HAITI VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	GHANA		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,526	3	7,064	- 1,538
Stroke	2	5,153	2	11,779	- 6,626
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,792	1	13,208	- 8,416
HIV/AIDS	4	4,610	5	2,706	+ 1,904
Malaria	5	3,793	59	36	+ 3,757
Tuberculosis	6	3,471	22	1,007	+ 2,464
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,653	13	2,115	+ 539
Low Birth Weight	8	2,264	9	2,516	- 252
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,222	8	2,540	- 318
Birth Trauma	10	2,105	14	2,100	+ 5
Liver Disease	11	2,057	10	2,425	- 368
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,015	4	5,026	- 3,011
Kidney Disease	13	1,414	6	2,701	- 1,287
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,337	15	1,819	- 482
Lung Disease	15	1,060	11	2,334	- 1,274
Meningitis	16	1,014	28	780	+ 234
Liver Cancer	17	969	33	662	+ 306
Other Injuries	18	827	16	1,499	- 672
Hypertension	19	758	7	2,632	- 1,874
Cervical Cancer	20	734	34	573	+ 162
Suicide	21	677	21	1,085	- 408
Maternal Conditions	22	677	18	1,349	- 672
Asthma	23	673	20	1,107	- 435
Endocrine Disorders	24	668	24	951	- 284
Breast Cancer	25	658	30	705	- 46
Malnutrition	26	635	29	717	- 82
Violence	27	631	12	2,330	- 1,699
Inflammatory/Heart	28	549	25	941	- 392
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	440	23	955	- 515
Falls	30	397	35	549	- 152
Prostate Cancer	31	350	17	1,356	- 1,006
Lymphomas	32	297	47	235	+ 62
Stomach Cancer	33	296	26	863	- 567
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	273	32	680	- 407
Pertussis	35	253	38	446	- 193
Drownings	36	252	19	1,306	- 1,055
Fires	37	248	37	470	- 222
Ovary Cancer	38	237	51	153	+ 84
Drug Use	39	214	52	140	+ 74
Poisonings	40	177	50	154	+ 23
Syphilis	41	164	46	251	- 87
Oral Cancer	42	164	45	261	- 97
Parkinson's Disease	43	131	42	329	- 198
Encephalitis	44	121	54	118	+ 4
Leukemia	45	116	43	300	- 185
Pancreas Cancer	46	114	44	268	- 155
Epilepsy	47	112	41	409	- 297
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	109	31	704	- 595
Oesophagus Cancer	49	97	49	155	- 58
Skin Disease	50	90	40	425	- 335
Schistosomiasis	51	87	76	0	+ 87
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	87	27	814	- 727
Bladder Cancer	53	83	55	92	- 9
Alcohol	54	83	39	428	- 345
Lung Cancers	55	81	36	492	- 411
Tetanus	56	75	53	119	- 44
Uterin Cancer	57	74	57	42	+ 32
Skin Cancers	58	73	56	56	+ 16
Appendicitis	59	50	48	172	- 122
Measles	60	46	74	0	+ 46
Multiple Sclerosis	61	38	61	28	+ 10
Hepatitis B	62	34	62	26	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	63	16	60	31	- 14
War	64	10	66	5	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	9	65	7	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	6	63	19	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	58	37	- 32
Ascariasis	68	4	67	5	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	69	3	- 2
Chlamydia	70	1	68	5	- 3
Dengue	71	0	64	17	- 17
Otitis Media	72	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HAITI

Ghana

Haiti

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.