CONGO VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,867	3	2,576	+ 291
Stroke	2	2,673	5	2,267	+ 407
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,486	4	2,494	- 8
HIV/AIDS	4	2,391	1	4,509	- 2,118
Malaria	5	1,968	6	1,977	- 9
Tuberculosis	6	1,801	2	2,781	- 980
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,376	7	1,598	- 222
Low Birth Weight	8	1,174	9	1,283	- 109
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,153	8	1,304	- 152
Birth Trauma	10	1,092	11	997	+ 95
Liver Disease	11	1,067	13	931	+ 137
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,045	10	1,050	- 4
Kidney Disease	13	734	15	613	+ 121
Congenital Anomalies	14	694	14	729	- 35
Lung Disease	15	550	17	541	+ 9
Meningitis	16	526	22	299	+ 227
Liver Cancer	17	503	30	169	+ 333
Other Injuries	18	429	20	333	+ 96
Hypertension	19	393	12	933	- 539
Cervical Cancer	20	381	29	196	+ 185
Suicide	21	351	19	349	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	22	351	16	578	- 227
Asthma	23	349	23	291	+ 58
Endocrine Disorders	24	346	27	208	+ 139
Breast Cancer	25	342	32	159	+ 183
Malnutrition	26	329	24	272	+ 58
Violence	27	327	18	539	- 211
Inflammatory/Heart	28	285	26	220	+ 65
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	228	25	230	- 2
Falls	30	206	33	149	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	31	182	28	198	- 16
Lymphomas	32	154	45	61	+ 93
Stomach Cancer	33	153	39	88	+ 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	142	38	89	+ 53
Pertussis	35	131	21	329	- 198
Drownings	36	131	36	104	+ 27
Fires	37	129	37	90	+ 38
Ovary Cancer	38	123	48	49	+ 74
Drug Use	39	111	44	65	+ 46
Poisonings	40	92	41	71	+ 21
Syphilis	41	85	34	107	- 21
Oral Cancer	42	85	54	33	+ 52
Parkinson's Disease	43	68	42	69	- 1
Encephalitis	44	63	56	20	+ 43
Leukemia	45	60	46	57	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	46	59	52	42	+ 17
Epilepsy	47	58	40	76	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	57	35	105	- 49
Oesophagus Cancer	49	50	57	19	+ 31
Skin Disease	50	47	50	46	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	51	45	51	45	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	45	43	67	- 21
Bladder Cancer	53	43	61	15	+ 29
Alcohol	54	43	49	46	- 3
Lung Cancers	55	42	47	54	- 12
Tetanus	56	39	55	23	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	57	39	60	15	+ 24
Skin Cancers	58	38	53	36	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	26	58	18	+ 7
Measles	60	24	31	159	- 135
Multiple Sclerosis	61	20	66	4	+ 16
Hepatitis B	62	18	62	14	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	63	8	63	8	+ 1
War	64	5	72	1	+ 5
Hepatitis C	65	5	67	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	64	7	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	59	15	- 12
Ascariasis	68	2	69	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	68	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	- 0
Dengue	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Ghana

Congo

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.