GHANA VS CAMBODIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMBODIA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	26,569	2	15,163	+ 11,406
Coronary Heart Disease	2	20,811	3	14,103	+ 6,709
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	17,826	1	16,262	+ 1,564
Liver Disease	4	16,455	11	6,053	+ 10,401
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,814	12	5,929	+ 885
Road Traffic Accidents	6	6,534	7	7,808	- 1,274
Lung Disease	7	6,196	15	3,120	+ 3,076
Tuberculosis	8	5,809	6	10,214	- 4,406
Liver Cancer	9	5,499	17	2,851	+ 2,648
Hypertension	10	4,771	19	2,231	+ 2,540
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	4,354	9	6,538	- 2,184
Falls	12	4,288	30	1,168	+ 3,121
Kidney Disease	13	4,285	13	4,161	+ 123
Peptic Ulcer Disease	14	3,929	48	321	+ 3,609
Low Birth Weight	15	3,702	8	6,662	- 2,960
Lung Cancers	16	3,306	55	237	+ 3,069
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	2,761	29	1,294	+ 1,467
Birth Trauma	18	2,739	10	6,194	- 3,455
HIV/AIDS	19	2,717	4	13,565	- 10,849
Congenital Anomalies	20	2,612	14	3,935	- 1,323
Asthma	21	2,504	23	1,979	+ 525
Drownings	22	2,256	36	740	+ 1,516
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	1,834	34	803	+ 1,032
Breast Cancer	24	1,736	25	1,937	- 202
Suicide	25	1,621	21	1,993	- 372
Other Injuries	26	1,600	18	2,433	- 832
Cervical Cancer	27	1,477	20	2,161	- 684
Oral Cancer	28	1,314	42	483	+ 832
Leukemia	29	1,115	45	340	+ 774
Maternal Conditions	30	982	22	1,991	- 1,009
Lymphomas	31	958	32	875	+ 83
Inflammatory/Heart	32	884	28	1,615	- 731
Malnutrition	33	866	26	1,868	- 1,002
Stomach Cancer	34	790	33	870	- 80
Endocrine Disorders	35	778	24	1,965	- 1,187
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	760	52	256	+ 505
Parkinson's Disease	37	749	43	387	+ 362
Violence	38	703	27	1,857	- 1,155
Oesophagus Cancer	39	601	49	285	+ 316
Ovary Cancer	40	505	38	698	- 194
Pertussis	41	468	35	744	- 277
Fires	42	455	37	729	- 275
Skin Disease	43	427	50	264	+ 163
Skin Cancers	44	339	58	214	+ 124
Bladder Cancer	45	334	53	245	+ 89
Encephalitis	46	278	44	357	- 79
Hepatitis B	47	277	62	101	+ 176
Pancreas Cancer	48	273	46	334	- 61
Alcohol	49	269	54	244	+ 25
Prostate Cancer	50	259	31	1,031	- 772
Epilepsy	51	241	47	329	- 88
Tetanus	52	222	56	220	+ 2
Malaria	53	207	5	11,162	- 10,955
Meningitis	54	200	16	2,983	- 2,784
Uterin Cancer	55	191	57	219	- 27
Poisonings	56	156	40	522	- 365
Appendicitis	57	149	59	146	+ 3
Drug Use	58	129	39	630	- 501
Dengue	59	118	71	0	+ 118
Measles	60	118	60	135	- 18
Hepatitis C	61	96	65	28	+ 68
Other Neoplasms	62	67	63	48	+ 19
Schistosomiasis	63	53	51	257	- 204
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	45	67	16	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	65	36	61	113	- 76
Syphilis	66	34	41	483	- 448
Upper Respiratory	67	26	66	16	+ 10
War	68	14	64	29	- 15
Ascariasis	69	10	68	12	- 2
Chlamydia	70	2	70	3	- 1
Diphtheria	71	2	69	4	- 2
Otitis Media	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	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
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Cambodia

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.