LITHUANIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,236	7	654	+ 581
Stroke	2	1,152	2	5,643	- 4,491
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,072	1	15,329	- 14,258
HIV/AIDS	4	1,031	51	22	+ 1,008
Malaria	5	848	81	0	+ 848
Tuberculosis	6	776	38	119	+ 657
Road Traffic Accidents	7	593	27	225	+ 369
Low Birth Weight	8	506	55	9	+ 497
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	497	42	59	+ 437
Birth Trauma	10	471	53	10	+ 460
Liver Disease	11	460	9	644	- 184
Diabetes Mellitus	12	451	14	525	- 75
Kidney Disease	13	316	19	372	- 56
Congenital Anomalies	14	299	41	62	+ 237
Lung Disease	15	237	16	513	- 276
Meningitis	16	227	52	19	+ 207
Liver Cancer	17	217	25	239	- 22
Other Injuries	18	185	18	416	- 231
Hypertension	19	169	4	1,289	- 1,120
Cervical Cancer	20	164	28	224	- 60
Suicide	21	151	6	721	- 570
Maternal Conditions	22	151	63	2	+ 149
Asthma	23	150	46	45	+ 105
Endocrine Disorders	24	149	39	72	+ 77
Breast Cancer	25	147	11	629	- 482
Malnutrition	26	142	58	7	+ 135
Violence	27	141	36	132	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	28	123	17	484	- 361
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	98	8	649	- 551
Falls	30	89	15	518	- 429
Prostate Cancer	31	78	12	598	- 520
Lymphomas	32	66	21	321	- 255
Stomach Cancer	33	66	10	639	- 573
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	61	5	1,074	- 1,013
Pertussis	35	57	69	0	+ 57
Drownings	36	56	35	150	- 94
Fires	37	55	43	51	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	38	53	26	233	- 180
Drug Use	39	48	37	122	- 74
Poisonings	40	40	45	46	- 7
Syphilis	41	37	70	0	+ 37
Oral Cancer	42	37	20	338	- 301
Parkinson's Disease	43	29	29	222	- 193
Encephalitis	44	27	65	2	+ 26
Leukemia	45	26	24	284	- 258
Pancreas Cancer	46	25	13	578	- 553
Epilepsy	47	25	40	62	- 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	24	22	313	- 288
Oesophagus Cancer	49	22	30	219	- 197
Skin Disease	50	20	44	48	- 28
Schistosomiasis	51	20	78	0	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	19	48	29	- 10
Bladder Cancer	53	19	23	292	- 274
Alcohol	54	19	33	192	- 173
Lung Cancers	55	18	3	1,329	- 1,311
Tetanus	56	17	62	2	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	57	17	34	159	- 143
Skin Cancers	58	16	32	197	- 180
Appendicitis	59	11	54	10	+ 1
Measles	60	10	83	0	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	49	29	- 20
Hepatitis B	62	8	61	5	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	63	4	31	212	- 208
War	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	50	23	- 21
Upper Respiratory	66	1	68	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	47	41	- 40
Ascariasis	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	60	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

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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.