ESTONIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	561	6	349	+ 213
Stroke	2	523	3	1,116	- 593
Coronary Heart Disease	3	487	1	3,009	- 2,522
HIV/AIDS	4	468	39	40	+ 428
Malaria	5	385	73	0	+ 385
Tuberculosis	6	353	47	16	+ 336
Road Traffic Accidents	7	269	35	59	+ 210
Low Birth Weight	8	230	55	7	+ 223
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	226	53	8	+ 217
Birth Trauma	10	214	57	5	+ 209
Liver Disease	11	209	7	328	- 120
Diabetes Mellitus	12	205	19	146	+ 59
Kidney Disease	13	144	17	176	- 33
Congenital Anomalies	14	136	43	25	+ 111
Lung Disease	15	108	13	229	- 121
Meningitis	16	103	54	7	+ 96
Liver Cancer	17	98	26	107	- 9
Other Injuries	18	84	20	141	- 57
Hypertension	19	77	2	2,700	- 2,623
Cervical Cancer	20	75	32	68	+ 7
Suicide	21	69	16	197	- 129
Maternal Conditions	22	69	61	1	+ 68
Asthma	23	68	44	24	+ 44
Endocrine Disorders	24	68	33	66	+ 2
Breast Cancer	25	67	11	260	- 193
Malnutrition	26	64	79	0	+ 64
Violence	27	64	42	28	+ 36
Inflammatory/Heart	28	56	14	217	- 161
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	45	12	229	- 185
Falls	30	40	24	119	- 78
Prostate Cancer	31	36	8	298	- 263
Lymphomas	32	30	15	213	- 183
Stomach Cancer	33	30	9	290	- 260
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	28	5	527	- 499
Pertussis	35	26	83	0	+ 26
Drownings	36	26	40	30	- 4
Fires	37	25	38	41	- 16
Ovary Cancer	38	24	28	87	- 63
Drug Use	39	22	31	75	- 53
Poisonings	40	18	52	8	+ 10
Syphilis	41	17	62	1	+ 16
Oral Cancer	42	17	25	110	- 94
Parkinson's Disease	43	13	29	82	- 69
Encephalitis	44	12	63	0	+ 12
Leukemia	45	12	22	126	- 114
Pancreas Cancer	46	12	10	268	- 257
Epilepsy	47	11	37	45	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	11	36	55	- 44
Oesophagus Cancer	49	10	27	99	- 89
Skin Disease	50	9	41	29	- 19
Schistosomiasis	51	9	72	0	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	9	45	22	- 13
Bladder Cancer	53	8	21	126	- 117
Alcohol	54	8	18	148	- 140
Lung Cancers	55	8	4	657	- 649
Tetanus	56	8	81	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	57	8	34	60	- 53
Skin Cancers	58	7	30	79	- 71
Appendicitis	59	5	59	2	+ 3
Measles	60	5	84	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	48	16	- 12
Hepatitis B	62	3	65	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	63	2	23	123	- 122
War	64	1	64	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	58	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	46	17	- 17
Ascariasis	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.