GHANA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	47,924	3	14,103	+ 33,821
Stroke	2	25,208	2	15,163	+ 10,045
Road Traffic Accidents	3	22,184	7	7,808	+ 14,377
Diabetes Mellitus	4	8,833	12	5,929	+ 2,904
Liver Disease	5	8,572	11	6,053	+ 2,518
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	7,210	1	16,262	- 9,052
Kidney Disease	7	6,782	13	4,161	+ 2,621
HIV/AIDS	8	6,175	4	13,565	- 7,390
Violence	9	6,129	27	1,857	+ 4,272
Hypertension	10	6,057	19	2,231	+ 3,826
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	5,781	29	1,294	+ 4,487
Prostate Cancer	12	5,291	31	1,031	+ 4,260
Low Birth Weight	13	4,900	8	6,662	- 1,761
Breast Cancer	14	4,670	25	1,937	+ 2,732
Lung Disease	15	4,350	15	3,120	+ 1,230
Lung Cancers	16	3,977	55	237	+ 3,740
Congenital Anomalies	17	3,320	14	3,935	- 615
Birth Trauma	18	2,925	10	6,194	- 3,269
Other Injuries	19	2,847	18	2,433	+ 414
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	2,721	34	803	+ 1,919
Liver Cancer	21	2,124	17	2,851	- 727
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,926	24	1,965	- 39
Cervical Cancer	23	1,792	20	2,161	- 369
Stomach Cancer	24	1,751	33	870	+ 880
Suicide	25	1,694	21	1,993	- 300
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	1,613	9	6,538	- 4,926
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,457	46	334	+ 1,123
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,427	43	387	+ 1,041
Asthma	29	1,410	23	1,979	- 569
Falls	30	1,391	30	1,168	+ 223
Oral Cancer	31	1,387	42	483	+ 905
Leukemia	32	1,307	45	340	+ 967
Lymphomas	33	1,197	32	875	+ 322
Malnutrition	34	1,188	26	1,868	- 680
Inflammatory/Heart	35	996	28	1,615	- 619
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	943	48	321	+ 623
Drownings	37	793	36	740	+ 52
Tuberculosis	38	774	6	10,214	- 9,441
Maternal Conditions	39	648	22	1,991	- 1,343
Oesophagus Cancer	40	641	49	285	+ 356
Skin Cancers	41	551	58	214	+ 336
Epilepsy	42	506	47	329	+ 177
Drug Use	43	499	39	630	- 131
Fires	44	445	37	729	- 284
Meningitis	45	428	16	2,983	- 2,556
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	392	52	256	+ 137
Pertussis	47	386	35	744	- 359
Alcohol	48	385	54	244	+ 141
Bladder Cancer	49	295	53	245	+ 50
Ovary Cancer	50	284	38	698	- 414
Syphilis	51	225	41	483	- 258
Appendicitis	52	213	59	146	+ 67
Skin Disease	53	159	50	264	- 105
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	155	67	16	+ 139
Poisonings	55	149	40	522	- 372
Encephalitis	56	142	44	357	- 215
Uterin Cancer	57	138	57	219	- 81
Other Neoplasms	58	113	63	48	+ 65
Schistosomiasis	59	70	51	257	- 187
Hepatitis C	60	55	65	28	+ 27
Tetanus	61	55	56	220	- 165
Multiple Sclerosis	62	42	61	113	- 71
Hepatitis B	63	35	62	101	- 67
Dengue	64	15	71	0	+ 15
Malaria	65	13	5	11,162	- 11,149
Chlamydia	66	5	70	3	+ 2
War	67	4	64	29	- 25
Upper Respiratory	68	3	66	16	- 13
Diphtheria	69	2	69	4	- 2
Ascariasis	70	2	68	12	- 10
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	60	135	- 135
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Dominican Rep.

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.