BOSNIA/HERZEG. VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		BOSNIA/HERZEG.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,786	17	440	+ 1,346
Stroke	2	1,665	2	7,871	- 6,206
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,549	1	9,201	- 7,652
HIV/AIDS	4	1,490	70	0	+ 1,490
Malaria	5	1,226	79	0	+ 1,226
Tuberculosis	6	1,122	32	93	+ 1,029
Road Traffic Accidents	7	857	16	446	+ 411
Low Birth Weight	8	732	41	48	+ 683
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	718	54	8	+ 710
Birth Trauma	10	680	49	14	+ 666
Liver Disease	11	665	10	613	+ 51
Diabetes Mellitus	12	651	3	2,406	- 1,754
Kidney Disease	13	457	9	689	- 232
Congenital Anomalies	14	432	35	69	+ 364
Lung Disease	15	343	5	1,163	- 820
Meningitis	16	328	53	10	+ 318
Liver Cancer	17	313	14	480	- 166
Other Injuries	18	267	26	157	+ 110
Hypertension	19	245	11	546	- 301
Cervical Cancer	20	237	29	132	+ 105
Suicide	21	219	19	361	- 142
Maternal Conditions	22	219	58	2	+ 216
Asthma	23	217	37	60	+ 158
Endocrine Disorders	24	216	39	53	+ 162
Breast Cancer	25	213	13	528	- 315
Malnutrition	26	205	57	2	+ 203
Violence	27	204	40	49	+ 155
Inflammatory/Heart	28	177	8	874	- 697
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	142	6	1,144	- 1,001
Falls	30	128	21	267	- 139
Prostate Cancer	31	113	18	413	- 300
Lymphomas	32	96	24	184	- 88
Stomach Cancer	33	96	12	532	- 437
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	88	7	998	- 910
Pertussis	35	82	59	2	+ 79
Drownings	36	81	42	48	+ 34
Fires	37	80	38	54	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	38	77	25	182	- 106
Drug Use	39	69	44	25	+ 44
Poisonings	40	57	50	13	+ 44
Syphilis	41	53	61	1	+ 52
Oral Cancer	42	53	27	146	- 93
Parkinson's Disease	43	42	20	341	- 298
Encephalitis	44	39	51	13	+ 26
Leukemia	45	37	23	186	- 149
Pancreas Cancer	46	37	15	463	- 427
Epilepsy	47	36	36	60	- 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	35	30	121	- 86
Oesophagus Cancer	49	31	31	110	- 79
Skin Disease	50	29	47	21	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	51	28	77	0	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	28	43	36	- 8
Bladder Cancer	53	27	22	232	- 205
Alcohol	54	27	34	90	- 63
Lung Cancers	55	26	4	2,076	- 2,050
Tetanus	56	24	60	1	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	57	24	33	92	- 68
Skin Cancers	58	24	28	133	- 110
Appendicitis	59	16	52	11	+ 5
Measles	60	15	55	5	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	61	12	46	22	- 9
Hepatitis B	62	11	56	3	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	63	5	45	23	- 17
War	64	3	62	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	3	65	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	2	63	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	48	19	- 18
Ascariasis	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	74	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	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	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 BOSNIA/HERZEG.

Ghana

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.