GHANA VS CYPRUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CYPRUS		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,329	3	14,103	+ 15,227
Stroke	2	12,102	2	15,163	- 3,061
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	10,475	29	1,294	+ 9,181
Lung Disease	4	9,308	15	3,120	+ 6,188
Diabetes Mellitus	5	8,687	12	5,929	+ 2,758
Lung Cancers	6	8,363	55	237	+ 8,125
Kidney Disease	7	5,567	13	4,161	+ 1,406
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	4,378	34	803	+ 3,575
Breast Cancer	9	4,052	25	1,937	+ 2,114
Other Injuries	10	3,556	18	2,433	+ 1,124
Hypertension	11	3,335	19	2,231	+ 1,104
Endocrine Disorders	12	3,296	24	1,965	+ 1,331
Prostate Cancer	13	3,078	31	1,031	+ 2,048
Pancreas Cancer	14	2,733	46	334	+ 2,399
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	2,554	1	16,262	- 13,708
Lymphomas	16	2,545	32	875	+ 1,670
Leukemia	17	2,167	45	340	+ 1,827
Road Traffic Accidents	18	1,806	7	7,808	- 6,002
Bladder Cancer	19	1,747	53	245	+ 1,502
Liver Cancer	20	1,677	17	2,851	- 1,174
Stomach Cancer	21	1,653	33	870	+ 782
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,479	9	6,538	- 5,059
Other Neoplasms	23	1,401	63	48	+ 1,353
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,338	28	1,615	- 277
Falls	25	1,328	30	1,168	+ 161
Liver Disease	26	1,319	11	6,053	- 4,734
Ovary Cancer	27	1,173	38	698	+ 475
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,154	43	387	+ 767
Suicide	29	1,144	21	1,993	- 849
Skin Disease	30	1,142	50	264	+ 878
Skin Cancers	31	1,011	58	214	+ 797
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	904	52	256	+ 649
Drownings	33	873	36	740	+ 133
Uterin Cancer	34	720	57	219	+ 501
Asthma	35	633	23	1,979	- 1,346
Oral Cancer	36	546	42	483	+ 63
Cervical Cancer	37	483	20	2,161	- 1,678
Congenital Anomalies	38	461	14	3,935	- 3,474
Anemia	39	454	83	0	+ 454
Violence	40	400	27	1,857	- 1,457
Drug Use	41	350	39	630	- 280
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	295	48	321	- 26
Oesophagus Cancer	43	270	49	285	- 15
Epilepsy	44	257	47	329	- 73
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	255	67	16	+ 239
Multiple Sclerosis	46	230	61	113	+ 118
Low Birth Weight	47	167	8	6,662	- 6,494
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	150	85	0	+ 150
Alcohol	49	137	54	244	- 107
Fires	50	122	37	729	- 607
Poisonings	51	109	40	522	- 413
Tuberculosis	52	98	6	10,214	- 10,117
Birth Trauma	53	65	10	6,194	- 6,129
Hepatitis B	54	48	62	101	- 53
Meningitis	55	44	16	2,983	- 2,939
Malnutrition	56	42	26	1,868	- 1,827
Schizophrenia	57	41	81	0	+ 41
Hepatitis C	58	40	65	28	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	59	29	66	16	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	60	23	84	0	+ 23
Oral conditions	61	22	86	0	+ 22
Syphilis	62	19	41	483	- 464
Maternal Conditions	63	17	22	1,991	- 1,974
HIV/AIDS	64	11	4	13,565	- 13,555
Otitis Media	65	10	72	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	66	10	59	146	- 135
Leishmaniasis	67	10	77	0	+ 10
War	68	4	64	29	- 25
Encephalitis	69	1	44	357	- 356
Pertussis	70	0	35	744	- 744
Tetanus	71	0	56	220	- 220
Measles	72	0	60	135	- 135
Diphtheria	73	0	69	4	- 4
Dengue	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	68	12	- 12
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Schistosomiasis	80	0	51	257	- 257
Chagas disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	3	- 3
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Cyprus

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.