AUSTRIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,216	13	1,563	+ 2,653
Stroke	2	3,931	2	5,208	- 1,277
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,656	1	17,638	- 13,981
HIV/AIDS	4	3,517	49	41	+ 3,476
Malaria	5	2,894	75	0	+ 2,894
Tuberculosis	6	2,648	50	41	+ 2,607
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,024	31	436	+ 1,589
Low Birth Weight	8	1,727	51	40	+ 1,687
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,695	40	152	+ 1,543
Birth Trauma	10	1,606	54	34	+ 1,572
Liver Disease	11	1,569	16	1,366	+ 204
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,537	9	2,093	- 556
Kidney Disease	13	1,079	8	2,247	- 1,168
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,020	34	327	+ 694
Lung Disease	15	809	5	4,107	- 3,298
Meningitis	16	773	58	22	+ 752
Liver Cancer	17	739	22	922	- 182
Other Injuries	18	631	12	1,700	- 1,070
Hypertension	19	578	6	3,601	- 3,023
Cervical Cancer	20	560	37	205	+ 355
Suicide	21	517	17	1,307	- 790
Maternal Conditions	22	516	64	4	+ 512
Asthma	23	513	45	81	+ 432
Endocrine Disorders	24	509	20	1,077	- 568
Breast Cancer	25	502	11	1,857	- 1,354
Malnutrition	26	484	46	71	+ 414
Violence	27	481	47	47	+ 435
Inflammatory/Heart	28	419	14	1,515	- 1,097
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	335	4	4,174	- 3,839
Falls	30	303	21	982	- 679
Prostate Cancer	31	267	15	1,501	- 1,234
Lymphomas	32	227	18	1,167	- 940
Stomach Cancer	33	226	24	817	- 591
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	208	7	2,324	- 2,116
Pertussis	35	193	70	0	+ 193
Drownings	36	192	48	42	+ 150
Fires	37	189	52	36	+ 153
Ovary Cancer	38	181	30	513	- 332
Drug Use	39	163	39	161	+ 2
Poisonings	40	135	60	15	+ 121
Syphilis	41	125	66	1	+ 124
Oral Cancer	42	125	27	614	- 489
Parkinson's Disease	43	100	19	1,102	- 1,002
Encephalitis	44	93	68	1	+ 92
Leukemia	45	88	23	878	- 790
Pancreas Cancer	46	87	10	1,901	- 1,815
Epilepsy	47	85	36	222	- 137
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	83	42	142	- 59
Oesophagus Cancer	49	74	32	406	- 332
Skin Disease	50	68	43	99	- 31
Schistosomiasis	51	67	74	0	+ 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	66	33	379	- 312
Bladder Cancer	53	64	26	617	- 554
Alcohol	54	63	29	538	- 475
Lung Cancers	55	62	3	4,217	- 4,155
Tetanus	56	57	72	0	+ 57
Uterin Cancer	57	57	35	275	- 219
Skin Cancers	58	56	28	585	- 529
Appendicitis	59	38	59	15	+ 23
Measles	60	35	73	0	+ 35
Multiple Sclerosis	61	29	38	170	- 141
Hepatitis B	62	26	62	8	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	63	12	25	814	- 802
War	64	8	67	1	+ 7
Hepatitis C	65	7	41	147	- 140
Upper Respiratory	66	4	55	26	- 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	53	35	- 31
Ascariasis	68	3	79	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	78	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	63	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	99	- 99
Osteoarthritis	84	0	57	22	- 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

Ghana

Austria

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.