ISRAEL VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		ISRAEL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,421	8	1,519	+ 2,902
Stroke	2	4,122	4	2,431	+ 1,691
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,834	1	5,122	- 1,289
HIV/AIDS	4	3,688	52	25	+ 3,662
Malaria	5	3,034	77	0	+ 3,034
Tuberculosis	6	2,777	57	16	+ 2,760
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,122	26	333	+ 1,789
Low Birth Weight	8	1,811	42	94	+ 1,717
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,777	32	166	+ 1,611
Birth Trauma	10	1,684	50	35	+ 1,649
Liver Disease	11	1,646	28	292	+ 1,353
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,612	6	1,913	- 301
Kidney Disease	13	1,131	3	2,437	- 1,306
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,070	29	291	+ 779
Lung Disease	15	848	7	1,546	- 698
Meningitis	16	811	55	20	+ 791
Liver Cancer	17	775	25	345	+ 430
Other Injuries	18	661	14	828	- 167
Hypertension	19	606	21	400	+ 206
Cervical Cancer	20	587	38	133	+ 454
Suicide	21	542	19	453	+ 88
Maternal Conditions	22	541	61	6	+ 535
Asthma	23	538	36	142	+ 396
Endocrine Disorders	24	534	12	1,002	- 468
Breast Cancer	25	527	10	1,237	- 710
Malnutrition	26	508	48	39	+ 469
Violence	27	505	41	104	+ 401
Inflammatory/Heart	28	439	30	214	+ 224
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	352	2	2,996	- 2,644
Falls	30	317	39	123	+ 194
Prostate Cancer	31	280	17	521	- 241
Lymphomas	32	238	13	925	- 687
Stomach Cancer	33	237	16	565	- 329
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	218	9	1,510	- 1,292
Pertussis	35	202	69	0	+ 202
Drownings	36	201	45	39	+ 162
Fires	37	198	53	24	+ 174
Ovary Cancer	38	190	27	323	- 133
Drug Use	39	171	43	67	+ 104
Poisonings	40	142	63	4	+ 138
Syphilis	41	131	71	0	+ 131
Oral Cancer	42	131	33	150	- 19
Parkinson's Disease	43	105	22	398	- 293
Encephalitis	44	97	66	3	+ 94
Leukemia	45	92	15	612	- 519
Pancreas Cancer	46	91	11	1,023	- 932
Epilepsy	47	90	40	109	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	87	51	33	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	49	78	37	138	- 60
Skin Disease	50	72	24	368	- 296
Schistosomiasis	51	70	78	0	+ 70
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	70	35	144	- 75
Bladder Cancer	53	67	18	496	- 430
Alcohol	54	66	49	39	+ 28
Lung Cancers	55	65	5	2,026	- 1,961
Tetanus	56	60	73	0	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	57	59	31	202	- 142
Skin Cancers	58	58	23	379	- 321
Appendicitis	59	40	64	4	+ 36
Measles	60	37	74	0	+ 37
Multiple Sclerosis	61	31	47	39	- 8
Hepatitis B	62	28	58	16	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	63	13	20	420	- 407
War	64	8	60	7	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	8	46	39	- 31
Upper Respiratory	66	4	62	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	54	23	- 19
Ascariasis	68	3	83	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	80	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	44	66	- 66
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	34	149	- 149
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	65	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ISRAEL

Ghana

Israel

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.