MOLDOVA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		MOLDOVA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,692	6	1,042	+ 650
Stroke	2	1,578	2	5,878	- 4,300
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,468	1	14,292	- 12,825
HIV/AIDS	4	1,412	28	189	+ 1,223
Malaria	5	1,162	84	0	+ 1,162
Tuberculosis	6	1,063	26	197	+ 866
Road Traffic Accidents	7	813	20	293	+ 519
Low Birth Weight	8	693	39	90	+ 603
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	680	59	4	+ 677
Birth Trauma	10	645	47	37	+ 608
Liver Disease	11	630	3	2,869	- 2,239
Diabetes Mellitus	12	617	16	407	+ 210
Kidney Disease	13	433	18	307	+ 126
Congenital Anomalies	14	410	27	190	+ 219
Lung Disease	15	325	9	752	- 427
Meningitis	16	310	49	17	+ 294
Liver Cancer	17	297	13	514	- 217
Other Injuries	18	253	8	772	- 519
Hypertension	19	232	4	2,287	- 2,055
Cervical Cancer	20	225	25	212	+ 12
Suicide	21	207	10	593	- 386
Maternal Conditions	22	207	54	7	+ 200
Asthma	23	206	48	26	+ 180
Endocrine Disorders	24	204	46	40	+ 164
Breast Cancer	25	202	11	592	- 390
Malnutrition	26	194	64	1	+ 193
Violence	27	193	31	167	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	28	168	14	476	- 308
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	135	32	163	- 28
Falls	30	122	33	149	- 28
Prostate Cancer	31	107	19	295	- 188
Lymphomas	32	91	22	230	- 139
Stomach Cancer	33	91	12	518	- 427
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	84	7	1,030	- 946
Pertussis	35	77	70	0	+ 77
Drownings	36	77	30	179	- 102
Fires	37	76	40	70	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	38	73	35	123	- 51
Drug Use	39	66	43	59	+ 7
Poisonings	40	54	23	220	- 166
Syphilis	41	50	68	0	+ 50
Oral Cancer	42	50	17	375	- 325
Parkinson's Disease	43	40	55	6	+ 34
Encephalitis	44	37	60	3	+ 35
Leukemia	45	35	34	140	- 105
Pancreas Cancer	46	35	15	427	- 392
Epilepsy	47	34	44	46	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	33	24	219	- 185
Oesophagus Cancer	49	30	38	105	- 76
Skin Disease	50	27	45	45	- 17
Schistosomiasis	51	27	80	0	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	27	41	68	- 42
Bladder Cancer	53	26	29	181	- 156
Alcohol	54	25	21	233	- 208
Lung Cancers	55	25	5	1,131	- 1,106
Tetanus	56	23	72	0	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	57	23	37	108	- 85
Skin Cancers	58	22	36	121	- 98
Appendicitis	59	15	51	10	+ 5
Measles	60	14	69	0	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	61	12	52	9	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	11	58	4	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	63	5	42	65	- 60
War	64	3	67	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	3	63	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	62	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	57	5	- 4
Ascariasis	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	61	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	65	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	66	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	56	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	53	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MOLDOVA

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Moldova

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.