CAMEROON VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	14,559	1	19,694	- 5,135
Stroke	2	13,575	5	11,199	+ 2,375
Coronary Heart Disease	3	12,625	6	10,695	+ 1,931
HIV/AIDS	4	12,144	2	13,888	- 1,744
Malaria	5	9,993	4	11,233	- 1,240
Tuberculosis	6	9,145	10	7,414	+ 1,730
Road Traffic Accidents	7	6,990	9	7,810	- 820
Low Birth Weight	8	5,964	8	7,950	- 1,986
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	5,853	3	11,849	- 5,995
Birth Trauma	10	5,545	7	8,243	- 2,698
Liver Disease	11	5,419	14	4,531	+ 888
Diabetes Mellitus	12	5,308	11	5,468	- 160
Kidney Disease	13	3,726	13	5,140	- 1,415
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,523	12	5,258	- 1,735
Lung Disease	15	2,793	20	2,310	+ 483
Meningitis	16	2,671	15	3,441	- 770
Liver Cancer	17	2,553	37	875	+ 1,677
Other Injuries	18	2,178	16	3,289	- 1,111
Hypertension	19	1,997	22	2,035	- 38
Cervical Cancer	20	1,935	26	1,582	+ 352
Suicide	21	1,784	19	2,333	- 548
Maternal Conditions	22	1,782	17	2,615	- 833
Asthma	23	1,772	25	1,619	+ 153
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,759	18	2,474	- 715
Breast Cancer	25	1,734	23	1,874	- 140
Malnutrition	26	1,673	28	1,218	+ 454
Violence	27	1,663	24	1,666	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,446	33	986	+ 460
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,158	31	1,157	+ 2
Falls	30	1,045	27	1,235	- 190
Prostate Cancer	31	923	34	940	- 17
Lymphomas	32	783	44	489	+ 294
Stomach Cancer	33	779	45	458	+ 322
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	719	43	569	+ 149
Pertussis	35	667	21	2,288	- 1,621
Drownings	36	663	29	1,178	- 515
Fires	37	653	36	908	- 255
Ovary Cancer	38	625	50	303	+ 323
Drug Use	39	564	35	928	- 364
Poisonings	40	467	41	666	- 199
Syphilis	41	432	30	1,170	- 738
Oral Cancer	42	432	39	845	- 413
Parkinson's Disease	43	346	46	449	- 103
Encephalitis	44	320	58	187	+ 133
Leukemia	45	304	54	275	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	46	299	52	290	+ 9
Epilepsy	47	295	38	867	- 572
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	287	40	754	- 467
Oesophagus Cancer	49	255	59	135	+ 120
Skin Disease	50	236	48	324	- 88
Schistosomiasis	51	230	53	288	- 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	229	49	323	- 94
Bladder Cancer	53	220	62	65	+ 155
Alcohol	54	218	57	198	+ 21
Lung Cancers	55	213	51	301	- 88
Tetanus	56	197	55	223	- 26
Uterin Cancer	57	196	60	75	+ 121
Skin Cancers	58	192	56	204	- 12
Appendicitis	59	130	61	72	+ 58
Measles	60	121	32	1,028	- 907
Multiple Sclerosis	61	101	64	41	+ 60
Hepatitis B	62	91	47	336	- 245
Other Neoplasms	63	43	63	49	- 6
War	64	26	42	643	- 617
Hepatitis C	65	25	66	27	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	15	70	19	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	14	68	26	- 11
Ascariasis	68	11	65	30	- 19
Diphtheria	69	4	67	26	- 23
Chlamydia	70	3	72	4	- 1
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	20	- 20
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	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 CAMEROON

Ghana

Cameroon

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.