MONTENEGRO VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		MONTENEGRO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	282	12	81	+ 201
Stroke	2	263	1	2,208	- 1,945
Coronary Heart Disease	3	245	2	1,748	- 1,503
HIV/AIDS	4	235	73	0	+ 235
Malaria	5	194	70	0	+ 194
Tuberculosis	6	177	51	1	+ 176
Road Traffic Accidents	7	135	21	48	+ 87
Low Birth Weight	8	116	43	5	+ 110
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	113	56	1	+ 113
Birth Trauma	10	107	41	6	+ 101
Liver Disease	11	105	17	57	+ 48
Diabetes Mellitus	12	103	6	174	- 71
Kidney Disease	13	72	7	147	- 75
Congenital Anomalies	14	68	45	4	+ 65
Lung Disease	15	54	11	90	- 36
Meningitis	16	52	49	1	+ 50
Liver Cancer	17	49	20	50	- 1
Other Injuries	18	42	23	29	+ 13
Hypertension	19	39	18	55	- 17
Cervical Cancer	20	37	27	20	+ 17
Suicide	21	35	8	132	- 97
Maternal Conditions	22	35	58	0	+ 34
Asthma	23	34	46	4	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	24	34	40	7	+ 27
Breast Cancer	25	34	9	127	- 93
Malnutrition	26	32	53	1	+ 32
Violence	27	32	29	18	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	28	28	4	311	- 283
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	22	5	227	- 204
Falls	30	20	14	67	- 47
Prostate Cancer	31	18	13	75	- 58
Lymphomas	32	15	24	27	- 12
Stomach Cancer	33	15	19	50	- 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	14	10	113	- 99
Pertussis	35	13	55	1	+ 12
Drownings	36	13	36	11	+ 2
Fires	37	13	32	14	- 1
Ovary Cancer	38	12	28	19	- 7
Drug Use	39	11	31	14	- 3
Poisonings	40	9	44	4	+ 5
Syphilis	41	8	59	0	+ 8
Oral Cancer	42	8	37	10	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	43	7	15	66	- 59
Encephalitis	44	6	50	1	+ 5
Leukemia	45	6	25	23	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	46	6	16	64	- 58
Epilepsy	47	6	42	6	- 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	6	26	21	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	49	5	30	17	- 12
Skin Disease	50	5	54	1	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	51	4	69	0	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	4	34	13	- 9
Bladder Cancer	53	4	22	35	- 31
Alcohol	54	4	38	9	- 5
Lung Cancers	55	4	3	340	- 336
Tetanus	56	4	62	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	57	4	33	14	- 10
Skin Cancers	58	4	35	12	- 8
Appendicitis	59	3	52	1	+ 2
Measles	60	2	67	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	39	8	- 6
Hepatitis B	62	2	61	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	1	47	2	- 1
War	64	1	63	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	60	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	48	2	- 2
Ascariasis	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	77	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	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	57	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	68	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONTENEGRO

Ghana

Montenegro

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.