CUBA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,156	3	8,564	- 3,408
Stroke	2	4,807	2	10,725	- 5,918
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,471	1	22,079	- 17,608
HIV/AIDS	4	4,301	34	471	+ 3,829
Malaria	5	3,539	82	0	+ 3,539
Tuberculosis	6	3,238	60	45	+ 3,194
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,475	19	1,007	+ 1,468
Low Birth Weight	8	2,112	48	98	+ 2,014
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,073	43	206	+ 1,867
Birth Trauma	10	1,964	59	49	+ 1,915
Liver Disease	11	1,919	11	1,873	+ 46
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,880	13	1,791	+ 89
Kidney Disease	13	1,319	14	1,700	- 381
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,248	37	368	+ 880
Lung Disease	15	989	6	5,492	- 4,503
Meningitis	16	946	50	83	+ 863
Liver Cancer	17	904	24	815	+ 89
Other Injuries	18	771	12	1,869	- 1,098
Hypertension	19	707	7	3,469	- 2,762
Cervical Cancer	20	685	29	666	+ 19
Suicide	21	632	16	1,638	- 1,006
Maternal Conditions	22	631	61	43	+ 588
Asthma	23	628	40	301	+ 326
Endocrine Disorders	24	623	36	412	+ 211
Breast Cancer	25	614	15	1,673	- 1,059
Malnutrition	26	592	55	64	+ 529
Violence	27	589	32	584	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	28	512	17	1,156	- 644
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	410	5	5,841	- 5,431
Falls	30	370	10	2,810	- 2,440
Prostate Cancer	31	327	8	3,365	- 3,038
Lymphomas	32	277	18	1,089	- 812
Stomach Cancer	33	276	20	991	- 715
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	254	9	2,958	- 2,703
Pertussis	35	236	73	0	+ 236
Drownings	36	235	42	231	+ 4
Fires	37	231	58	55	+ 176
Ovary Cancer	38	221	39	323	- 101
Drug Use	39	200	51	82	+ 118
Poisonings	40	165	62	17	+ 148
Syphilis	41	153	69	1	+ 152
Oral Cancer	42	153	23	876	- 723
Parkinson's Disease	43	123	27	691	- 568
Encephalitis	44	113	66	6	+ 108
Leukemia	45	108	30	633	- 526
Pancreas Cancer	46	106	21	905	- 799
Epilepsy	47	104	46	108	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	102	35	420	- 318
Oesophagus Cancer	49	90	22	879	- 789
Skin Disease	50	84	41	258	- 175
Schistosomiasis	51	81	81	0	+ 81
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	81	44	162	- 81
Bladder Cancer	53	78	26	734	- 656
Alcohol	54	77	28	675	- 598
Lung Cancers	55	75	4	5,985	- 5,910
Tetanus	56	70	71	1	+ 69
Uterin Cancer	57	69	31	602	- 533
Skin Cancers	58	68	33	514	- 446
Appendicitis	59	46	47	104	- 58
Measles	60	43	76	0	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	61	36	57	55	- 20
Hepatitis B	62	32	56	59	- 27
Other Neoplasms	63	15	25	769	- 753
War	64	9	68	1	+ 8
Hepatitis C	65	9	45	112	- 103
Upper Respiratory	66	5	65	6	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	49	87	- 81
Ascariasis	68	4	70	1	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	73	0	67	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	68	- 68
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	52	77	- 77
Osteoarthritis	84	0	38	326	- 326
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	75	- 75
Oral conditions	86	0	64	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Ghana

Cuba

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.