NAMIBIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,318	2	1,464	- 146
Stroke	2	1,229	4	1,333	- 104
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,143	5	1,221	- 78
HIV/AIDS	4	1,100	1	2,928	- 1,829
Malaria	5	905	51	22	+ 883
Tuberculosis	6	828	3	1,416	- 588
Road Traffic Accidents	7	633	6	868	- 235
Low Birth Weight	8	540	9	516	+ 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	530	8	645	- 115
Birth Trauma	10	502	13	345	+ 158
Liver Disease	11	491	14	336	+ 155
Diabetes Mellitus	12	481	7	724	- 244
Kidney Disease	13	337	15	322	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	14	319	16	283	+ 36
Lung Disease	15	253	10	461	- 208
Meningitis	16	242	27	109	+ 133
Liver Cancer	17	231	41	45	+ 186
Other Injuries	18	197	19	207	- 10
Hypertension	19	181	12	428	- 247
Cervical Cancer	20	175	23	133	+ 42
Suicide	21	162	17	243	- 81
Maternal Conditions	22	161	25	110	+ 51
Asthma	23	160	20	200	- 40
Endocrine Disorders	24	159	33	73	+ 86
Breast Cancer	25	157	24	121	+ 36
Malnutrition	26	151	18	224	- 72
Violence	27	151	11	450	- 299
Inflammatory/Heart	28	131	22	162	- 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	105	21	176	- 71
Falls	30	95	34	62	+ 33
Prostate Cancer	31	84	31	94	- 11
Lymphomas	32	71	40	46	+ 25
Stomach Cancer	33	71	45	33	+ 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	65	36	54	+ 11
Pertussis	35	60	37	54	+ 6
Drownings	36	60	26	110	- 50
Fires	37	59	28	109	- 50
Ovary Cancer	38	57	50	23	+ 33
Drug Use	39	51	46	32	+ 19
Poisonings	40	42	39	46	- 4
Syphilis	41	39	43	35	+ 4
Oral Cancer	42	39	30	100	- 61
Parkinson's Disease	43	31	42	43	- 12
Encephalitis	44	29	59	8	+ 21
Leukemia	45	28	49	24	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	46	27	53	18	+ 10
Epilepsy	47	27	38	49	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	26	32	76	- 50
Oesophagus Cancer	49	23	52	21	+ 2
Skin Disease	50	21	47	31	- 10
Schistosomiasis	51	21	55	14	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	21	44	33	- 12
Bladder Cancer	53	20	54	16	+ 4
Alcohol	54	20	48	28	- 8
Lung Cancers	55	19	35	59	- 40
Tetanus	56	18	62	6	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	57	18	56	11	+ 6
Skin Cancers	58	17	29	108	- 90
Appendicitis	59	12	58	9	+ 3
Measles	60	11	65	2	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	64	2	+ 7
Hepatitis B	62	8	63	4	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	63	4	60	8	- 4
War	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	61	6	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	57	9	- 8
Ascariasis	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Ghana

Namibia

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.