LUXEMBOURG VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	GHANA		LUXEMBOURG		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	316	8	111	+ 204
Stroke	2	294	4	257	+ 37
Coronary Heart Disease	3	274	1	655	- 381
HIV/AIDS	4	263	52	2	+ 261
Malaria	5	217	81	0	+ 217
Tuberculosis	6	198	55	2	+ 196
Road Traffic Accidents	7	152	30	25	+ 126
Low Birth Weight	8	129	49	3	+ 126
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	127	42	6	+ 121
Birth Trauma	10	120	59	1	+ 120
Liver Disease	11	117	12	75	+ 42
Diabetes Mellitus	12	115	17	61	+ 54
Kidney Disease	13	81	9	91	- 10
Congenital Anomalies	14	76	37	10	+ 66
Lung Disease	15	61	5	242	- 182
Meningitis	16	58	58	1	+ 57
Liver Cancer	17	55	25	49	+ 7
Other Injuries	18	47	10	88	- 41
Hypertension	19	43	19	54	- 10
Cervical Cancer	20	42	38	10	+ 32
Suicide	21	39	13	69	- 31
Maternal Conditions	22	39	63	0	+ 38
Asthma	23	38	45	5	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	24	38	21	53	- 15
Breast Cancer	25	38	7	113	- 76
Malnutrition	26	36	32	19	+ 17
Violence	27	36	48	3	+ 33
Inflammatory/Heart	28	31	23	49	- 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	25	2	298	- 273
Falls	30	23	18	61	- 38
Prostate Cancer	31	20	15	64	- 44
Lymphomas	32	17	14	64	- 47
Stomach Cancer	33	17	22	51	- 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	16	6	131	- 115
Pertussis	35	14	68	0	+ 14
Drownings	36	14	54	2	+ 12
Fires	37	14	51	3	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	38	14	27	35	- 22
Drug Use	39	12	39	9	+ 3
Poisonings	40	10	56	1	+ 9
Syphilis	41	9	66	0	+ 9
Oral Cancer	42	9	33	19	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	43	8	16	62	- 54
Encephalitis	44	7	65	0	+ 7
Leukemia	45	7	20	53	- 46
Pancreas Cancer	46	6	11	82	- 75
Epilepsy	47	6	35	17	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	6	41	7	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	49	6	28	32	- 26
Skin Disease	50	5	44	5	- 0
Schistosomiasis	51	5	80	0	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	5	34	19	- 14
Bladder Cancer	53	5	26	44	- 39
Alcohol	54	5	29	25	- 21
Lung Cancers	55	5	3	260	- 255
Tetanus	56	4	69	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	57	4	36	16	- 11
Skin Cancers	58	4	31	22	- 17
Appendicitis	59	3	62	0	+ 2
Measles	60	3	70	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	46	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	62	2	60	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	24	49	- 48
War	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	47	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	66	0	61	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	53	2	- 2
Ascariasis	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	43	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	40	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	64	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LUXEMBOURG

Ghana

Luxembourg

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.