GHANA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	54,060	3	14,103	+ 39,958
Liver Disease	2	18,693	11	6,053	+ 12,640
Stroke	3	13,630	2	15,163	- 1,532
Liver Cancer	4	7,621	17	2,851	+ 4,770
Hypertension	5	6,559	19	2,231	+ 4,328
Kidney Disease	6	6,556	13	4,161	+ 2,395
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	6,434	1	16,262	- 9,828
Diabetes Mellitus	8	5,948	12	5,929	+ 19
Lung Disease	9	4,164	15	3,120	+ 1,044
Congenital Anomalies	10	3,782	14	3,935	- 154
Low Birth Weight	11	3,542	8	6,662	- 3,120
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,153	7	7,808	- 4,655
Breast Cancer	13	2,854	25	1,937	+ 917
Lymphomas	14	2,344	32	875	+ 1,469
Asthma	15	2,209	23	1,979	+ 229
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	2,169	29	1,294	+ 875
Birth Trauma	17	1,899	10	6,194	- 4,295
Lung Cancers	18	1,765	55	237	+ 1,528
Bladder Cancer	19	1,596	53	245	+ 1,351
Violence	20	1,295	27	1,857	- 562
Other Injuries	21	1,187	18	2,433	- 1,245
Leukemia	22	1,170	45	340	+ 830
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	1,148	9	6,538	- 5,390
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	959	34	803	+ 156
Suicide	25	940	21	1,993	- 1,054
Pancreas Cancer	26	904	46	334	+ 569
Inflammatory/Heart	27	774	28	1,615	- 841
Parkinson's Disease	28	743	43	387	+ 357
Endocrine Disorders	29	738	24	1,965	- 1,227
Falls	30	628	30	1,168	- 540
Ovary Cancer	31	604	38	698	- 94
Stomach Cancer	32	573	33	870	- 297
Fires	33	488	37	729	- 242
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	416	48	321	+ 96
Prostate Cancer	35	399	31	1,031	- 632
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	388	52	256	+ 132
Drownings	37	349	36	740	- 391
Encephalitis	38	325	44	357	- 32
Skin Cancers	39	315	58	214	+ 101
Hepatitis B	40	307	62	101	+ 206
Oesophagus Cancer	41	296	49	285	+ 10
Pertussis	42	282	35	744	- 463
Meningitis	43	257	16	2,983	- 2,726
Maternal Conditions	44	247	22	1,991	- 1,744
Oral Cancer	45	247	42	483	- 236
Malnutrition	46	236	26	1,868	- 1,632
War	47	222	64	29	+ 193
Cervical Cancer	48	194	20	2,161	- 1,967
Tetanus	49	168	56	220	- 52
Epilepsy	50	140	47	329	- 189
Tuberculosis	51	134	6	10,214	- 10,080
Uterin Cancer	52	131	57	219	- 88
HIV/AIDS	53	123	4	13,565	- 13,442
Schistosomiasis	54	68	51	257	- 188
Skin Disease	55	68	50	264	- 196
Multiple Sclerosis	56	66	61	113	- 46
Poisonings	57	61	40	522	- 461
Syphilis	58	50	41	483	- 433
Appendicitis	59	44	59	146	- 101
Alcohol	60	44	54	244	- 200
Other Neoplasms	61	36	63	48	- 12
Drug Use	62	36	39	630	- 594
Hepatitis C	63	30	65	28	+ 2
Measles	64	13	60	135	- 122
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	8	67	16	- 8
Leishmaniasis	66	4	77	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	67	2	68	12	- 11
Upper Respiratory	68	2	66	16	- 15
Dengue	69	2	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	69	4	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

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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.