FINLAND VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,645	21	436	+ 2,209
Stroke	2	2,466	3	4,115	- 1,649
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,294	2	9,831	- 7,537
HIV/AIDS	4	2,207	59	6	+ 2,201
Malaria	5	1,816	74	0	+ 1,816
Tuberculosis	6	1,662	46	32	+ 1,630
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,270	33	215	+ 1,055
Low Birth Weight	8	1,084	48	26	+ 1,057
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,064	52	15	+ 1,048
Birth Trauma	10	1,008	56	8	+ 1,000
Liver Disease	11	985	10	1,068	- 83
Diabetes Mellitus	12	964	22	418	+ 547
Kidney Disease	13	677	26	342	+ 335
Congenital Anomalies	14	640	35	192	+ 448
Lung Disease	15	507	8	1,289	- 782
Meningitis	16	485	55	9	+ 476
Liver Cancer	17	464	16	545	- 81
Other Injuries	18	396	20	437	- 41
Hypertension	19	363	5	2,030	- 1,667
Cervical Cancer	20	352	44	62	+ 289
Suicide	21	324	15	846	- 522
Maternal Conditions	22	324	64	2	+ 322
Asthma	23	322	40	85	+ 237
Endocrine Disorders	24	320	31	257	+ 63
Breast Cancer	25	315	12	948	- 633
Malnutrition	26	304	57	7	+ 297
Violence	27	302	43	64	+ 238
Inflammatory/Heart	28	263	17	518	- 255
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	210	1	11,120	- 10,910
Falls	30	190	7	1,325	- 1,135
Prostate Cancer	31	168	11	970	- 803
Lymphomas	32	142	14	851	- 708
Stomach Cancer	33	142	19	447	- 305
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	131	6	1,433	- 1,303
Pertussis	35	121	69	0	+ 121
Drownings	36	120	37	106	+ 14
Fires	37	119	45	62	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	38	114	25	344	- 231
Drug Use	39	102	30	269	- 167
Poisonings	40	85	49	25	+ 60
Syphilis	41	79	67	0	+ 78
Oral Cancer	42	79	34	207	- 129
Parkinson's Disease	43	63	13	853	- 790
Encephalitis	44	58	66	0	+ 58
Leukemia	45	55	24	371	- 316
Pancreas Cancer	46	54	9	1,247	- 1,193
Epilepsy	47	54	38	104	- 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	52	36	151	- 99
Oesophagus Cancer	49	46	27	320	- 273
Skin Disease	50	43	47	27	+ 16
Schistosomiasis	51	42	77	0	+ 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	42	50	19	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	53	40	28	308	- 268
Alcohol	54	40	18	464	- 425
Lung Cancers	55	39	4	2,312	- 2,273
Tetanus	56	36	70	0	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	57	36	32	225	- 189
Skin Cancers	58	35	29	297	- 262
Appendicitis	59	24	54	10	+ 14
Measles	60	22	72	0	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	61	18	42	80	- 62
Hepatitis B	62	16	63	2	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	63	8	23	377	- 369
War	64	5	65	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	5	60	5	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	3	62	2	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	41	83	- 80
Ascariasis	68	2	81	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	39	93	- 93
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	58	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Ghana

Finland

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.