JAMAICA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,328	15	393	+ 935
Stroke	2	1,238	1	2,415	- 1,177
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,151	3	1,726	- 575
HIV/AIDS	4	1,107	7	757	+ 350
Malaria	5	911	72	0	+ 911
Tuberculosis	6	834	54	8	+ 826
Road Traffic Accidents	7	637	12	444	+ 193
Low Birth Weight	8	544	18	241	+ 303
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	534	42	35	+ 499
Birth Trauma	10	506	37	65	+ 441
Liver Disease	11	494	21	155	+ 339
Diabetes Mellitus	12	484	2	2,077	- 1,593
Kidney Disease	13	340	6	793	- 453
Congenital Anomalies	14	321	23	139	+ 183
Lung Disease	15	255	11	452	- 197
Meningitis	16	244	47	16	+ 228
Liver Cancer	17	233	29	101	+ 132
Other Injuries	18	199	31	91	+ 108
Hypertension	19	182	8	651	- 469
Cervical Cancer	20	176	16	358	- 181
Suicide	21	163	35	70	+ 93
Maternal Conditions	22	163	43	35	+ 128
Asthma	23	162	36	65	+ 96
Endocrine Disorders	24	160	20	176	- 16
Breast Cancer	25	158	14	413	- 255
Malnutrition	26	153	40	48	+ 105
Violence	27	152	4	1,484	- 1,333
Inflammatory/Heart	28	132	24	133	- 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	106	9	587	- 482
Falls	30	95	33	82	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	31	84	5	883	- 799
Lymphomas	32	71	17	251	- 179
Stomach Cancer	33	71	19	231	- 160
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	66	13	436	- 371
Pertussis	35	61	67	0	+ 61
Drownings	36	60	51	10	+ 50
Fires	37	60	46	16	+ 44
Ovary Cancer	38	57	30	97	- 40
Drug Use	39	51	48	13	+ 38
Poisonings	40	43	57	2	+ 40
Syphilis	41	39	60	1	+ 39
Oral Cancer	42	39	39	59	- 19
Parkinson's Disease	43	32	25	132	- 101
Encephalitis	44	29	49	13	+ 16
Leukemia	45	28	26	129	- 101
Pancreas Cancer	46	27	27	119	- 91
Epilepsy	47	27	41	46	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	26	32	82	- 56
Oesophagus Cancer	49	23	34	74	- 50
Skin Disease	50	22	22	145	- 124
Schistosomiasis	51	21	74	0	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	21	44	27	- 6
Bladder Cancer	53	20	38	60	- 40
Alcohol	54	20	55	7	+ 12
Lung Cancers	55	19	10	472	- 453
Tetanus	56	18	63	0	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	57	18	28	106	- 88
Skin Cancers	58	18	52	10	+ 7
Appendicitis	59	12	53	9	+ 3
Measles	60	11	77	0	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	56	3	+ 6
Hepatitis B	62	8	59	1	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	63	4	45	19	- 15
War	64	2	61	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	65	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	50	11	- 10
Ascariasis	68	1	66	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	62	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	58	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.