GHANA VS AZERBAIJAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AZERBAIJAN		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	108,210	3	14,103	+ 94,107
Stroke	2	42,024	2	15,163	+ 26,861
Liver Disease	3	11,493	11	6,053	+ 5,439
Diabetes Mellitus	4	7,738	12	5,929	+ 1,809
Hypertension	5	7,696	19	2,231	+ 5,466
Lung Disease	6	5,973	15	3,120	+ 2,853
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,785	1	16,262	- 10,477
Inflammatory/Heart	8	5,459	28	1,615	+ 3,844
Kidney Disease	9	5,165	13	4,161	+ 1,003
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	4,450	29	1,294	+ 3,156
Lung Cancers	11	4,361	55	237	+ 4,124
Stomach Cancer	12	4,219	33	870	+ 3,349
Breast Cancer	13	2,978	25	1,937	+ 1,041
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,559	34	803	+ 1,756
Low Birth Weight	15	2,355	8	6,662	- 4,307
Road Traffic Accidents	16	2,197	7	7,808	- 5,611
Tuberculosis	17	1,928	6	10,214	- 8,286
Oesophagus Cancer	18	1,857	49	285	+ 1,571
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,761	14	3,935	- 2,174
Fires	20	1,535	37	729	+ 806
Other Injuries	21	1,511	18	2,433	- 921
Birth Trauma	22	1,491	10	6,194	- 4,704
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,414	43	387	+ 1,028
Asthma	24	1,396	23	1,979	- 584
Suicide	25	1,336	21	1,993	- 657
HIV/AIDS	26	1,292	4	13,565	- 12,273
Liver Cancer	27	1,231	17	2,851	- 1,620
Drownings	28	1,088	36	740	+ 348
Falls	29	994	30	1,168	- 173
Endocrine Disorders	30	975	24	1,965	- 990
Pancreas Cancer	31	944	46	334	+ 609
Cervical Cancer	32	903	20	2,161	- 1,258
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	850	9	6,538	- 5,688
Violence	34	817	27	1,857	- 1,040
Ovary Cancer	35	815	38	698	+ 116
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	799	48	321	+ 478
Alcohol	37	792	54	244	+ 548
Lymphomas	38	744	32	875	- 130
Epilepsy	39	726	47	329	+ 397
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	658	52	256	+ 402
Bladder Cancer	41	589	53	245	+ 344
Oral Cancer	42	517	42	483	+ 34
Prostate Cancer	43	508	31	1,031	- 523
Leukemia	44	464	45	340	+ 124
Skin Cancers	45	410	58	214	+ 196
Encephalitis	46	351	44	357	- 6
Uterin Cancer	47	316	57	219	+ 97
Poisonings	48	302	40	522	- 220
Pertussis	49	221	35	744	- 523
Meningitis	50	206	16	2,983	- 2,778
Maternal Conditions	51	160	22	1,991	- 1,831
Drug Use	52	159	39	630	- 471
Syphilis	53	105	41	483	- 377
Other Neoplasms	54	64	63	48	+ 16
Malnutrition	55	59	26	1,868	- 1,809
Upper Respiratory	56	54	66	16	+ 38
Hepatitis B	57	53	62	101	- 49
Skin Disease	58	45	50	264	- 219
Multiple Sclerosis	59	42	61	113	- 70
Appendicitis	60	41	59	146	- 104
Tetanus	61	24	56	220	- 196
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	23	67	16	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	63	14	77	0	+ 14
Chlamydia	64	3	70	3	+ 0
War	65	3	64	29	- 26
Hepatitis C	66	2	65	28	- 26
Diphtheria	67	1	69	4	- 3
Measles	68	1	60	135	- 134
Ascariasis	69	0	68	12	- 12
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	257	- 257
Dengue	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Azerbaijan

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.