NEW ZEALAND VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,427	7	920	+ 1,507
Stroke	2	2,263	3	2,378	- 116
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,104	1	5,095	- 2,991
HIV/AIDS	4	2,024	57	10	+ 2,014
Malaria	5	1,666	78	0	+ 1,666
Tuberculosis	6	1,524	52	17	+ 1,507
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,165	16	458	+ 707
Low Birth Weight	8	994	38	78	+ 916
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	976	37	81	+ 895
Birth Trauma	10	924	54	15	+ 910
Liver Disease	11	903	32	158	+ 746
Diabetes Mellitus	12	885	8	769	+ 116
Kidney Disease	13	621	17	432	+ 189
Congenital Anomalies	14	587	30	176	+ 412
Lung Disease	15	466	5	1,815	- 1,349
Meningitis	16	445	59	9	+ 436
Liver Cancer	17	425	24	288	+ 138
Other Injuries	18	363	28	218	+ 145
Hypertension	19	333	20	327	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	20	322	41	61	+ 262
Suicide	21	297	15	528	- 231
Maternal Conditions	22	297	63	5	+ 292
Asthma	23	295	36	91	+ 205
Endocrine Disorders	24	293	21	325	- 31
Breast Cancer	25	289	10	737	- 448
Malnutrition	26	279	55	14	+ 265
Violence	27	277	42	57	+ 220
Inflammatory/Heart	28	241	23	313	- 72
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	193	2	3,032	- 2,839
Falls	30	174	11	627	- 452
Prostate Cancer	31	154	9	739	- 585
Lymphomas	32	131	13	608	- 478
Stomach Cancer	33	130	22	323	- 193
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	120	6	1,495	- 1,375
Pertussis	35	111	65	1	+ 110
Drownings	36	110	44	54	+ 56
Fires	37	109	53	17	+ 92
Ovary Cancer	38	104	29	207	- 103
Drug Use	39	94	40	69	+ 25
Poisonings	40	78	58	9	+ 69
Syphilis	41	72	70	0	+ 72
Oral Cancer	42	72	31	164	- 92
Parkinson's Disease	43	58	19	353	- 295
Encephalitis	44	53	66	1	+ 53
Leukemia	45	51	18	391	- 340
Pancreas Cancer	46	50	14	543	- 493
Epilepsy	47	49	43	55	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	48	39	70	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	49	43	25	279	- 236
Skin Disease	50	39	34	118	- 79
Schistosomiasis	51	38	77	0	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	38	35	113	- 74
Bladder Cancer	53	37	26	267	- 230
Alcohol	54	36	45	51	- 15
Lung Cancers	55	35	4	1,873	- 1,838
Tetanus	56	33	69	0	+ 32
Uterin Cancer	57	33	33	145	- 112
Skin Cancers	58	32	12	612	- 580
Appendicitis	59	22	62	6	+ 16
Measles	60	20	82	0	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	61	17	47	43	- 27
Hepatitis B	62	15	56	14	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	7	27	245	- 238
War	64	4	68	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	4	48	30	- 25
Upper Respiratory	66	2	64	4	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	46	47	- 45
Ascariasis	68	2	76	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	60	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	84	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Ghana

New Zealand

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.