ALBANIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,461	6	634	+ 827
Stroke	2	1,362	2	8,790	- 7,428
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,267	1	8,797	- 7,530
HIV/AIDS	4	1,219	42	26	+ 1,193
Malaria	5	1,003	70	0	+ 1,003
Tuberculosis	6	918	54	8	+ 909
Road Traffic Accidents	7	701	14	337	+ 364
Low Birth Weight	8	598	25	106	+ 492
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	587	52	9	+ 578
Birth Trauma	10	556	41	32	+ 524
Liver Disease	11	544	12	376	+ 168
Diabetes Mellitus	12	533	19	208	+ 324
Kidney Disease	13	374	11	399	- 25
Congenital Anomalies	14	354	28	102	+ 251
Lung Disease	15	280	5	876	- 596
Meningitis	16	268	49	14	+ 254
Liver Cancer	17	256	9	434	- 178
Other Injuries	18	219	26	105	+ 113
Hypertension	19	200	10	425	- 225
Cervical Cancer	20	194	36	48	+ 146
Suicide	21	179	24	125	+ 54
Maternal Conditions	22	179	59	2	+ 177
Asthma	23	178	21	193	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	24	177	29	91	+ 86
Breast Cancer	25	174	17	229	- 55
Malnutrition	26	168	58	3	+ 165
Violence	27	167	27	103	+ 64
Inflammatory/Heart	28	145	8	465	- 320
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	116	3	1,827	- 1,711
Falls	30	105	23	125	- 20
Prostate Cancer	31	93	16	311	- 218
Lymphomas	32	79	31	69	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	33	78	7	493	- 415
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	72	20	197	- 125
Pertussis	35	67	60	1	+ 65
Drownings	36	67	43	25	+ 41
Fires	37	66	45	20	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	38	63	39	39	+ 23
Drug Use	39	57	44	25	+ 31
Poisonings	40	47	53	9	+ 38
Syphilis	41	43	62	1	+ 43
Oral Cancer	42	43	30	90	- 46
Parkinson's Disease	43	35	13	369	- 334
Encephalitis	44	32	46	20	+ 12
Leukemia	45	31	22	131	- 101
Pancreas Cancer	46	30	18	225	- 195
Epilepsy	47	30	37	44	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	29	33	57	- 28
Oesophagus Cancer	49	26	34	52	- 26
Skin Disease	50	24	55	6	+ 18
Schistosomiasis	51	23	72	0	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	23	35	50	- 27
Bladder Cancer	53	22	15	330	- 308
Alcohol	54	22	48	18	+ 4
Lung Cancers	55	21	4	1,026	- 1,005
Tetanus	56	20	57	3	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	57	20	38	42	- 22
Skin Cancers	58	19	32	64	- 44
Appendicitis	59	13	56	5	+ 8
Measles	60	12	65	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	40	39	- 29
Hepatitis B	62	9	63	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	63	4	47	19	- 15
War	64	3	64	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	3	66	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	50	12	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	51	11	- 10
Ascariasis	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	61	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Ghana

Albania

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.