GHANA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	17,865	1	16,262	+ 1,603
Stroke	2	13,980	2	15,163	- 1,183
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	12,497	9	6,538	+ 5,959
Coronary Heart Disease	4	11,743	3	14,103	- 2,360
Road Traffic Accidents	5	7,231	7	7,808	- 577
Liver Disease	6	6,623	11	6,053	+ 570
Diabetes Mellitus	7	5,149	12	5,929	- 780
Hypertension	8	5,047	19	2,231	+ 2,816
Lung Disease	9	3,609	15	3,120	+ 489
Malnutrition	10	3,597	26	1,868	+ 1,728
Birth Trauma	11	3,360	10	6,194	- 2,834
Kidney Disease	12	3,150	13	4,161	- 1,012
Maternal Conditions	13	2,964	22	1,991	+ 973
Tuberculosis	14	2,963	6	10,214	- 7,251
Other Injuries	15	2,944	18	2,433	+ 512
Low Birth Weight	16	2,896	8	6,662	- 3,766
Malaria	17	2,383	5	11,162	- 8,779
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,356	14	3,935	- 1,580
Meningitis	19	2,205	16	2,983	- 778
Violence	20	2,095	27	1,857	+ 238
Suicide	21	2,081	21	1,993	+ 88
Asthma	22	1,778	23	1,979	- 201
Breast Cancer	23	1,698	25	1,937	- 239
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	1,689	29	1,294	+ 395
HIV/AIDS	25	1,677	4	13,565	- 11,889
Falls	26	916	30	1,168	- 251
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	802	48	321	+ 481
Lymphomas	28	800	32	875	- 75
Leukemia	29	786	45	340	+ 445
Cervical Cancer	30	722	20	2,161	- 1,439
Fires	31	719	37	729	- 10
Inflammatory/Heart	32	670	28	1,615	- 945
Drownings	33	642	36	740	- 99
Poisonings	34	623	40	522	+ 101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	617	34	803	- 186
Pertussis	36	488	35	744	- 256
Parkinson's Disease	37	462	43	387	+ 76
Epilepsy	38	444	47	329	+ 115
Oesophagus Cancer	39	442	49	285	+ 156
Ovary Cancer	40	433	38	698	- 265
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	418	52	256	+ 163
Schistosomiasis	42	397	51	257	+ 140
Endocrine Disorders	43	388	24	1,965	- 1,576
Oral Cancer	44	387	42	483	- 96
Liver Cancer	45	377	17	2,851	- 2,474
Lung Cancers	46	336	55	237	+ 99
Prostate Cancer	47	295	31	1,031	- 736
Stomach Cancer	48	263	33	870	- 607
Alcohol	49	248	54	244	+ 4
Skin Disease	50	243	50	264	- 21
Bladder Cancer	51	229	53	245	- 16
Tetanus	52	204	56	220	- 16
Drug Use	53	197	39	630	- 433
Syphilis	54	190	41	483	- 293
Appendicitis	55	171	59	146	+ 25
Skin Cancers	56	162	58	214	- 52
Hepatitis B	57	150	62	101	+ 49
Pancreas Cancer	58	107	46	334	- 228
Leishmaniasis	59	104	77	0	+ 104
Upper Respiratory	60	97	66	16	+ 81
Uterin Cancer	61	95	57	219	- 123
Encephalitis	62	85	44	357	- 272
Measles	63	69	60	135	- 66
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	65	67	16	+ 49
Hepatitis C	65	35	65	28	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	66	33	63	48	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	67	21	61	113	- 92
Ascariasis	68	10	68	12	- 2
Otitis Media	69	9	72	0	+ 9
Chlamydia	70	6	70	3	+ 2
War	71	2	64	29	- 27
Diphtheria	72	2	69	4	- 2
Dengue	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
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
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

Eritrea

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.