JORDAN VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,253	8	937	+ 4,316
Stroke	2	4,898	2	2,908	+ 1,990
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,556	1	4,856	- 300
HIV/AIDS	4	4,382	63	2	+ 4,380
Malaria	5	3,606	77	0	+ 3,606
Tuberculosis	6	3,300	53	12	+ 3,288
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,522	3	1,717	+ 805
Low Birth Weight	8	2,152	10	857	+ 1,295
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,112	30	152	+ 1,960
Birth Trauma	10	2,001	20	271	+ 1,730
Liver Disease	11	1,956	14	494	+ 1,462
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,915	4	1,684	+ 232
Kidney Disease	13	1,344	6	1,494	- 150
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,271	9	934	+ 337
Lung Disease	15	1,008	15	444	+ 564
Meningitis	16	964	37	78	+ 885
Liver Cancer	17	921	25	186	+ 735
Other Injuries	18	786	19	294	+ 492
Hypertension	19	721	5	1,532	- 811
Cervical Cancer	20	698	41	64	+ 634
Suicide	21	644	28	165	+ 479
Maternal Conditions	22	643	44	53	+ 591
Asthma	23	639	35	114	+ 525
Endocrine Disorders	24	635	26	180	+ 455
Breast Cancer	25	626	12	686	- 60
Malnutrition	26	604	51	15	+ 589
Violence	27	600	21	269	+ 331
Inflammatory/Heart	28	522	38	74	+ 447
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	418	11	706	- 288
Falls	30	377	24	191	+ 187
Prostate Cancer	31	333	33	131	+ 202
Lymphomas	32	283	18	323	- 41
Stomach Cancer	33	281	17	365	- 84
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	259	13	616	- 357
Pertussis	35	241	43	55	+ 186
Drownings	36	239	36	107	+ 132
Fires	37	236	29	153	+ 83
Ovary Cancer	38	226	32	139	+ 86
Drug Use	39	204	34	115	+ 89
Poisonings	40	168	47	47	+ 122
Syphilis	41	156	45	52	+ 104
Oral Cancer	42	156	31	143	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	43	125	27	169	- 44
Encephalitis	44	115	52	14	+ 102
Leukemia	45	110	16	370	- 260
Pancreas Cancer	46	108	22	245	- 137
Epilepsy	47	106	46	49	+ 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	104	40	67	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	49	92	42	63	+ 29
Skin Disease	50	85	48	42	+ 43
Schistosomiasis	51	83	62	3	+ 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	83	50	22	+ 60
Bladder Cancer	53	79	23	213	- 133
Alcohol	54	79	55	11	+ 68
Lung Cancers	55	77	7	1,059	- 982
Tetanus	56	71	56	11	+ 61
Uterin Cancer	57	71	39	74	- 4
Skin Cancers	58	69	49	38	+ 31
Appendicitis	59	47	58	8	+ 39
Measles	60	44	65	1	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	61	36	54	12	+ 25
Hepatitis B	62	33	60	4	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	63	15	57	9	+ 6
War	64	9	59	6	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	9	64	1	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	66	5	69	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	61	4	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	4	68	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	69	1	67	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

Ghana

Jordan

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.