KUWAIT VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,476	4	340	+ 1,136
Stroke	2	1,376	3	599	+ 776
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,280	1	2,325	- 1,045
HIV/AIDS	4	1,231	48	7	+ 1,224
Malaria	5	1,013	78	0	+ 1,013
Tuberculosis	6	927	34	31	+ 896
Road Traffic Accidents	7	708	2	649	+ 59
Low Birth Weight	8	604	13	158	+ 447
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	593	49	6	+ 587
Birth Trauma	10	562	47	7	+ 555
Liver Disease	11	549	11	192	+ 358
Diabetes Mellitus	12	538	6	242	+ 296
Kidney Disease	13	378	8	204	+ 174
Congenital Anomalies	14	357	9	202	+ 155
Lung Disease	15	283	21	84	+ 199
Meningitis	16	271	45	9	+ 262
Liver Cancer	17	259	16	129	+ 129
Other Injuries	18	221	22	83	+ 138
Hypertension	19	202	5	256	- 54
Cervical Cancer	20	196	33	32	+ 164
Suicide	21	181	18	122	+ 58
Maternal Conditions	22	181	54	4	+ 177
Asthma	23	180	40	21	+ 158
Endocrine Disorders	24	178	28	44	+ 135
Breast Cancer	25	176	7	230	- 54
Malnutrition	26	170	60	0	+ 169
Violence	27	169	23	75	+ 94
Inflammatory/Heart	28	147	31	36	+ 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	117	14	139	- 22
Falls	30	106	19	102	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	31	94	26	58	+ 35
Lymphomas	32	79	15	132	- 52
Stomach Cancer	33	79	25	72	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	73	10	198	- 125
Pertussis	35	68	63	0	+ 68
Drownings	36	67	41	19	+ 48
Fires	37	66	38	28	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	38	63	29	41	+ 22
Drug Use	39	57	30	38	+ 19
Poisonings	40	47	42	16	+ 31
Syphilis	41	44	64	0	+ 44
Oral Cancer	42	44	24	74	- 30
Parkinson's Disease	43	35	36	29	+ 6
Encephalitis	44	32	52	4	+ 28
Leukemia	45	31	17	123	- 92
Pancreas Cancer	46	30	20	89	- 58
Epilepsy	47	30	39	22	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	29	43	14	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	49	26	32	35	- 9
Skin Disease	50	24	53	4	+ 20
Schistosomiasis	51	23	77	0	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	23	46	8	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	53	22	27	52	- 30
Alcohol	54	22	44	12	+ 11
Lung Cancers	55	22	12	161	- 140
Tetanus	56	20	66	0	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	57	20	35	31	- 11
Skin Cancers	58	19	37	28	- 9
Appendicitis	59	13	55	1	+ 12
Measles	60	12	61	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	50	5	+ 6
Hepatitis B	62	9	58	1	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	63	4	51	4	+ 0
War	64	3	57	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	3	59	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	56	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Ghana

Kuwait

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.