GHANA VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,358	3	14,103	+ 255
Stroke	2	6,890	2	15,163	- 8,273
Kidney Disease	3	4,499	13	4,161	+ 337
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,160	12	5,929	- 1,769
Hypertension	5	3,221	19	2,231	+ 991
Lung Disease	6	3,144	15	3,120	+ 25
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,001	7	7,808	- 4,807
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,432	1	16,262	- 13,830
Suicide	9	2,166	21	1,993	+ 173
Other Injuries	10	1,800	18	2,433	- 633
Falls	11	1,763	30	1,168	+ 596
Asthma	12	1,581	23	1,979	- 398
Drug Use	13	1,486	39	630	+ 856
Liver Disease	14	1,438	11	6,053	- 4,616
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,271	14	3,935	- 2,665
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,066	34	803	+ 263
Breast Cancer	17	910	25	1,937	- 1,027
Endocrine Disorders	18	895	24	1,965	- 1,070
Low Birth Weight	19	672	8	6,662	- 5,990
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	670	29	1,294	- 624
Lung Cancers	21	638	55	237	+ 401
Fires	22	615	37	729	- 114
Drownings	23	581	36	740	- 159
Leukemia	24	531	45	340	+ 191
Epilepsy	25	482	47	329	+ 152
Pancreas Cancer	26	465	46	334	+ 131
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	436	52	256	+ 180
Inflammatory/Heart	28	412	28	1,615	- 1,203
Lymphomas	29	402	32	875	- 473
Stomach Cancer	30	385	33	870	- 485
Parkinson's Disease	31	343	43	387	- 44
Liver Cancer	32	331	17	2,851	- 2,520
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	318	9	6,538	- 6,220
Skin Cancers	34	267	58	214	+ 53
Violence	35	242	27	1,857	- 1,615
Tuberculosis	36	227	6	10,214	- 9,988
Birth Trauma	37	220	10	6,194	- 5,974
Ovary Cancer	38	217	38	698	- 481
Bladder Cancer	39	206	53	245	- 39
Alcohol	40	204	54	244	- 40
Cervical Cancer	41	197	20	2,161	- 1,964
Meningitis	42	179	16	2,983	- 2,804
Prostate Cancer	43	174	31	1,031	- 856
Hepatitis B	44	163	62	101	+ 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	157	48	321	- 164
Uterin Cancer	46	153	57	219	- 66
Oesophagus Cancer	47	127	49	285	- 158
Poisonings	48	123	40	522	- 398
Multiple Sclerosis	49	122	61	113	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	50	117	4	13,565	- 13,448
Tetanus	51	114	56	220	- 106
Oral Cancer	52	109	42	483	- 373
War	53	102	64	29	+ 72
Encephalitis	54	96	44	357	- 261
Appendicitis	55	46	59	146	- 100
Other Neoplasms	56	45	63	48	- 3
Skin Disease	57	43	50	264	- 221
Pertussis	58	40	35	744	- 704
Maternal Conditions	59	18	22	1,991	- 1,973
Malnutrition	60	9	26	1,868	- 1,859
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	9	67	16	- 7
Syphilis	62	9	41	483	- 474
Hepatitis C	63	3	65	28	- 25
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	16	- 16
Ascariasis	65	1	68	12	- 12
Diphtheria	66	1	69	4	- 4
Chlamydia	67	0	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	60	135	- 135
Dengue	71	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	257	- 257
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Arab Emirates

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.