387
7.80
2,576
3.60
4. Stroke
158,520
6.33
5,429
7.59
5. Lung Cancers
155,533
6.21
1,075
1.50
6. Kidney Disease
85,861
3.43
6,184
8.65
7. Drug Use
74,435
2.97
214
0.30
8. Hypertension
65,960
2.63
2,507
3.51
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
61,827
2.47
1,109
1.55
10. Diabetes Mellitus
61,418
2.45
4,321
6.04
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
60,317
2.41
5,083
7.11
12. Suicide
53,099
2.12
1,326
1.85
13. Breast Cancer
48,671
1.94
825
1.15
14. Endocrine Disorders
46,985
1.87
507
0.71
15. Pancreas Cancer
44,293
1.77
562
0.79
16. Liver Disease
43,402
1.73
3,330
4.66
17. Road Traffic Accidents
41,694
1.66
3,490
4.88
18. Falls
40,418
1.61
1,114
1.56
19. Lymphomas
40,281
1.61
883
1.23
20. Prostate Cancer
35,612
1.42
1,362
1.90
21. Parkinson's Disease
34,491
1.38
658
0.92
22. Inflammatory/Heart
32,529
1.30
308
0.43
23. Liver Cancer
27,064
1.08
954
1.33
24. Leukemia
26,966
1.08
882
1.23
25. Other Injuries
25,997
1.04
1,161
1.62
26. Bladder Cancer
19,622
0.78
168
0.23
27. Violence
18,976
0.76
1,210
1.69
28. Oesophagus Cancer
17,829
0.71
180
0.25
29. Other Neoplasms
17,743
0.71
64
0.09
30. Alcohol
14,659
0.58
280
0.39
31. Ovary Cancer
14,591
0.58
322
0.45
32. Skin Cancers
14,311
0.57
308
0.43
33. Stomach Cancer
13,077
0.52
2,089
2.92
34. Congenital Anomalies
11,762
0.47
1,335
1.87
35. Oral Cancer
11,555
0.46
166
0.23
36. Uterin Cancer
10,063
0.40
129
0.18
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
9,955
0.40
410
0.57
38. Cervical Cancer
6,984
0.28
840
1.17
39. Low Birth Weight
6,924
0.28
1,172
1.64
40. Malnutrition
6,762
0.27
578
0.81
41. Hepatitis C
5,684
0.23
1
0.00
42. HIV/AIDS
5,660
0.23
609
0.85
43. Skin Disease
5,409
0.22
103
0.14
44. Multiple Sclerosis
5,059
0.20
18
0.03
45. Drownings
4,070
0.16
470
0.66
46. Asthma
3,818
0.15
85
0.12
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,646
0.15
163
0.23
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,461
0.14
417
0.58
49. Fires
3,183
0.13
175
0.24
50. Epilepsy
3,162
0.13
273
0.38
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Ecuador ECUADOR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
6.69
125
2. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
9.88
161
3. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
18.33
73
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
6.86
120
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
3.51
100
6. Lymphomas
6.36
31
5.50
63
7. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
3.86
114
8. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
5.94
78
9. Leukemia
4.43
49
5.25
16
10. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
1.53
137
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
1.12
149
12. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
1.03
157
13. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
9.95
84
14. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
1.80
100
15. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
12.80
19
16. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
1.02
175
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.