GHANA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,040	3	14,103	+ 15,937
Violence	2	13,440	27	1,857	+ 11,583
Stroke	3	11,560	2	15,163	- 3,603
Lung Disease	4	11,110	15	3,120	+ 7,990
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	7,515	1	16,262	- 8,747
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,416	7	7,808	- 2,392
Kidney Disease	7	4,767	13	4,161	+ 605
Hypertension	8	4,464	19	2,231	+ 2,233
Stomach Cancer	9	4,263	33	870	+ 3,393
Lung Cancers	10	3,662	55	237	+ 3,425
Diabetes Mellitus	11	3,507	12	5,929	- 2,422
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	3,049	34	803	+ 2,246
Breast Cancer	13	2,559	25	1,937	+ 622
Prostate Cancer	14	2,500	31	1,031	+ 1,470
Other Neoplasms	15	2,235	63	48	+ 2,187
Congenital Anomalies	16	2,066	14	3,935	- 1,869
HIV/AIDS	17	1,872	4	13,565	- 11,694
Lymphomas	18	1,816	32	875	+ 941
Liver Disease	19	1,692	11	6,053	- 4,361
Cervical Cancer	20	1,581	20	2,161	- 580
Leukemia	21	1,540	45	340	+ 1,200
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,505	29	1,294	+ 211
Low Birth Weight	23	1,462	8	6,662	- 5,200
Liver Cancer	24	1,440	17	2,851	- 1,411
Pancreas Cancer	25	1,411	46	334	+ 1,076
Suicide	26	1,371	21	1,993	- 623
Malnutrition	27	1,310	26	1,868	- 558
Other Injuries	28	1,111	18	2,433	- 1,322
Falls	29	1,059	30	1,168	- 109
Endocrine Disorders	30	954	24	1,965	- 1,011
Inflammatory/Heart	31	927	28	1,615	- 688
Tuberculosis	32	887	6	10,214	- 9,327
Ovary Cancer	33	783	38	698	+ 84
Skin Disease	34	769	50	264	+ 505
Skin Cancers	35	717	58	214	+ 503
Oesophagus Cancer	36	583	49	285	+ 297
Oral Cancer	37	563	42	483	+ 80
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	521	9	6,538	- 6,017
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	487	48	321	+ 167
Drownings	40	481	36	740	- 260
Birth Trauma	41	452	10	6,194	- 5,742
Bladder Cancer	42	425	53	245	+ 179
Epilepsy	43	417	47	329	+ 87
Drug Use	44	343	39	630	- 287
Uterin Cancer	45	295	57	219	+ 76
Maternal Conditions	46	275	22	1,991	- 1,716
Parkinson's Disease	47	267	43	387	- 120
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	232	85	0	+ 232
War	49	181	64	29	+ 152
Meningitis	50	170	16	2,983	- 2,813
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	169	67	16	+ 153
Appendicitis	52	148	59	146	+ 3
Chagas disease	53	142	76	0	+ 142
Asthma	54	133	23	1,979	- 1,846
Dengue	55	93	71	0	+ 93
Fires	56	88	37	729	- 641
Anemia	57	70	83	0	+ 70
Osteoarthritis	58	47	84	0	+ 47
Hepatitis C	59	45	65	28	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	60	44	61	113	- 69
Poisonings	61	42	40	522	- 479
Hepatitis B	62	35	62	101	- 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	26	52	256	- 229
Encephalitis	64	26	44	357	- 331
Syphilis	65	21	41	483	- 462
Upper Respiratory	66	19	66	16	+ 2
Malaria	67	18	5	11,162	- 11,144
Alcohol	68	16	54	244	- 228
Pertussis	69	13	35	744	- 732
Schizophrenia	70	12	81	0	+ 12
Tetanus	71	10	56	220	- 210
Leprosy	72	6	73	0	+ 6
Otitis Media	73	5	72	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	74	5	77	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	75	5	86	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	76	3	68	12	- 9
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	257	- 256
Measles	78	0	60	135	- 135
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	4	- 4
Chlamydia	81	0	70	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Colombia

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.