NO MACEDONIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,004	19	157	+ 848
Stroke	2	936	1	5,521	- 4,584
Coronary Heart Disease	3	871	2	4,420	- 3,549
HIV/AIDS	4	838	61	0	+ 837
Malaria	5	689	78	0	+ 689
Tuberculosis	6	631	35	32	+ 599
Road Traffic Accidents	7	482	24	107	+ 375
Low Birth Weight	8	411	28	73	+ 338
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	404	56	1	+ 403
Birth Trauma	10	382	48	7	+ 375
Liver Disease	11	374	15	218	+ 156
Diabetes Mellitus	12	366	4	1,104	- 737
Kidney Disease	13	257	9	516	- 259
Congenital Anomalies	14	243	37	29	+ 214
Lung Disease	15	193	6	807	- 614
Meningitis	16	184	51	4	+ 181
Liver Cancer	17	176	13	260	- 84
Other Injuries	18	150	17	183	- 33
Hypertension	19	138	7	627	- 490
Cervical Cancer	20	133	31	68	+ 66
Suicide	21	123	16	196	- 73
Maternal Conditions	22	123	54	2	+ 121
Asthma	23	122	33	53	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	24	121	44	12	+ 109
Breast Cancer	25	120	11	386	- 267
Malnutrition	26	115	58	1	+ 115
Violence	27	115	36	31	+ 84
Inflammatory/Heart	28	100	3	4,249	- 4,150
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	80	30	71	+ 9
Falls	30	72	27	78	- 6
Prostate Cancer	31	64	14	259	- 195
Lymphomas	32	54	25	96	- 42
Stomach Cancer	33	54	10	455	- 401
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	50	8	560	- 511
Pertussis	35	46	50	4	+ 42
Drownings	36	46	41	18	+ 28
Fires	37	45	46	11	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	38	43	26	93	- 50
Drug Use	39	39	47	9	+ 30
Poisonings	40	32	45	11	+ 21
Syphilis	41	30	62	0	+ 30
Oral Cancer	42	30	29	72	- 42
Parkinson's Disease	43	24	20	141	- 117
Encephalitis	44	22	59	1	+ 22
Leukemia	45	21	22	114	- 93
Pancreas Cancer	46	21	12	267	- 246
Epilepsy	47	20	38	23	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	20	32	56	- 36
Oesophagus Cancer	49	18	34	45	- 28
Skin Disease	50	16	57	1	+ 15
Schistosomiasis	51	16	79	0	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	16	43	13	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	53	15	18	163	- 147
Alcohol	54	15	42	14	+ 1
Lung Cancers	55	15	5	1,055	- 1,040
Tetanus	56	14	75	0	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	57	14	23	108	- 94
Skin Cancers	58	13	21	126	- 113
Appendicitis	59	9	55	1	+ 8
Measles	60	8	74	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	39	21	- 14
Hepatitis B	62	6	49	7	- 1
Other Neoplasms	63	3	40	19	- 16
War	64	2	63	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	67	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	65	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	60	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	52	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Ghana

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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.