MADAGASCAR VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		MADAGASCAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	13,847	2	14,605	- 757
Stroke	2	12,911	1	17,964	- 5,053
Coronary Heart Disease	3	12,008	3	12,388	- 380
HIV/AIDS	4	11,551	25	1,341	+ 10,209
Malaria	5	9,504	9	5,507	+ 3,998
Tuberculosis	6	8,698	4	11,606	- 2,908
Road Traffic Accidents	7	6,648	7	7,880	- 1,232
Low Birth Weight	8	5,673	10	5,353	+ 320
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	5,567	5	11,085	- 5,518
Birth Trauma	10	5,274	11	5,347	- 73
Liver Disease	11	5,155	12	4,803	+ 352
Diabetes Mellitus	12	5,049	16	3,278	+ 1,771
Kidney Disease	13	3,543	22	2,202	+ 1,341
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,351	15	3,380	- 29
Lung Disease	15	2,657	14	3,957	- 1,301
Meningitis	16	2,540	20	2,391	+ 149
Liver Cancer	17	2,428	30	933	+ 1,495
Other Injuries	18	2,071	21	2,359	- 288
Hypertension	19	1,899	8	6,208	- 4,309
Cervical Cancer	20	1,840	17	3,028	- 1,188
Suicide	21	1,697	24	1,476	+ 222
Maternal Conditions	22	1,695	18	2,776	- 1,081
Asthma	23	1,685	19	2,507	- 822
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,673	44	463	+ 1,210
Breast Cancer	25	1,650	37	629	+ 1,021
Malnutrition	26	1,591	13	4,236	- 2,645
Violence	27	1,581	23	1,749	- 167
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,375	28	1,046	+ 329
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,102	26	1,120	- 18
Falls	30	994	36	653	+ 341
Prostate Cancer	31	878	29	996	- 118
Lymphomas	32	745	34	675	+ 70
Stomach Cancer	33	741	47	368	+ 374
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	683	39	606	+ 78
Pertussis	35	634	41	519	+ 115
Drownings	36	630	31	825	- 194
Fires	37	621	35	661	- 40
Ovary Cancer	38	595	57	135	+ 460
Drug Use	39	536	62	58	+ 478
Poisonings	40	444	40	571	- 127
Syphilis	41	411	33	680	- 269
Oral Cancer	42	411	32	697	- 286
Parkinson's Disease	43	329	49	266	+ 63
Encephalitis	44	304	60	94	+ 210
Leukemia	45	290	45	401	- 111
Pancreas Cancer	46	285	61	80	+ 204
Epilepsy	47	280	46	385	- 104
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	273	42	495	- 222
Oesophagus Cancer	49	243	27	1,080	- 837
Skin Disease	50	225	51	187	+ 38
Schistosomiasis	51	219	50	260	- 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	218	38	627	- 410
Bladder Cancer	53	209	48	286	- 77
Alcohol	54	208	53	161	+ 47
Lung Cancers	55	202	55	147	+ 55
Tetanus	56	187	52	186	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	57	186	59	95	+ 92
Skin Cancers	58	183	43	467	- 285
Appendicitis	59	124	56	147	- 23
Measles	60	115	6	9,172	- 9,057
Multiple Sclerosis	61	96	66	18	+ 78
Hepatitis B	62	86	58	98	- 12
Other Neoplasms	63	41	65	24	+ 17
War	64	25	54	155	- 130
Hepatitis C	65	24	67	16	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	66	14	63	49	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	14	64	47	- 34
Ascariasis	68	10	70	5	+ 5
Diphtheria	69	3	71	3	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	3	69	7	- 4
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	10	- 10
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	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	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MADAGASCAR

Ghana

Madagascar

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.