LATVIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	847	9	501	+ 346
Stroke	2	790	2	5,893	- 5,103
Coronary Heart Disease	3	734	1	8,099	- 7,365
HIV/AIDS	4	706	39	74	+ 632
Malaria	5	581	79	0	+ 581
Tuberculosis	6	532	40	71	+ 461
Road Traffic Accidents	7	407	27	154	+ 253
Low Birth Weight	8	347	56	11	+ 336
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	340	54	14	+ 327
Birth Trauma	10	323	55	12	+ 311
Liver Disease	11	315	15	365	- 50
Diabetes Mellitus	12	309	8	529	- 221
Kidney Disease	13	217	17	356	- 140
Congenital Anomalies	14	205	43	46	+ 158
Lung Disease	15	162	18	346	- 184
Meningitis	16	155	52	15	+ 141
Liver Cancer	17	148	26	157	- 8
Other Injuries	18	127	16	362	- 236
Hypertension	19	116	3	1,194	- 1,078
Cervical Cancer	20	113	33	128	- 15
Suicide	21	104	14	384	- 280
Maternal Conditions	22	104	60	5	+ 99
Asthma	23	103	46	42	+ 61
Endocrine Disorders	24	102	41	59	+ 43
Breast Cancer	25	101	10	472	- 372
Malnutrition	26	97	64	2	+ 95
Violence	27	97	37	94	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	28	84	5	921	- 837
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	67	7	664	- 596
Falls	30	61	23	201	- 141
Prostate Cancer	31	54	12	464	- 410
Lymphomas	32	46	19	245	- 200
Stomach Cancer	33	45	11	470	- 424
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	42	6	722	- 680
Pertussis	35	39	70	0	+ 39
Drownings	36	39	34	127	- 88
Fires	37	38	36	103	- 65
Ovary Cancer	38	36	24	196	- 160
Drug Use	39	33	48	41	- 8
Poisonings	40	27	49	23	+ 4
Syphilis	41	25	65	1	+ 24
Oral Cancer	42	25	22	214	- 189
Parkinson's Disease	43	20	35	125	- 105
Encephalitis	44	19	69	0	+ 19
Leukemia	45	18	25	186	- 168
Pancreas Cancer	46	17	13	436	- 419
Epilepsy	47	17	45	44	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	17	31	142	- 125
Oesophagus Cancer	49	15	32	131	- 116
Skin Disease	50	14	38	76	- 63
Schistosomiasis	51	13	78	0	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	13	47	41	- 28
Bladder Cancer	53	13	20	228	- 215
Alcohol	54	13	21	227	- 215
Lung Cancers	55	12	4	956	- 944
Tetanus	56	11	71	0	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	57	11	29	148	- 136
Skin Cancers	58	11	30	144	- 133
Appendicitis	59	8	59	5	+ 3
Measles	60	7	72	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	50	20	- 14
Hepatitis B	62	5	63	3	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	2	28	153	- 150
War	64	2	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	42	53	- 51
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	51	20	- 19
Ascariasis	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Ghana

Latvia

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.