KYRGYZSTAN VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		KYRGYZSTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,902	8	696	+ 2,205
Stroke	2	2,706	2	3,706	- 1,001
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,516	1	9,152	- 6,635
HIV/AIDS	4	2,421	28	198	+ 2,223
Malaria	5	1,992	73	0	+ 1,992
Tuberculosis	6	1,823	17	350	+ 1,473
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,393	6	812	+ 581
Low Birth Weight	8	1,189	5	900	+ 289
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,167	38	88	+ 1,079
Birth Trauma	10	1,105	13	470	+ 635
Liver Disease	11	1,080	3	1,695	- 615
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,058	25	260	+ 798
Kidney Disease	13	743	16	393	+ 350
Congenital Anomalies	14	702	10	582	+ 120
Lung Disease	15	557	4	1,139	- 582
Meningitis	16	532	52	30	+ 503
Liver Cancer	17	509	15	403	+ 106
Other Injuries	18	434	23	277	+ 157
Hypertension	19	398	14	413	- 15
Cervical Cancer	20	386	19	313	+ 73
Suicide	21	356	12	474	- 118
Maternal Conditions	22	355	39	78	+ 277
Asthma	23	353	50	46	+ 307
Endocrine Disorders	24	351	48	51	+ 300
Breast Cancer	25	346	21	294	+ 52
Malnutrition	26	333	58	6	+ 328
Violence	27	331	22	294	+ 37
Inflammatory/Heart	28	288	18	335	- 47
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	231	11	535	- 304
Falls	30	208	34	137	+ 71
Prostate Cancer	31	184	40	78	+ 106
Lymphomas	32	156	42	66	+ 90
Stomach Cancer	33	155	7	770	- 615
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	143	24	270	- 127
Pertussis	35	133	65	0	+ 133
Drownings	36	132	26	226	- 94
Fires	37	130	43	65	+ 65
Ovary Cancer	38	125	31	149	- 24
Drug Use	39	112	35	127	- 15
Poisonings	40	93	45	61	+ 32
Syphilis	41	86	64	0	+ 86
Oral Cancer	42	86	36	122	- 36
Parkinson's Disease	43	69	37	94	- 25
Encephalitis	44	64	49	50	+ 14
Leukemia	45	61	32	143	- 82
Pancreas Cancer	46	60	27	211	- 151
Epilepsy	47	59	29	176	- 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	57	41	72	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	49	51	30	150	- 99
Skin Disease	50	47	54	16	+ 31
Schistosomiasis	51	46	75	0	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	46	33	139	- 93
Bladder Cancer	53	44	47	56	- 13
Alcohol	54	44	20	311	- 267
Lung Cancers	55	42	9	605	- 563
Tetanus	56	39	63	0	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	57	39	44	62	- 23
Skin Cancers	58	38	46	58	- 20
Appendicitis	59	26	55	8	+ 18
Measles	60	24	71	0	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	61	20	60	5	+ 15
Hepatitis B	62	18	56	7	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	63	9	57	6	+ 3
War	64	5	61	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	5	62	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	3	53	18	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	51	38	- 35
Ascariasis	68	2	67	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	59	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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 KYRGYZSTAN

Ghana

Kyrgyzstan

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.