PORTUGAL VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,799	4	6,851	- 2,053
Stroke	2	4,475	2	12,339	- 7,865
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,162	1	12,878	- 8,716
HIV/AIDS	4	4,003	35	320	+ 3,683
Malaria	5	3,294	78	0	+ 3,294
Tuberculosis	6	3,014	38	213	+ 2,801
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,304	27	838	+ 1,466
Low Birth Weight	8	1,966	52	79	+ 1,887
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,929	36	231	+ 1,699
Birth Trauma	10	1,828	60	24	+ 1,804
Liver Disease	11	1,786	22	1,126	+ 661
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,750	8	3,601	- 1,852
Kidney Disease	13	1,228	9	2,803	- 1,575
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,161	40	196	+ 965
Lung Disease	15	921	7	4,286	- 3,365
Meningitis	16	880	56	43	+ 838
Liver Cancer	17	841	18	1,270	- 429
Other Injuries	18	718	13	1,937	- 1,219
Hypertension	19	658	14	1,880	- 1,222
Cervical Cancer	20	638	34	329	+ 309
Suicide	21	588	19	1,172	- 584
Maternal Conditions	22	588	63	7	+ 580
Asthma	23	584	43	146	+ 438
Endocrine Disorders	24	580	17	1,547	- 967
Breast Cancer	25	572	12	1,997	- 1,425
Malnutrition	26	551	53	79	+ 473
Violence	27	548	48	96	+ 452
Inflammatory/Heart	28	477	26	909	- 432
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	382	3	7,191	- 6,809
Falls	30	345	23	1,033	- 688
Prostate Cancer	31	304	11	2,124	- 1,820
Lymphomas	32	258	16	1,608	- 1,349
Stomach Cancer	33	257	10	2,532	- 2,275
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	237	6	4,389	- 4,153
Pertussis	35	220	72	0	+ 220
Drownings	36	218	51	79	+ 139
Fires	37	215	46	108	+ 107
Ovary Cancer	38	206	33	397	- 191
Drug Use	39	186	44	128	+ 58
Poisonings	40	154	57	29	+ 125
Syphilis	41	142	64	3	+ 139
Oral Cancer	42	142	25	912	- 770
Parkinson's Disease	43	114	21	1,139	- 1,025
Encephalitis	44	105	67	1	+ 104
Leukemia	45	100	24	1,015	- 915
Pancreas Cancer	46	99	15	1,669	- 1,571
Epilepsy	47	97	31	415	- 318
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	95	37	229	- 134
Oesophagus Cancer	49	84	29	623	- 539
Skin Disease	50	78	39	202	- 124
Schistosomiasis	51	76	77	0	+ 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	75	41	169	- 93
Bladder Cancer	53	72	20	1,171	- 1,098
Alcohol	54	72	45	111	- 39
Lung Cancers	55	70	5	4,406	- 4,336
Tetanus	56	65	73	0	+ 65
Uterin Cancer	57	65	32	406	- 341
Skin Cancers	58	63	30	523	- 460
Appendicitis	59	43	61	21	+ 22
Measles	60	40	71	0	+ 40
Multiple Sclerosis	61	33	54	56	- 23
Hepatitis B	62	30	59	26	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	63	14	28	652	- 638
War	64	9	69	1	+ 8
Hepatitis C	65	8	49	87	- 79
Upper Respiratory	66	5	62	15	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	47	99	- 94
Ascariasis	68	4	83	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	76	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	68	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	49	- 49
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	42	151	- 151
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	29	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	82	- 82
Oral conditions	86	0	65	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Ghana

Portugal

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.