GHANA VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,131	3	14,103	+ 14,028
Stroke	2	18,864	2	15,163	+ 3,701
Hypertension	3	16,649	19	2,231	+ 14,418
Diabetes Mellitus	4	12,930	12	5,929	+ 7,001
Violence	5	12,500	27	1,857	+ 10,643
HIV/AIDS	6	11,303	4	13,565	- 2,262
Kidney Disease	7	10,084	13	4,161	+ 5,922
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	8,215	1	16,262	- 8,047
Breast Cancer	9	5,800	25	1,937	+ 3,862
Other Injuries	10	5,642	18	2,433	+ 3,209
Liver Disease	11	5,638	11	6,053	- 415
Prostate Cancer	12	5,509	31	1,031	+ 4,478
Endocrine Disorders	13	5,193	24	1,965	+ 3,228
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	4,497	29	1,294	+ 3,203
Inflammatory/Heart	15	3,950	28	1,615	+ 2,335
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,565	34	803	+ 2,763
Lung Disease	17	2,797	15	3,120	- 323
Road Traffic Accidents	18	2,540	7	7,808	- 5,268
Lung Cancers	19	2,464	55	237	+ 2,226
Skin Disease	20	2,232	50	264	+ 1,968
Drownings	21	2,187	36	740	+ 1,446
Lymphomas	22	2,095	32	875	+ 1,220
Cervical Cancer	23	1,730	20	2,161	- 431
Alcohol	24	1,691	54	244	+ 1,447
Stomach Cancer	25	1,493	33	870	+ 622
Falls	26	1,481	30	1,168	+ 314
Parkinson's Disease	27	1,416	43	387	+ 1,029
Low Birth Weight	28	1,388	8	6,662	- 5,274
Congenital Anomalies	29	1,335	14	3,935	- 2,600
Uterin Cancer	30	1,176	57	219	+ 957
Suicide	31	1,159	21	1,993	- 834
Liver Cancer	32	995	17	2,851	- 1,856
Fires	33	876	37	729	+ 146
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	873	48	321	+ 553
Leukemia	35	850	45	340	+ 510
Ovary Cancer	36	840	38	698	+ 141
Pancreas Cancer	37	822	46	334	+ 488
Oesophagus Cancer	38	733	49	285	+ 448
Asthma	39	718	23	1,979	- 1,261
Epilepsy	40	657	47	329	+ 328
Maternal Conditions	41	540	22	1,991	- 1,451
Birth Trauma	42	522	10	6,194	- 5,672
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	436	9	6,538	- 6,102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	366	52	256	+ 111
Malnutrition	45	357	26	1,868	- 1,511
Oral Cancer	46	292	42	483	- 191
Other Neoplasms	47	276	63	48	+ 228
Drug Use	48	210	39	630	- 420
Meningitis	49	208	16	2,983	- 2,775
Bladder Cancer	50	177	53	245	- 68
Encephalitis	51	154	44	357	- 203
Appendicitis	52	151	59	146	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	131	67	16	+ 115
Multiple Sclerosis	54	126	61	113	+ 14
Skin Cancers	55	69	58	214	- 145
Poisonings	56	55	40	522	- 467
War	57	55	64	29	+ 26
Tuberculosis	58	31	6	10,214	- 10,184
Dengue	59	22	71	0	+ 21
Hepatitis B	60	18	62	101	- 83
Upper Respiratory	61	16	66	16	+ 0
Tetanus	62	7	56	220	- 213
Syphilis	63	6	41	483	- 476
Chlamydia	64	5	70	3	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	65	28	- 26
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	68	12	- 12
Pertussis	68	0	35	744	- 744
Measles	69	0	60	135	- 135
Diphtheria	70	0	69	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	257	- 257
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

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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.