EQU. GUINEA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	844	2	913	- 68
Stroke	2	787	6	437	+ 350
Coronary Heart Disease	3	732	7	419	+ 313
HIV/AIDS	4	704	1	1,838	- 1,134
Malaria	5	580	3	668	- 88
Tuberculosis	6	530	10	321	+ 209
Road Traffic Accidents	7	405	8	368	+ 37
Low Birth Weight	8	346	4	457	- 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	339	9	349	- 9
Birth Trauma	10	322	5	441	- 119
Liver Disease	11	314	13	199	+ 115
Diabetes Mellitus	12	308	11	299	+ 9
Kidney Disease	13	216	14	198	+ 18
Congenital Anomalies	14	204	12	249	- 45
Lung Disease	15	162	20	120	+ 42
Meningitis	16	155	19	127	+ 28
Liver Cancer	17	148	34	43	+ 105
Other Injuries	18	126	23	105	+ 21
Hypertension	19	116	16	165	- 49
Cervical Cancer	20	112	28	56	+ 56
Suicide	21	103	22	107	- 4
Maternal Conditions	22	103	17	139	- 35
Asthma	23	103	26	65	+ 38
Endocrine Disorders	24	102	25	73	+ 29
Breast Cancer	25	101	24	84	+ 16
Malnutrition	26	97	31	48	+ 49
Violence	27	96	33	45	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	28	84	27	63	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	67	29	55	+ 12
Falls	30	61	32	46	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	31	54	35	43	+ 11
Lymphomas	32	45	45	19	+ 26
Stomach Cancer	33	45	49	16	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	42	40	29	+ 13
Pertussis	35	39	21	109	- 70
Drownings	36	38	36	39	- 1
Fires	37	38	39	30	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	38	36	52	13	+ 23
Drug Use	39	33	30	50	- 18
Poisonings	40	27	44	21	+ 6
Syphilis	41	25	18	134	- 109
Oral Cancer	42	25	37	35	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	43	20	46	18	+ 2
Encephalitis	44	19	57	8	+ 11
Leukemia	45	18	61	4	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	46	17	55	11	+ 6
Epilepsy	47	17	38	32	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	17	43	22	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	49	15	54	12	+ 3
Skin Disease	50	14	51	13	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	51	13	60	4	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	13	50	14	- 1
Bladder Cancer	53	13	56	9	+ 4
Alcohol	54	13	53	12	+ 1
Lung Cancers	55	12	41	27	- 14
Tetanus	56	11	42	23	- 12
Uterin Cancer	57	11	58	8	+ 4
Skin Cancers	58	11	48	16	- 5
Appendicitis	59	8	59	6	+ 2
Measles	60	7	15	181	- 174
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	67	1	+ 4
Hepatitis B	62	5	65	3	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	2	63	3	- 1
War	64	2	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	62	4	- 3
Ascariasis	68	1	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	64	3	- 3
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Ghana

Equ. Guinea

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.