IRELAND VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,461	6	1,298	+ 1,162
Stroke	2	2,294	5	1,770	+ 524
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,134	1	4,762	- 2,628
HIV/AIDS	4	2,052	57	9	+ 2,044
Malaria	5	1,689	75	0	+ 1,689
Tuberculosis	6	1,545	50	23	+ 1,522
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,181	33	153	+ 1,028
Low Birth Weight	8	1,008	44	56	+ 952
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	989	45	53	+ 937
Birth Trauma	10	937	56	10	+ 927
Liver Disease	11	916	19	279	+ 637
Diabetes Mellitus	12	897	16	414	+ 484
Kidney Disease	13	630	10	566	+ 63
Congenital Anomalies	14	595	32	153	+ 442
Lung Disease	15	472	4	1,915	- 1,443
Meningitis	16	451	58	7	+ 444
Liver Cancer	17	431	18	318	+ 113
Other Injuries	18	368	30	171	+ 197
Hypertension	19	338	29	175	+ 163
Cervical Cancer	20	327	35	103	+ 224
Suicide	21	302	14	470	- 168
Maternal Conditions	22	301	61	3	+ 298
Asthma	23	299	41	58	+ 242
Endocrine Disorders	24	297	24	249	+ 48
Breast Cancer	25	293	8	760	- 467
Malnutrition	26	283	63	2	+ 281
Violence	27	281	47	38	+ 243
Inflammatory/Heart	28	244	26	240	+ 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	196	2	3,209	- 3,013
Falls	30	177	25	247	- 70
Prostate Cancer	31	156	9	585	- 429
Lymphomas	32	132	13	513	- 380
Stomach Cancer	33	132	17	357	- 225
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	121	7	1,095	- 974
Pertussis	35	113	67	0	+ 113
Drownings	36	112	43	57	+ 55
Fires	37	110	48	30	+ 80
Ovary Cancer	38	106	21	273	- 167
Drug Use	39	95	31	167	- 71
Poisonings	40	79	53	14	+ 65
Syphilis	41	73	68	0	+ 73
Oral Cancer	42	73	28	183	- 110
Parkinson's Disease	43	59	12	530	- 471
Encephalitis	44	54	66	0	+ 54
Leukemia	45	51	20	274	- 222
Pancreas Cancer	46	51	11	530	- 480
Epilepsy	47	50	36	85	- 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	48	38	67	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	49	43	15	419	- 375
Skin Disease	50	40	42	58	- 18
Schistosomiasis	51	39	72	0	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	39	46	50	- 11
Bladder Cancer	53	37	22	256	- 219
Alcohol	54	37	39	64	- 27
Lung Cancers	55	36	3	1,916	- 1,880
Tetanus	56	33	81	0	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	57	33	34	126	- 93
Skin Cancers	58	32	23	252	- 219
Appendicitis	59	22	60	3	+ 19
Measles	60	20	83	0	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	61	17	37	83	- 66
Hepatitis B	62	15	59	6	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	63	7	27	218	- 211
War	64	4	65	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	4	52	19	- 15
Upper Respiratory	66	2	64	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	40	59	- 56
Ascariasis	68	2	77	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	49	29	- 29
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Ghana

Ireland

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.