ARAB EMIRATES VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		ARAB EMIRATES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,717	8	705	+ 4,011
Stroke	2	4,398	2	1,998	+ 2,400
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,090	1	4,164	- 74
HIV/AIDS	4	3,934	50	34	+ 3,900
Malaria	5	3,237	74	0	+ 3,237
Tuberculosis	6	2,963	36	66	+ 2,897
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,265	7	870	+ 1,394
Low Birth Weight	8	1,932	19	195	+ 1,737
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,896	33	92	+ 1,804
Birth Trauma	10	1,797	37	64	+ 1,733
Liver Disease	11	1,756	14	417	+ 1,339
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,720	4	1,207	+ 513
Kidney Disease	13	1,207	3	1,305	- 98
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,141	15	369	+ 773
Lung Disease	15	905	6	912	- 7
Meningitis	16	865	42	52	+ 813
Liver Cancer	17	827	32	96	+ 731
Other Injuries	18	706	10	522	+ 184
Hypertension	19	647	5	934	- 287
Cervical Cancer	20	627	41	57	+ 570
Suicide	21	578	9	628	- 50
Maternal Conditions	22	577	59	5	+ 572
Asthma	23	574	12	458	+ 116
Endocrine Disorders	24	570	18	260	+ 310
Breast Cancer	25	562	17	264	+ 298
Malnutrition	26	542	60	3	+ 539
Violence	27	539	35	70	+ 468
Inflammatory/Heart	28	468	28	120	+ 349
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	375	20	194	+ 181
Falls	30	339	11	511	- 173
Prostate Cancer	31	299	43	51	+ 248
Lymphomas	32	254	29	117	+ 137
Stomach Cancer	33	252	30	112	+ 141
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	233	16	309	- 76
Pertussis	35	216	58	12	+ 204
Drownings	36	215	23	169	+ 46
Fires	37	212	22	178	+ 33
Ovary Cancer	38	203	38	63	+ 140
Drug Use	39	183	13	431	- 248
Poisonings	40	151	48	36	+ 116
Syphilis	41	140	62	3	+ 137
Oral Cancer	42	140	52	32	+ 108
Parkinson's Disease	43	112	31	99	+ 13
Encephalitis	44	104	54	28	+ 76
Leukemia	45	99	24	154	- 55
Pancreas Cancer	46	97	26	135	- 38
Epilepsy	47	96	25	140	- 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	93	45	45	+ 48
Oesophagus Cancer	49	83	47	37	+ 46
Skin Disease	50	77	57	13	+ 64
Schistosomiasis	51	74	75	0	+ 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	74	27	126	- 52
Bladder Cancer	53	71	39	60	+ 11
Alcohol	54	71	40	59	+ 12
Lung Cancers	55	69	21	185	- 116
Tetanus	56	64	51	33	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	57	63	46	44	+ 19
Skin Cancers	58	62	34	77	- 15
Appendicitis	59	42	55	13	+ 29
Measles	60	39	70	0	+ 39
Multiple Sclerosis	61	33	49	35	- 3
Hepatitis B	62	29	44	47	- 18
Other Neoplasms	63	14	56	13	+ 1
War	64	8	53	29	- 21
Hepatitis C	65	8	63	1	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	66	5	64	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	61	3	+ 2
Ascariasis	68	4	65	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	1	66	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	67	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARAB EMIRATES

Ghana

Arab Emirates

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.