ARMENIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		ARMENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,400	3	1,214	+ 185
Stroke	2	1,305	2	2,121	- 816
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,214	1	8,901	- 7,688
HIV/AIDS	4	1,167	32	64	+ 1,104
Malaria	5	961	85	0	+ 961
Tuberculosis	6	879	38	44	+ 835
Road Traffic Accidents	7	672	9	590	+ 82
Low Birth Weight	8	573	23	130	+ 443
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	563	50	9	+ 553
Birth Trauma	10	533	42	34	+ 499
Liver Disease	11	521	8	627	- 106
Diabetes Mellitus	12	510	7	714	- 203
Kidney Disease	13	358	11	467	- 108
Congenital Anomalies	14	339	16	282	+ 57
Lung Disease	15	268	5	832	- 564
Meningitis	16	257	56	7	+ 250
Liver Cancer	17	245	14	362	- 117
Other Injuries	18	209	17	263	- 53
Hypertension	19	192	6	773	- 581
Cervical Cancer	20	186	27	99	+ 87
Suicide	21	172	28	98	+ 73
Maternal Conditions	22	171	55	8	+ 163
Asthma	23	170	49	10	+ 161
Endocrine Disorders	24	169	35	52	+ 117
Breast Cancer	25	167	13	444	- 277
Malnutrition	26	161	66	1	+ 159
Violence	27	160	25	112	+ 48
Inflammatory/Heart	28	139	21	174	- 35
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	111	39	40	+ 71
Falls	30	100	40	38	+ 63
Prostate Cancer	31	89	19	221	- 132
Lymphomas	32	75	26	106	- 31
Stomach Cancer	33	75	12	448	- 373
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	69	10	469	- 400
Pertussis	35	64	71	0	+ 64
Drownings	36	64	45	21	+ 43
Fires	37	63	47	13	+ 50
Ovary Cancer	38	60	29	91	- 30
Drug Use	39	54	41	36	+ 18
Poisonings	40	45	46	20	+ 25
Syphilis	41	42	75	0	+ 42
Oral Cancer	42	42	33	60	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	43	33	48	12	+ 22
Encephalitis	44	31	57	5	+ 26
Leukemia	45	29	22	136	- 107
Pancreas Cancer	46	29	15	358	- 329
Epilepsy	47	28	52	9	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	28	18	235	- 207
Oesophagus Cancer	49	25	36	51	- 27
Skin Disease	50	23	43	27	- 5
Schistosomiasis	51	22	82	0	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	22	30	67	- 45
Bladder Cancer	53	21	20	178	- 157
Alcohol	54	21	62	3	+ 18
Lung Cancers	55	20	4	1,030	- 1,009
Tetanus	56	19	81	0	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	57	19	24	121	- 103
Skin Cancers	58	18	34	57	- 38
Appendicitis	59	13	59	5	+ 8
Measles	60	12	74	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	53	9	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	9	51	9	- 0
Other Neoplasms	63	4	37	44	- 40
War	64	3	69	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	31	64	- 62
Upper Respiratory	66	1	63	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	54	9	- 7
Ascariasis	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	67	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	61	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	68	1	- 1
Anemia	83	0	58	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	27	- 27
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARMENIA

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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.