NEPAL VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	14,632	6	6,237	+ 8,395
Stroke	2	13,643	4	12,909	+ 735
Coronary Heart Disease	3	12,689	2	19,677	- 6,987
HIV/AIDS	4	12,206	34	737	+ 11,469
Malaria	5	10,043	72	0	+ 10,043
Tuberculosis	6	9,191	3	16,535	- 7,344
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,025	9	4,654	+ 2,371
Low Birth Weight	8	5,994	11	3,822	+ 2,172
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	5,883	7	6,071	- 188
Birth Trauma	10	5,573	15	2,676	+ 2,898
Liver Disease	11	5,447	5	6,383	- 936
Diabetes Mellitus	12	5,335	14	2,929	+ 2,406
Kidney Disease	13	3,744	10	4,284	- 540
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,541	21	1,949	+ 1,592
Lung Disease	15	2,807	1	27,027	- 24,220
Meningitis	16	2,684	43	377	+ 2,307
Liver Cancer	17	2,565	46	256	+ 2,310
Other Injuries	18	2,189	22	1,655	+ 534
Hypertension	19	2,007	18	2,092	- 85
Cervical Cancer	20	1,944	20	1,969	- 25
Suicide	21	1,793	16	2,571	- 778
Maternal Conditions	22	1,791	28	977	+ 814
Asthma	23	1,781	8	5,930	- 4,149
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,768	45	257	+ 1,511
Breast Cancer	25	1,743	27	1,038	+ 705
Malnutrition	26	1,681	31	845	+ 836
Violence	27	1,671	35	704	+ 967
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,453	48	217	+ 1,236
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,164	19	2,022	- 858
Falls	30	1,051	13	3,321	- 2,271
Prostate Cancer	31	927	58	85	+ 842
Lymphomas	32	787	32	768	+ 20
Stomach Cancer	33	783	25	1,379	- 596
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	722	26	1,167	- 445
Pertussis	35	670	40	453	+ 217
Drownings	36	666	23	1,505	- 839
Fires	37	656	50	184	+ 473
Ovary Cancer	38	628	37	585	+ 44
Drug Use	39	567	57	93	+ 473
Poisonings	40	469	39	474	- 4
Syphilis	41	434	54	134	+ 300
Oral Cancer	42	434	24	1,389	- 954
Parkinson's Disease	43	348	33	760	- 412
Encephalitis	44	321	29	882	- 561
Leukemia	45	306	36	668	- 362
Pancreas Cancer	46	301	41	445	- 145
Epilepsy	47	296	30	874	- 578
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	288	49	191	+ 97
Oesophagus Cancer	49	257	38	491	- 234
Skin Disease	50	238	67	17	+ 221
Schistosomiasis	51	231	73	0	+ 231
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	230	17	2,320	- 2,090
Bladder Cancer	53	221	44	325	- 104
Alcohol	54	220	52	168	+ 52
Lung Cancers	55	214	12	3,586	- 3,372
Tetanus	56	198	53	134	+ 64
Uterin Cancer	57	197	60	56	+ 141
Skin Cancers	58	193	42	400	- 207
Appendicitis	59	131	47	220	- 89
Measles	60	122	59	60	+ 62
Multiple Sclerosis	61	101	63	38	+ 63
Hepatitis B	62	91	56	117	- 26
Other Neoplasms	63	43	61	50	- 6
War	64	26	65	24	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	25	64	29	- 3
Upper Respiratory	66	15	66	24	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	15	51	173	- 158
Ascariasis	68	11	69	4	+ 7
Diphtheria	69	4	71	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	3	68	5	- 2
Dengue	71	0	55	120	- 120
Otitis Media	72	0	70	4	- 4
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	62	39	- 39
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Ghana

Nepal

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.