ERITREA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,983	1	3,277	- 294
Stroke	2	2,781	2	2,564	+ 217
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,587	4	2,154	+ 433
HIV/AIDS	4	2,488	25	308	+ 2,180
Malaria	5	2,047	17	437	+ 1,610
Tuberculosis	6	1,873	14	543	+ 1,330
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,432	5	1,326	+ 106
Low Birth Weight	8	1,222	16	531	+ 691
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,199	3	2,292	- 1,093
Birth Trauma	10	1,136	11	616	+ 520
Liver Disease	11	1,110	6	1,215	- 104
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,087	7	944	+ 143
Kidney Disease	13	763	12	578	+ 186
Congenital Anomalies	14	722	18	432	+ 290
Lung Disease	15	572	9	662	- 90
Meningitis	16	547	19	404	+ 143
Liver Cancer	17	523	45	69	+ 454
Other Injuries	18	446	15	540	- 94
Hypertension	19	409	8	926	- 517
Cervical Cancer	20	396	30	132	+ 264
Suicide	21	366	21	382	- 16
Maternal Conditions	22	365	13	544	- 178
Asthma	23	363	22	326	+ 37
Endocrine Disorders	24	360	43	71	+ 289
Breast Cancer	25	355	23	311	+ 44
Malnutrition	26	343	10	660	- 317
Violence	27	341	20	384	- 44
Inflammatory/Heart	28	296	32	123	+ 173
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	237	24	310	- 72
Falls	30	214	26	168	+ 46
Prostate Cancer	31	189	47	54	+ 135
Lymphomas	32	160	28	147	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	33	160	48	48	+ 111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	147	35	113	+ 34
Pertussis	35	137	36	90	+ 47
Drownings	36	136	33	118	+ 18
Fires	37	134	31	132	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	38	128	40	79	+ 49
Drug Use	39	116	53	36	+ 79
Poisonings	40	96	34	114	- 19
Syphilis	41	89	54	35	+ 54
Oral Cancer	42	89	44	71	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	43	71	37	85	- 14
Encephalitis	44	66	62	16	+ 50
Leukemia	45	62	29	144	- 82
Pancreas Cancer	46	61	58	20	+ 42
Epilepsy	47	60	38	81	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	59	27	147	- 88
Oesophagus Cancer	49	52	39	81	- 29
Skin Disease	50	48	50	45	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	51	47	42	73	- 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	47	41	77	- 30
Bladder Cancer	53	45	51	42	+ 3
Alcohol	54	45	49	45	- 1
Lung Cancers	55	44	46	62	- 18
Tetanus	56	40	52	37	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	57	40	61	18	+ 23
Skin Cancers	58	39	56	30	+ 10
Appendicitis	59	27	55	31	- 5
Measles	60	25	63	13	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	61	21	67	4	+ 17
Hepatitis B	62	19	57	28	- 9
Other Neoplasms	63	9	66	6	+ 3
War	64	5	71	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	65	5	65	6	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	3	60	18	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	64	12	- 9
Ascariasis	68	2	68	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	- 0
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	78	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	59	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Ghana

Eritrea

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.