GHANA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	27,509	2	15,163	+ 12,346
Coronary Heart Disease	2	22,252	3	14,103	+ 8,150
Lung Disease	3	9,370	15	3,120	+ 6,250
Tuberculosis	4	7,622	6	10,214	- 2,592
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	7,404	9	6,538	+ 866
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,066	1	16,262	- 10,196
Diabetes Mellitus	7	5,941	12	5,929	+ 12
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,131	7	7,808	- 2,677
Liver Disease	9	4,311	11	6,053	- 1,743
Oesophagus Cancer	10	4,003	49	285	+ 3,718
Low Birth Weight	11	3,579	8	6,662	- 3,082
Oral Cancer	12	3,180	42	483	+ 2,698
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	3,074	29	1,294	+ 1,780
Hypertension	14	3,030	19	2,231	+ 799
Birth Trauma	15	2,746	10	6,194	- 3,448
Lung Cancers	16	2,496	55	237	+ 2,259
Kidney Disease	17	2,223	13	4,161	- 1,939
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,074	14	3,935	- 1,862
Measles	19	1,850	60	135	+ 1,714
Asthma	20	1,823	23	1,979	- 156
Other Injuries	21	1,564	18	2,433	- 868
Drownings	22	1,454	36	740	+ 714
Breast Cancer	23	1,396	25	1,937	- 542
Stomach Cancer	24	1,394	33	870	+ 524
Suicide	25	1,230	21	1,993	- 763
Cervical Cancer	26	1,052	20	2,161	- 1,109
Violence	27	948	27	1,857	- 909
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	930	34	803	+ 127
Maternal Conditions	29	804	22	1,991	- 1,187
Parkinson's Disease	30	775	43	387	+ 389
Falls	31	682	30	1,168	- 485
Drug Use	32	608	39	630	- 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	599	52	256	+ 343
Liver Cancer	34	591	17	2,851	- 2,260
Lymphomas	35	547	32	875	- 328
Malnutrition	36	496	26	1,868	- 1,373
Ovary Cancer	37	457	38	698	- 241
Meningitis	38	432	16	2,983	- 2,552
Pertussis	39	412	35	744	- 332
Leukemia	40	389	45	340	+ 48
Prostate Cancer	41	341	31	1,031	- 689
Inflammatory/Heart	42	304	28	1,615	- 1,310
Pancreas Cancer	43	290	46	334	- 44
Epilepsy	44	277	47	329	- 52
Endocrine Disorders	45	274	24	1,965	- 1,691
Fires	46	261	37	729	- 469
Appendicitis	47	259	59	146	+ 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	257	48	321	- 64
Syphilis	49	252	41	483	- 231
Skin Disease	50	232	50	264	- 32
Hepatitis B	51	230	62	101	+ 129
Bladder Cancer	52	203	53	245	- 42
Skin Cancers	53	175	58	214	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	167	67	16	+ 151
HIV/AIDS	55	115	4	13,565	- 13,450
Poisonings	56	110	40	522	- 411
Tetanus	57	92	56	220	- 128
Uterin Cancer	58	83	57	219	- 136
Encephalitis	59	76	44	357	- 281
Alcohol	60	54	54	244	- 190
Other Neoplasms	61	50	63	48	+ 2
Hepatitis C	62	42	65	28	+ 15
War	63	41	64	29	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	64	37	61	113	- 76
Dengue	65	33	71	0	+ 33
Upper Respiratory	66	21	66	16	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	67	11	77	0	+ 11
Malaria	68	9	5	11,162	- 11,153
Ascariasis	69	6	68	12	- 6
Chlamydia	70	4	70	3	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	3	72	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	72	1	69	4	- 3
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	257	- 257
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	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

Bangladesh

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.