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Ecuador
COUNTRY #1
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ECUADOR VS NICARAGUA

Compare Ecuador and Nicaragua 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.

Nicaragua
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
23,316,455
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Nicaragua Population Pyramid
8,531,045
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ecuador ECUADOR   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Ecuador ECUADOR   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
       
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
  
46.0
48.7
47.3
104
103
102
1970
56.6
59.6
58.0
87
88
88
  
52.4
55.5
53.9
102
103
104
1980
61.4
65.3
63.3
86
87
87
  
56.0
61.6
58.7
115
107
111
1990
66.7
71.5
69.0
65
81
78
  
61.7
67.4
64.5
113
109
111
2000
69.8
76.0
72.8
57
51
52
  
67.3
73.3
70.3
90
89
91
2010
72.1
78.1
75.0
59
52
55
  
70.2
76.1
73.2
83
83
85
2019
76.4
80.5
78.4
39
45
41
  
72.1
77.9
75.0
78
77
76
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ecuador ECUADOR   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.4
80.5
39
45
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age
76.4
80.5
39
45
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age 5
77.6
81.5
39
41
73.4
79.1
77
71
Age 10
77.7
81.6
39
41
73.5
79.2
77
71
Age 15
77.9
81.7
39
41
73.7
79.3
76
71
Age 20
78.1
81.9
39
41
73.9
79.4
76
71
Age 25
78.5
82.0
39
41
74.2
79.5
76
71
Age 30
78.9
82.2
39
40
74.5
79.6
77
71
Age 35
79.3
82.4
38
39
74.8
79.8
79
72
Age 40
79.7
82.6
35
40
75.1
80.0
81
72
Age 45
80.1
82.8
32
40
75.5
80.2
84
72
Age 50
80.6
83.2
31
39
76.1
80.6
84
74
Age 55
81.2
83.7
31
38
76.9
81.2
85
75
Age 60
82.0
84.3
34
40
78.0
81.9
87
78
Age 65
83.0
85.1
36
40
79.5
82.8
90
79
Age 70
84.4
86.3
37
40
81.4
84.1
96
81
Age 75
86.0
87.5
38
41
83.7
85.7
100
81
Age 80
87.9
89.0
49
45
86.5
87.8
106
84
Age 85
90.2
91.1
66
52
89.7
90.4
107
80
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ecuador ECUADOR   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
57.99
153
124.46
73
2. Kidney Disease
37.41
28
73.96
2
3. Stroke
32.47
146
47.78
132
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
28.80
87
20.90
111
5. Diabetes Mellitus
26.62
95
44.63
48
6. Liver Disease
20.76
87
24.52
77
7. Road Traffic Accidents
20.60
73
18.75
81
8. Prostate Cancer
18.33
73
20.62
60
9. Lung Disease
14.62
145
33.61
40
10. Hypertension
14.49
109
23.51
64
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.34
140
3.05
173
12. Stomach Cancer
12.80
19
10.11
45
13. Cervical Cancer
9.95
84
13.48
64
14. Breast Cancer
9.88
161
10.15
158
15. Suicide
7.68
103
4.66
146
16. Violence
7.07
66
9.50
55
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
120
6.63
125
18. Other Injuries
6.75
102
6.63
106
19. Lung Cancers
6.69
125
5.94
131
20. Falls
6.58
77
5.61
94
21. Congenital Anomalies
6.22
84
6.84
56
22. Liver Cancer
5.94
78
10.93
25
23. Lymphomas
5.50
63
3.32
140
24. Leukemia
5.25
16
3.91
74
25. Low Birth Weight
4.66
92
4.70
91
26. Parkinson's Disease
3.88
105
1.49
168
27. Ovary Cancer
3.86
114
2.18
169
28. HIV/AIDS
3.70
81
2.39
101
29. Pancreas Cancer
3.51
100
3.88
86
30. Tuberculosis
3.49
94
2.20
107
31. Malnutrition
3.21
67
2.89
72
32. Endocrine Disorders
2.98
112
3.03
110
33. Drownings
2.71
80
2.57
86
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.43
96
1.82
121
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.38
103
2.06
105
36. Inflammatory/Heart
1.82
166
2.78
143
37. Skin Cancers
1.80
100
1.27
128
38. Alcohol
1.74
70
5.38
16
39. Epilepsy
1.60
92
1.29
115
40. Uterin Cancer
1.53
137
1.51
139
41. Drug Use
1.30
87
0.86
127
42. Birth Trauma
1.20
114
1.90
93
43. Oesophagus Cancer
1.12
149
0.90
161
44. Bladder Cancer
1.03
157
0.61
176
45. Oral Cancer
1.02
175
1.33
167
46. Fires
1.01
113
0.30
163
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.97
123
0.38
165
48. Maternal Conditions
0.93
88
1.27
79
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.72
21
0.66
29
50. Appendicitis
0.66
41
0.65
42
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ecuador ECUADOR   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
9,805
13.71
5,843
20.44
2. Kidney Disease
6,184
8.65
3,533
12.36
3. Stroke
5,429
7.59
2,225
7.78
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,083
7.11
1,152
4.03
5. Diabetes Mellitus
4,321
6.04
2,068
7.23
6. Road Traffic Accidents
3,490
4.88
1,109
3.88
7. Liver Disease
3,330
4.66
1,203
4.21
8. Lung Disease
2,576
3.60
1,570
5.49
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,565
3.59
149
0.52
10. Hypertension
2,507
3.51
1,103
3.86
11. Stomach Cancer
2,089
2.92
478
1.67
12. Prostate Cancer
1,362
1.90
386
1.35
13. Congenital Anomalies
1,335
1.87
571
2.00
14. Suicide
1,326
1.85
285
1.00
15. Violence
1,210
1.69
619
2.17
16. Low Birth Weight
1,172
1.64
490
1.71
17. Other Injuries
1,161
1.62
358
1.25
18. Falls
1,114
1.56
276
0.97
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,109
1.55
315
1.10
20. Lung Cancers
1,075
1.50
274
0.96
21. Liver Cancer
954
1.33
509
1.78
22. Lymphomas
883
1.23
164
0.57
23. Leukemia
882
1.23
227
0.79
24. Cervical Cancer
840
1.17
374
1.31
25. Breast Cancer
825
1.15
283
0.99
26. Parkinson's Disease
658
0.92
67
0.23
27. HIV/AIDS
609
0.85
139
0.49
28. Malnutrition
578
0.81
163
0.57
29. Tuberculosis
574
0.80
115
0.40
30. Pancreas Cancer
562
0.79
178
0.62
31. Endocrine Disorders
507
0.71
164
0.57
32. Drownings
470
0.66
157
0.55
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
417
0.58
85
0.30
34. Diarrhoeal diseases
410
0.57
122
0.43
35. Ovary Cancer
322
0.45
61
0.21
36. Skin Cancers
308
0.43
59
0.21
37. Inflammatory/Heart
308
0.43
139
0.49
38. Birth Trauma
302
0.42
198
0.69
39. Alcohol
280
0.39
279
0.98
40. Epilepsy
273
0.38
74
0.26
41. Drug Use
214
0.30
50
0.17
42. Oesophagus Cancer
180
0.25
42
0.15
43. Fires
175
0.24
16
0.06
44. Bladder Cancer
168
0.23
28
0.10
45. Oral Cancer
166
0.23
64
0.22
46. Maternal Conditions
164
0.23
88
0.31
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
163
0.23
20
0.07
48. Uterin Cancer
129
0.18
39
0.14
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
124
0.17
31
0.11
50. Appendicitis
110
0.15
32
0.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ecuador ECUADOR   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
18.33
73
20.62
60
2. Stomach Cancer
12.80
19
10.11
45
3. Cervical Cancer
9.95
84
13.48
64
4. Breast Cancer
9.88
161
10.15
158
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
120
6.63
125
6. Lung Cancers
6.69
125
5.94
131
7. Liver Cancer
5.94
78
10.93
25
8. Lymphomas
5.50
63
3.32
140
9. Leukemia
5.25
16
3.91
74
10. Ovary Cancer
3.86
114
2.18
169
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.51
100
3.88
86
12. Skin Cancers
1.80
100
1.27
128
13. Uterin Cancer
1.53
137
1.51
139
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.12
149
0.90
161
15. Bladder Cancer
1.03
157
0.61
176
16. Oral Cancer
1.02
175
1.33
167
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.