CENTRAL AFRICA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,657	1	5,231	- 2,574
Stroke	2	2,477	5	3,284	- 807
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,304	7	2,900	- 596
HIV/AIDS	4	2,216	4	3,753	- 1,536
Malaria	5	1,824	6	3,279	- 1,456
Tuberculosis	6	1,669	2	4,704	- 3,035
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,276	10	1,790	- 514
Low Birth Weight	8	1,088	8	2,228	- 1,139
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,068	3	4,684	- 3,616
Birth Trauma	10	1,012	9	2,192	- 1,180
Liver Disease	11	989	14	1,153	- 164
Diabetes Mellitus	12	969	15	1,141	- 173
Kidney Disease	13	680	21	710	- 30
Congenital Anomalies	14	643	19	776	- 133
Lung Disease	15	510	18	956	- 446
Meningitis	16	487	16	1,015	- 527
Liver Cancer	17	466	44	117	+ 349
Other Injuries	18	397	23	621	- 223
Hypertension	19	364	12	1,252	- 888
Cervical Cancer	20	353	32	230	+ 123
Suicide	21	326	24	585	- 259
Maternal Conditions	22	325	13	1,174	- 849
Asthma	23	323	20	761	- 437
Endocrine Disorders	24	321	25	423	- 102
Breast Cancer	25	317	26	344	- 28
Malnutrition	26	305	22	691	- 385
Violence	27	303	17	1,009	- 705
Inflammatory/Heart	28	264	30	270	- 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	211	33	204	+ 8
Falls	30	191	36	181	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	31	168	38	156	+ 12
Lymphomas	32	143	42	119	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	33	142	49	65	+ 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	131	45	116	+ 15
Pertussis	35	122	31	265	- 144
Drownings	36	121	34	202	- 81
Fires	37	119	39	142	- 23
Ovary Cancer	38	114	50	64	+ 50
Drug Use	39	103	57	44	+ 59
Poisonings	40	85	40	134	- 49
Syphilis	41	79	41	120	- 41
Oral Cancer	42	79	46	91	- 12
Parkinson's Disease	43	63	48	67	- 4
Encephalitis	44	58	62	28	+ 30
Leukemia	45	56	47	88	- 33
Pancreas Cancer	46	55	60	37	+ 18
Epilepsy	47	54	43	119	- 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	52	27	317	- 265
Oesophagus Cancer	49	47	53	48	- 2
Skin Disease	50	43	54	48	- 5
Schistosomiasis	51	42	37	169	- 127
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	42	35	194	- 152
Bladder Cancer	53	40	64	23	+ 17
Alcohol	54	40	52	62	- 22
Lung Cancers	55	39	55	47	- 8
Tetanus	56	36	29	280	- 244
Uterin Cancer	57	36	65	20	+ 16
Skin Cancers	58	35	58	43	- 8
Appendicitis	59	24	51	62	- 38
Measles	60	22	11	1,625	- 1,603
Multiple Sclerosis	61	18	72	4	+ 15
Hepatitis B	62	17	61	33	- 16
Other Neoplasms	63	8	70	5	+ 3
War	64	5	28	314	- 309
Hepatitis C	65	5	69	6	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	3	63	24	- 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	66	15	- 12
Ascariasis	68	2	71	5	- 3
Diphtheria	69	1	67	11	- 10
Chlamydia	70	1	73	2	- 1
Dengue	71	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	6	- 6
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	56	46	- 46
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	59	40	- 40
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	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 CENTRAL AFRICA

Ghana

Central Africa

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.