CYPRUS VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		CYPRUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	621	15	98	+ 523
Stroke	2	579	2	462	+ 117
Coronary Heart Disease	3	538	1	1,120	- 581
HIV/AIDS	4	518	64	0	+ 517
Malaria	5	426	79	0	+ 426
Tuberculosis	6	390	52	4	+ 386
Road Traffic Accidents	7	298	18	69	+ 229
Low Birth Weight	8	254	47	6	+ 248
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	250	22	56	+ 193
Birth Trauma	10	236	53	2	+ 234
Liver Disease	11	231	26	50	+ 181
Diabetes Mellitus	12	226	5	332	- 105
Kidney Disease	13	159	7	213	- 54
Congenital Anomalies	14	150	38	18	+ 133
Lung Disease	15	119	4	355	- 236
Meningitis	16	114	55	2	+ 112
Liver Cancer	17	109	20	64	+ 45
Other Injuries	18	93	10	136	- 43
Hypertension	19	85	11	127	- 42
Cervical Cancer	20	83	37	18	+ 64
Suicide	21	76	29	44	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	22	76	63	1	+ 75
Asthma	23	76	35	24	+ 51
Endocrine Disorders	24	75	12	126	- 51
Breast Cancer	25	74	9	155	- 81
Malnutrition	26	71	56	2	+ 70
Violence	27	71	40	15	+ 56
Inflammatory/Heart	28	62	24	51	+ 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	49	3	400	- 351
Falls	30	45	25	51	- 6
Prostate Cancer	31	39	13	118	- 78
Lymphomas	32	33	16	97	- 64
Stomach Cancer	33	33	21	63	- 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	31	8	167	- 136
Pertussis	35	28	70	0	+ 28
Drownings	36	28	33	33	- 5
Fires	37	28	50	5	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	38	27	27	45	- 18
Drug Use	39	24	41	13	+ 11
Poisonings	40	20	51	4	+ 16
Syphilis	41	18	62	1	+ 18
Oral Cancer	42	18	36	21	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	43	15	28	44	- 29
Encephalitis	44	14	69	0	+ 14
Leukemia	45	13	17	83	- 70
Pancreas Cancer	46	13	14	104	- 92
Epilepsy	47	13	44	10	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	12	42	11	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	49	11	43	10	+ 1
Skin Disease	50	10	30	44	- 34
Schistosomiasis	51	10	80	0	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	10	32	35	- 25
Bladder Cancer	53	9	19	67	- 57
Alcohol	54	9	49	5	+ 4
Lung Cancers	55	9	6	319	- 310
Tetanus	56	8	71	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	57	8	34	27	- 19
Skin Cancers	58	8	31	39	- 30
Appendicitis	59	6	66	0	+ 5
Measles	60	5	72	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	46	9	- 4
Hepatitis B	62	4	54	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	2	23	53	- 52
War	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	58	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	59	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	45	10	- 9
Ascariasis	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	39	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	48	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	61	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CYPRUS

Ghana

Cyprus

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.