NORWAY VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,590	6	1,797	+ 794
Stroke	2	2,415	4	2,475	- 60
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,246	1	5,321	- 3,074
HIV/AIDS	4	2,161	61	10	+ 2,150
Malaria	5	1,778	84	0	+ 1,778
Tuberculosis	6	1,627	56	15	+ 1,612
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,244	42	114	+ 1,129
Low Birth Weight	8	1,061	52	23	+ 1,038
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,041	37	128	+ 914
Birth Trauma	10	987	54	17	+ 969
Liver Disease	11	964	30	214	+ 751
Diabetes Mellitus	12	944	16	560	+ 385
Kidney Disease	13	663	14	611	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	14	627	34	136	+ 491
Lung Disease	15	497	3	2,723	- 2,226
Meningitis	16	475	58	14	+ 462
Liver Cancer	17	454	26	259	+ 195
Other Injuries	18	388	15	583	- 195
Hypertension	19	355	28	230	+ 125
Cervical Cancer	20	344	39	125	+ 219
Suicide	21	318	13	633	- 316
Maternal Conditions	22	317	66	1	+ 316
Asthma	23	315	43	85	+ 231
Endocrine Disorders	24	313	19	359	- 46
Breast Cancer	25	309	11	698	- 389
Malnutrition	26	298	35	135	+ 162
Violence	27	296	50	32	+ 264
Inflammatory/Heart	28	257	29	221	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	206	2	4,464	- 4,258
Falls	30	186	9	777	- 591
Prostate Cancer	31	164	8	1,172	- 1,008
Lymphomas	32	139	12	646	- 506
Stomach Cancer	33	139	22	343	- 205
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	128	7	1,787	- 1,659
Pertussis	35	119	64	1	+ 117
Drownings	36	118	45	65	+ 53
Fires	37	116	48	45	+ 72
Ovary Cancer	38	111	24	309	- 198
Drug Use	39	100	25	264	- 163
Poisonings	40	83	57	14	+ 69
Syphilis	41	77	67	1	+ 76
Oral Cancer	42	77	32	168	- 91
Parkinson's Disease	43	62	17	554	- 493
Encephalitis	44	57	70	0	+ 57
Leukemia	45	54	21	354	- 300
Pancreas Cancer	46	53	10	770	- 717
Epilepsy	47	52	40	119	- 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	51	33	160	- 109
Oesophagus Cancer	49	45	27	248	- 202
Skin Disease	50	42	38	128	- 86
Schistosomiasis	51	41	83	0	+ 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	41	46	61	- 21
Bladder Cancer	53	39	20	356	- 317
Alcohol	54	39	31	205	- 166
Lung Cancers	55	38	5	2,320	- 2,282
Tetanus	56	35	69	0	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	57	35	36	134	- 99
Skin Cancers	58	34	18	407	- 373
Appendicitis	59	23	59	12	+ 11
Measles	60	22	72	0	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	61	18	41	119	- 101
Hepatitis B	62	16	63	3	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	63	8	23	324	- 317
War	64	5	68	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	4	55	17	- 12
Upper Respiratory	66	3	60	12	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	47	60	- 58
Ascariasis	68	2	76	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	23	- 23
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Ghana

Norway

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.