ICELAND VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	171	6	82	+ 89
Stroke	2	160	3	141	+ 19
Coronary Heart Disease	3	148	1	403	- 255
HIV/AIDS	4	143	59	0	+ 142
Malaria	5	117	73	0	+ 117
Tuberculosis	6	108	82	0	+ 108
Road Traffic Accidents	7	82	35	7	+ 75
Low Birth Weight	8	70	43	3	+ 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	69	55	1	+ 68
Birth Trauma	10	65	46	2	+ 63
Liver Disease	11	64	31	9	+ 54
Diabetes Mellitus	12	62	16	30	+ 33
Kidney Disease	13	44	15	33	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	14	41	34	7	+ 34
Lung Disease	15	33	5	129	- 96
Meningitis	16	31	50	1	+ 30
Liver Cancer	17	30	20	22	+ 8
Other Injuries	18	26	11	50	- 24
Hypertension	19	23	17	24	- 1
Cervical Cancer	20	23	32	9	+ 14
Suicide	21	21	13	40	- 19
Maternal Conditions	22	21	60	0	+ 21
Asthma	23	21	48	2	+ 19
Endocrine Disorders	24	21	27	16	+ 5
Breast Cancer	25	20	9	53	- 33
Malnutrition	26	20	57	1	+ 19
Violence	27	20	39	4	+ 16
Inflammatory/Heart	28	17	26	16	+ 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	14	2	295	- 282
Falls	30	12	18	24	- 11
Prostate Cancer	31	11	8	61	- 50
Lymphomas	32	9	14	37	- 28
Stomach Cancer	33	9	23	18	- 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	8	7	73	- 65
Pertussis	35	8	62	0	+ 8
Drownings	36	8	56	1	+ 7
Fires	37	8	58	1	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	38	7	25	16	- 9
Drug Use	39	7	24	17	- 10
Poisonings	40	5	42	3	+ 2
Syphilis	41	5	80	0	+ 5
Oral Cancer	42	5	33	9	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	43	4	10	53	- 49
Encephalitis	44	4	78	0	+ 4
Leukemia	45	4	22	19	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	46	4	12	43	- 40
Epilepsy	47	3	37	5	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	3	41	3	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	49	3	19	23	- 20
Skin Disease	50	3	45	3	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	51	3	75	0	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	3	54	1	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	53	3	21	20	- 18
Alcohol	54	3	28	14	- 12
Lung Cancers	55	2	4	134	- 132
Tetanus	56	2	68	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	57	2	36	7	- 5
Skin Cancers	58	2	29	13	- 11
Appendicitis	59	2	86	0	+ 2
Measles	60	1	67	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	44	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	62	1	63	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	30	10	- 9
War	64	0	61	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	52	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	51	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	38	4	- 4
Ascariasis	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	65	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	49	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	40	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	84	0	47	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Ghana

Iceland

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.