DENMARK VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,808	6	2,244	+ 565
Stroke	2	2,618	5	3,662	- 1,044
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,435	1	5,341	- 2,906
HIV/AIDS	4	2,343	55	23	+ 2,320
Malaria	5	1,928	79	0	+ 1,928
Tuberculosis	6	1,764	57	16	+ 1,748
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,348	33	213	+ 1,135
Low Birth Weight	8	1,150	41	116	+ 1,034
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,129	38	145	+ 984
Birth Trauma	10	1,070	56	21	+ 1,048
Liver Disease	11	1,045	14	692	+ 353
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,024	10	1,284	- 260
Kidney Disease	13	719	12	911	- 192
Congenital Anomalies	14	680	36	153	+ 526
Lung Disease	15	539	3	4,387	- 3,848
Meningitis	16	515	52	25	+ 490
Liver Cancer	17	492	25	464	+ 28
Other Injuries	18	420	30	347	+ 73
Hypertension	19	385	15	642	- 257
Cervical Cancer	20	373	37	153	+ 220
Suicide	21	344	16	617	- 273
Maternal Conditions	22	344	64	2	+ 342
Asthma	23	342	44	82	+ 259
Endocrine Disorders	24	339	19	575	- 235
Breast Cancer	25	335	9	1,299	- 964
Malnutrition	26	323	59	14	+ 309
Violence	27	321	47	63	+ 258
Inflammatory/Heart	28	279	31	284	- 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	223	2	5,218	- 4,994
Falls	30	202	22	541	- 339
Prostate Cancer	31	178	8	1,480	- 1,302
Lymphomas	32	151	13	730	- 579
Stomach Cancer	33	150	23	484	- 334
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	139	7	2,147	- 2,008
Pertussis	35	129	72	0	+ 129
Drownings	36	128	50	37	+ 91
Fires	37	126	49	53	+ 73
Ovary Cancer	38	121	29	367	- 246
Drug Use	39	109	34	197	- 88
Poisonings	40	90	62	6	+ 85
Syphilis	41	83	70	0	+ 83
Oral Cancer	42	83	28	371	- 287
Parkinson's Disease	43	67	17	600	- 533
Encephalitis	44	62	67	1	+ 61
Leukemia	45	59	20	558	- 500
Pancreas Cancer	46	58	11	1,096	- 1,038
Epilepsy	47	57	40	125	- 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	55	32	216	- 161
Oesophagus Cancer	49	49	24	477	- 427
Skin Disease	50	46	45	79	- 33
Schistosomiasis	51	44	75	0	+ 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	44	42	96	- 52
Bladder Cancer	53	42	21	545	- 503
Alcohol	54	42	18	598	- 556
Lung Cancers	55	41	4	3,721	- 3,680
Tetanus	56	38	68	0	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	57	38	35	156	- 118
Skin Cancers	58	37	26	388	- 351
Appendicitis	59	25	54	23	+ 2
Measles	60	23	71	0	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	61	19	39	132	- 113
Hepatitis B	62	17	61	6	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	63	8	27	378	- 370
War	64	5	66	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	5	60	9	- 4
Upper Respiratory	66	3	58	15	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	43	84	- 82
Ascariasis	68	2	81	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	48	57	- 57
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	46	73	- 73
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	25	- 25
Oral conditions	86	0	63	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Ghana

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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.