BELARUS VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,467	15	1,086	+ 3,381
Stroke	2	4,165	2	16,393	- 12,228
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,874	1	53,186	- 49,312
HIV/AIDS	4	3,726	42	167	+ 3,559
Malaria	5	3,066	76	0	+ 3,066
Tuberculosis	6	2,806	37	269	+ 2,537
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,145	19	722	+ 1,423
Low Birth Weight	8	1,830	47	64	+ 1,766
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,796	57	13	+ 1,783
Birth Trauma	10	1,701	52	25	+ 1,676
Liver Disease	11	1,663	8	2,078	- 415
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,629	30	373	+ 1,256
Kidney Disease	13	1,143	26	480	+ 663
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,081	41	202	+ 879
Lung Disease	15	857	7	2,208	- 1,351
Meningitis	16	819	50	36	+ 783
Liver Cancer	17	783	32	363	+ 420
Other Injuries	18	668	14	1,099	- 431
Hypertension	19	613	31	367	+ 245
Cervical Cancer	20	594	34	303	+ 290
Suicide	21	548	9	2,004	- 1,456
Maternal Conditions	22	547	60	2	+ 545
Asthma	23	544	44	122	+ 422
Endocrine Disorders	24	540	43	141	+ 399
Breast Cancer	25	532	12	1,230	- 698
Malnutrition	26	513	53	22	+ 491
Violence	27	510	38	255	+ 255
Inflammatory/Heart	28	444	11	1,361	- 917
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	355	3	3,530	- 3,175
Falls	30	321	16	952	- 631
Prostate Cancer	31	283	17	936	- 653
Lymphomas	32	240	20	672	- 431
Stomach Cancer	33	239	10	1,690	- 1,451
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	220	5	2,886	- 2,666
Pertussis	35	205	65	0	+ 204
Drownings	36	203	24	543	- 340
Fires	37	200	22	620	- 420
Ovary Cancer	38	192	27	429	- 237
Drug Use	39	173	29	389	- 216
Poisonings	40	143	33	311	- 168
Syphilis	41	133	63	1	+ 132
Oral Cancer	42	133	18	901	- 768
Parkinson's Disease	43	106	21	621	- 515
Encephalitis	44	98	46	93	+ 5
Leukemia	45	93	23	554	- 461
Pancreas Cancer	46	92	13	1,171	- 1,079
Epilepsy	47	90	45	116	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	88	40	235	- 147
Oesophagus Cancer	49	78	25	493	- 415
Skin Disease	50	73	51	31	+ 42
Schistosomiasis	51	71	74	0	+ 71
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	70	39	239	- 169
Bladder Cancer	53	67	35	295	- 228
Alcohol	54	67	6	2,761	- 2,694
Lung Cancers	55	65	4	2,950	- 2,885
Tetanus	56	60	64	0	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	57	60	28	391	- 330
Skin Cancers	58	59	36	272	- 213
Appendicitis	59	40	54	20	+ 20
Measles	60	37	68	0	+ 37
Multiple Sclerosis	61	31	49	42	- 11
Hepatitis B	62	28	56	14	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	63	13	48	52	- 39
War	64	8	59	3	+ 5
Hepatitis C	65	8	62	1	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	66	4	58	5	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	55	15	- 11
Ascariasis	68	3	70	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	1	67	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	61	1	- 0
Dengue	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Ghana

Belarus

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.