HUNGARY VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		HUNGARY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,634	15	1,528	+ 3,106
Stroke	2	4,320	2	11,915	- 7,595
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,018	1	36,766	- 32,748
HIV/AIDS	4	3,865	61	14	+ 3,851
Malaria	5	3,180	79	0	+ 3,180
Tuberculosis	6	2,910	52	62	+ 2,849
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,225	24	750	+ 1,475
Low Birth Weight	8	1,898	43	113	+ 1,785
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,863	36	281	+ 1,582
Birth Trauma	10	1,765	60	20	+ 1,745
Liver Disease	11	1,725	8	3,060	- 1,335
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,689	9	2,515	- 825
Kidney Disease	13	1,186	22	874	+ 312
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,121	37	254	+ 867
Lung Disease	15	889	5	6,436	- 5,547
Meningitis	16	850	57	39	+ 811
Liver Cancer	17	812	23	848	- 36
Other Injuries	18	693	25	703	- 9
Hypertension	19	636	4	7,262	- 6,626
Cervical Cancer	20	616	34	466	+ 149
Suicide	21	568	14	1,612	- 1,044
Maternal Conditions	22	567	62	11	+ 557
Asthma	23	564	41	122	+ 442
Endocrine Disorders	24	560	30	568	- 8
Breast Cancer	25	552	10	2,259	- 1,707
Malnutrition	26	532	59	21	+ 511
Violence	27	529	39	135	+ 394
Inflammatory/Heart	28	460	13	1,627	- 1,167
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	369	7	4,595	- 4,227
Falls	30	333	12	1,746	- 1,413
Prostate Cancer	31	294	18	1,324	- 1,030
Lymphomas	32	249	21	905	- 655
Stomach Cancer	33	248	16	1,360	- 1,112
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	229	6	5,027	- 4,798
Pertussis	35	212	70	0	+ 212
Drownings	36	211	46	97	+ 114
Fires	37	208	45	103	+ 105
Ovary Cancer	38	199	27	656	- 457
Drug Use	39	180	53	59	+ 121
Poisonings	40	149	54	48	+ 100
Syphilis	41	138	74	0	+ 138
Oral Cancer	42	138	17	1,342	- 1,205
Parkinson's Disease	43	110	32	489	- 379
Encephalitis	44	102	67	2	+ 100
Leukemia	45	97	20	908	- 811
Pancreas Cancer	46	95	11	2,098	- 2,003
Epilepsy	47	94	47	93	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	91	26	686	- 595
Oesophagus Cancer	49	81	31	565	- 484
Skin Disease	50	75	40	133	- 58
Schistosomiasis	51	73	75	0	+ 73
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	73	38	243	- 170
Bladder Cancer	53	70	19	1,050	- 980
Alcohol	54	70	33	484	- 414
Lung Cancers	55	68	3	8,377	- 8,309
Tetanus	56	63	65	4	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	57	62	35	418	- 355
Skin Cancers	58	61	29	579	- 518
Appendicitis	59	42	58	36	+ 6
Measles	60	39	69	1	+ 38
Multiple Sclerosis	61	32	44	110	- 78
Hepatitis B	62	29	56	39	- 11
Other Neoplasms	63	14	28	615	- 601
War	64	8	68	1	+ 7
Hepatitis C	65	8	50	64	- 57
Upper Respiratory	66	5	63	8	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	49	66	- 62
Ascariasis	68	4	83	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	64	8	- 8
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	48	79	- 79
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	55	40	- 40
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	63	- 63
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	42	121	- 121
Oral conditions	86	0	66	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HUNGARY

Ghana

Hungary

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.