EL SALVADOR VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,116	4	2,418	+ 699
Stroke	2	2,906	5	1,595	+ 1,311
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,703	1	5,814	- 3,111
HIV/AIDS	4	2,600	9	842	+ 1,758
Malaria	5	2,139	80	0	+ 2,139
Tuberculosis	6	1,958	46	60	+ 1,897
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,496	8	1,347	+ 149
Low Birth Weight	8	1,277	19	317	+ 960
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,253	27	199	+ 1,054
Birth Trauma	10	1,187	37	121	+ 1,066
Liver Disease	11	1,160	10	797	+ 363
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,136	7	1,385	- 249
Kidney Disease	13	797	3	4,726	- 3,928
Congenital Anomalies	14	754	14	449	+ 305
Lung Disease	15	598	6	1,493	- 895
Meningitis	16	572	51	36	+ 536
Liver Cancer	17	546	16	355	+ 191
Other Injuries	18	466	38	95	+ 371
Hypertension	19	427	31	146	+ 281
Cervical Cancer	20	414	13	451	- 37
Suicide	21	382	15	391	- 9
Maternal Conditions	22	382	53	26	+ 355
Asthma	23	379	35	122	+ 257
Endocrine Disorders	24	377	25	223	+ 154
Breast Cancer	25	371	22	291	+ 80
Malnutrition	26	358	26	214	+ 144
Violence	27	356	2	5,485	- 5,129
Inflammatory/Heart	28	309	42	78	+ 232
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	248	18	320	- 72
Falls	30	224	24	243	- 19
Prostate Cancer	31	198	17	328	- 131
Lymphomas	32	168	28	186	- 19
Stomach Cancer	33	167	11	702	- 535
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	154	20	315	- 161
Pertussis	35	143	52	32	+ 111
Drownings	36	142	33	137	+ 5
Fires	37	140	54	21	+ 118
Ovary Cancer	38	134	40	93	+ 41
Drug Use	39	121	43	74	+ 47
Poisonings	40	100	57	15	+ 85
Syphilis	41	93	58	14	+ 78
Oral Cancer	42	93	39	94	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	43	74	44	70	+ 4
Encephalitis	44	68	63	7	+ 61
Leukemia	45	65	21	312	- 247
Pancreas Cancer	46	64	29	161	- 97
Epilepsy	47	63	48	50	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	61	30	157	- 96
Oesophagus Cancer	49	55	41	80	- 26
Skin Disease	50	51	36	121	- 70
Schistosomiasis	51	49	82	0	+ 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	49	65	6	+ 43
Bladder Cancer	53	47	49	42	+ 5
Alcohol	54	47	12	648	- 602
Lung Cancers	55	45	23	290	- 244
Tetanus	56	42	60	11	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	57	42	50	39	+ 2
Skin Cancers	58	41	47	60	- 19
Appendicitis	59	28	56	18	+ 10
Measles	60	26	76	0	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	61	22	64	7	+ 15
Hepatitis B	62	19	66	5	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	63	9	32	145	- 136
War	64	6	70	1	+ 5
Hepatitis C	65	5	75	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	3	62	9	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	59	14	- 11
Ascariasis	68	2	72	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	61	9	- 9
Otitis Media	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	55	18	- 18
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	67	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	34	131	- 131
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	45	64	- 64
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Ghana

El Salvador

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.