CROATIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,951	10	1,021	+ 930
Stroke	2	1,819	2	6,275	- 4,456
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,692	1	12,307	- 10,615
HIV/AIDS	4	1,628	59	8	+ 1,620
Malaria	5	1,339	77	0	+ 1,339
Tuberculosis	6	1,226	44	61	+ 1,164
Road Traffic Accidents	7	937	27	328	+ 609
Low Birth Weight	8	799	56	10	+ 789
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	784	39	82	+ 702
Birth Trauma	10	743	55	11	+ 732
Liver Disease	11	726	13	924	- 198
Diabetes Mellitus	12	711	6	1,963	- 1,251
Kidney Disease	13	499	7	1,392	- 893
Congenital Anomalies	14	472	37	94	+ 378
Lung Disease	15	374	5	2,111	- 1,736
Meningitis	16	358	52	16	+ 342
Liver Cancer	17	342	19	501	- 159
Other Injuries	18	292	23	428	- 136
Hypertension	19	268	8	1,102	- 834
Cervical Cancer	20	259	34	156	+ 104
Suicide	21	239	17	676	- 437
Maternal Conditions	22	239	61	2	+ 237
Asthma	23	237	41	74	+ 164
Endocrine Disorders	24	236	42	72	+ 163
Breast Cancer	25	232	11	1,019	- 786
Malnutrition	26	224	70	0	+ 224
Violence	27	223	48	45	+ 178
Inflammatory/Heart	28	194	21	457	- 263
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	155	9	1,066	- 911
Falls	30	140	12	974	- 834
Prostate Cancer	31	124	14	852	- 728
Lymphomas	32	105	18	556	- 451
Stomach Cancer	33	104	15	786	- 682
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	96	4	2,189	- 2,093
Pertussis	35	89	69	0	+ 89
Drownings	36	89	38	86	+ 3
Fires	37	88	50	34	+ 53
Ovary Cancer	38	84	28	308	- 225
Drug Use	39	76	43	70	+ 5
Poisonings	40	63	54	16	+ 47
Syphilis	41	58	71	0	+ 58
Oral Cancer	42	58	25	338	- 280
Parkinson's Disease	43	46	24	423	- 377
Encephalitis	44	43	65	1	+ 42
Leukemia	45	41	22	435	- 395
Pancreas Cancer	46	40	16	754	- 714
Epilepsy	47	40	36	94	- 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	38	31	207	- 168
Oesophagus Cancer	49	34	33	189	- 155
Skin Disease	50	32	58	8	+ 24
Schistosomiasis	51	31	75	0	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	31	35	137	- 106
Bladder Cancer	53	29	20	499	- 470
Alcohol	54	29	30	219	- 190
Lung Cancers	55	28	3	2,842	- 2,814
Tetanus	56	26	68	0	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	57	26	32	199	- 173
Skin Cancers	58	26	26	332	- 306
Appendicitis	59	17	57	9	+ 9
Measles	60	16	73	0	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	61	13	45	55	- 41
Hepatitis B	62	12	51	17	- 5
Other Neoplasms	63	6	29	283	- 277
War	64	3	67	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	3	47	45	- 41
Upper Respiratory	66	2	63	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	46	47	- 45
Ascariasis	68	1	83	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	60	3	- 3
Leprosy	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	40	79	- 79
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	16	- 16
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	43	- 43
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

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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.