DR CONGO VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	54,257	1	73,546	- 19,289
Stroke	2	50,589	6	36,596	+ 13,993
Coronary Heart Disease	3	47,052	7	34,713	+ 12,339
HIV/AIDS	4	45,259	15	13,286	+ 31,973
Malaria	5	37,241	4	41,813	- 4,572
Tuberculosis	6	34,079	2	43,759	- 9,680
Road Traffic Accidents	7	26,049	10	30,256	- 4,207
Low Birth Weight	8	22,226	8	34,668	- 12,442
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	21,814	5	41,301	- 19,487
Birth Trauma	10	20,666	9	33,075	- 12,410
Liver Disease	11	20,197	13	15,044	+ 5,152
Diabetes Mellitus	12	19,783	16	12,902	+ 6,880
Kidney Disease	13	13,884	20	9,077	+ 4,808
Congenital Anomalies	14	13,130	11	16,256	- 3,126
Lung Disease	15	10,409	14	13,527	- 3,118
Meningitis	16	9,953	17	11,568	- 1,615
Liver Cancer	17	9,513	31	3,840	+ 5,673
Other Injuries	18	8,116	22	8,272	- 155
Hypertension	19	7,442	12	15,743	- 8,301
Cervical Cancer	20	7,210	27	4,823	+ 2,387
Suicide	21	6,650	26	5,812	+ 838
Maternal Conditions	22	6,642	19	10,513	- 3,870
Asthma	23	6,604	24	7,733	- 1,130
Endocrine Disorders	24	6,556	25	7,380	- 824
Breast Cancer	25	6,464	35	3,416	+ 3,048
Malnutrition	26	6,233	21	8,910	- 2,677
Violence	27	6,196	18	11,120	- 4,924
Inflammatory/Heart	28	5,388	29	4,045	+ 1,343
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	4,317	28	4,548	- 231
Falls	30	3,896	33	3,483	+ 413
Prostate Cancer	31	3,439	30	3,948	- 510
Lymphomas	32	2,919	38	2,061	+ 858
Stomach Cancer	33	2,904	37	2,579	+ 324
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	2,678	36	2,966	- 288
Pertussis	35	2,484	23	7,921	- 5,437
Drownings	36	2,470	34	3,454	- 983
Fires	37	2,434	39	2,007	+ 426
Ovary Cancer	38	2,330	58	656	+ 1,674
Drug Use	39	2,102	59	638	+ 1,464
Poisonings	40	1,740	42	1,729	+ 11
Syphilis	41	1,611	32	3,751	- 2,140
Oral Cancer	42	1,611	51	1,003	+ 608
Parkinson's Disease	43	1,290	49	1,035	+ 256
Encephalitis	44	1,192	57	680	+ 512
Leukemia	45	1,135	41	1,871	- 737
Pancreas Cancer	46	1,115	50	1,017	+ 98
Epilepsy	47	1,099	44	1,727	- 628
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	1,069	40	1,923	- 854
Oesophagus Cancer	49	952	53	790	+ 162
Skin Disease	50	881	54	781	+ 100
Schistosomiasis	51	857	48	1,071	- 214
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	853	43	1,728	- 875
Bladder Cancer	53	818	65	270	+ 548
Alcohol	54	814	60	635	+ 179
Lung Cancers	55	792	47	1,158	- 366
Tetanus	56	734	46	1,166	- 432
Uterin Cancer	57	730	63	352	+ 378
Skin Cancers	58	715	55	765	- 50
Appendicitis	59	486	56	703	- 217
Measles	60	452	3	42,254	- 41,802
Multiple Sclerosis	61	375	71	44	+ 332
Hepatitis B	62	338	61	456	- 118
Other Neoplasms	63	160	67	88	+ 72
War	64	97	45	1,658	- 1,561
Hepatitis C	65	93	69	69	+ 24
Upper Respiratory	66	54	62	370	- 316
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	54	66	217	- 163
Ascariasis	68	41	68	80	- 39
Diphtheria	69	13	70	47	- 33
Chlamydia	70	11	73	15	- 4
Dengue	71	1	74	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	38	- 38
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	52	869	- 869
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	64	347	- 347
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Ghana

DR 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.