GHANA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,652	3	14,103	+ 20,550
War	2	22,087	64	29	+ 22,058
Stroke	3	16,432	2	15,163	+ 1,269
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	12,629	1	16,262	- 3,633
Low Birth Weight	5	10,889	8	6,662	+ 4,227
Birth Trauma	6	9,244	10	6,194	+ 3,050
Tuberculosis	7	8,482	6	10,214	- 1,732
Hypertension	8	6,893	19	2,231	+ 4,662
Maternal Conditions	9	6,730	22	1,991	+ 4,739
Kidney Disease	10	5,681	13	4,161	+ 1,520
Road Traffic Accidents	11	5,201	7	7,808	- 2,606
Diabetes Mellitus	12	4,957	12	5,929	- 973
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	4,789	9	6,538	- 1,749
Congenital Anomalies	14	4,311	14	3,935	+ 376
Lung Disease	15	4,009	15	3,120	+ 889
Liver Disease	16	3,965	11	6,053	- 2,088
Asthma	17	2,934	23	1,979	+ 954
Other Injuries	18	2,795	18	2,433	+ 362
Violence	19	2,773	27	1,857	+ 916
Meningitis	20	2,264	16	2,983	- 720
Pertussis	21	1,817	35	744	+ 1,072
Breast Cancer	22	1,571	25	1,937	- 367
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,521	29	1,294	+ 228
Suicide	24	1,356	21	1,993	- 637
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,297	48	321	+ 977
Stomach Cancer	26	1,294	33	870	+ 423
Oral Cancer	27	1,265	42	483	+ 782
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,176	24	1,965	- 789
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,133	49	285	+ 848
Tetanus	30	1,081	56	220	+ 861
Encephalitis	31	1,026	44	357	+ 669
Lung Cancers	32	928	55	237	+ 690
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	897	52	256	+ 642
Drownings	34	859	36	740	+ 118
Epilepsy	35	856	47	329	+ 526
Lymphomas	36	816	32	875	- 59
Falls	37	780	30	1,168	- 387
Hepatitis B	38	744	62	101	+ 643
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	639	34	803	- 164
Liver Cancer	40	567	17	2,851	- 2,285
Parkinson's Disease	41	541	43	387	+ 154
Leukemia	42	526	45	340	+ 186
Malnutrition	43	508	26	1,868	- 1,360
Cervical Cancer	44	466	20	2,161	- 1,695
Inflammatory/Heart	45	454	28	1,615	- 1,161
HIV/AIDS	46	400	4	13,565	- 13,165
Poisonings	47	331	40	522	- 191
Ovary Cancer	48	318	38	698	- 380
Measles	49	302	60	135	+ 167
Fires	50	300	37	729	- 429
Drug Use	51	283	39	630	- 347
Appendicitis	52	257	59	146	+ 112
Uterin Cancer	53	249	57	219	+ 30
Bladder Cancer	54	234	53	245	- 11
Prostate Cancer	55	222	31	1,031	- 808
Pancreas Cancer	56	198	46	334	- 136
Malaria	57	160	5	11,162	- 11,002
Alcohol	58	129	54	244	- 115
Skin Cancers	59	125	58	214	- 89
Syphilis	60	81	41	483	- 402
Skin Disease	61	81	50	264	- 183
Multiple Sclerosis	62	72	61	113	- 40
Other Neoplasms	63	25	63	48	- 23
Hepatitis C	64	24	65	28	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	22	67	16	+ 6
Ascariasis	66	15	68	12	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	14	69	4	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	68	8	66	16	- 8
Chlamydia	69	1	70	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	257	- 257
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Afghanistan

Ghana

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.