NICARAGUA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,139	7	1,152	+ 1,988
Stroke	2	2,927	3	2,225	+ 702
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,722	1	5,843	- 3,121
HIV/AIDS	4	2,619	35	139	+ 2,479
Malaria	5	2,155	83	0	+ 2,155
Tuberculosis	6	1,972	37	115	+ 1,857
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,507	8	1,109	+ 399
Low Birth Weight	8	1,286	13	490	+ 796
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,262	36	122	+ 1,140
Birth Trauma	10	1,196	25	198	+ 998
Liver Disease	11	1,169	6	1,203	- 35
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,145	4	2,068	- 923
Kidney Disease	13	803	2	3,533	- 2,730
Congenital Anomalies	14	760	11	571	+ 189
Lung Disease	15	602	5	1,570	- 967
Meningitis	16	576	51	29	+ 547
Liver Cancer	17	550	12	509	+ 42
Other Injuries	18	470	17	358	+ 112
Hypertension	19	431	9	1,103	- 673
Cervical Cancer	20	417	16	374	+ 43
Suicide	21	385	19	285	+ 100
Maternal Conditions	22	384	39	88	+ 296
Asthma	23	382	38	105	+ 277
Endocrine Disorders	24	379	28	164	+ 216
Breast Cancer	25	374	20	283	+ 91
Malnutrition	26	361	30	163	+ 198
Violence	27	358	10	619	- 260
Inflammatory/Heart	28	312	34	139	+ 172
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	250	33	149	+ 101
Falls	30	225	22	276	- 51
Prostate Cancer	31	199	15	386	- 187
Lymphomas	32	169	29	164	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	33	168	14	478	- 310
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	155	18	315	- 160
Pertussis	35	144	67	3	+ 141
Drownings	36	143	32	157	- 14
Fires	37	141	57	16	+ 124
Ovary Cancer	38	135	44	61	+ 74
Drug Use	39	122	46	50	+ 71
Poisonings	40	101	55	18	+ 83
Syphilis	41	93	60	9	+ 84
Oral Cancer	42	93	43	64	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	43	75	42	67	+ 8
Encephalitis	44	69	58	10	+ 59
Leukemia	45	66	24	227	- 161
Pancreas Cancer	46	65	27	178	- 113
Epilepsy	47	64	41	74	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	62	40	85	- 24
Oesophagus Cancer	49	55	47	42	+ 13
Skin Disease	50	51	31	162	- 111
Schistosomiasis	51	50	84	0	+ 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	49	54	20	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	53	47	52	28	+ 19
Alcohol	54	47	21	279	- 232
Lung Cancers	55	46	23	274	- 228
Tetanus	56	42	79	0	+ 42
Uterin Cancer	57	42	48	39	+ 3
Skin Cancers	58	41	45	59	- 18
Appendicitis	59	28	49	32	- 4
Measles	60	26	78	0	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	61	22	61	7	+ 15
Hepatitis B	62	20	62	5	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	63	9	26	192	- 183
War	64	6	70	1	+ 5
Hepatitis C	65	5	68	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	3	72	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	50	31	- 28
Ascariasis	68	2	69	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	64	4	- 4
Otitis Media	72	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	65	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	66	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Ghana

Nicaragua

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.