QATAR VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		QATAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,200	10	108	+ 1,092
Stroke	2	1,119	3	255	+ 864
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,041	1	1,082	- 41
HIV/AIDS	4	1,001	71	0	+ 1,001
Malaria	5	824	76	0	+ 824
Tuberculosis	6	754	44	8	+ 746
Road Traffic Accidents	7	576	4	206	+ 370
Low Birth Weight	8	492	20	45	+ 447
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	482	41	10	+ 472
Birth Trauma	10	457	38	13	+ 444
Liver Disease	11	447	5	202	+ 244
Diabetes Mellitus	12	437	2	459	- 21
Kidney Disease	13	307	6	179	+ 128
Congenital Anomalies	14	290	14	70	+ 220
Lung Disease	15	230	15	68	+ 162
Meningitis	16	220	47	7	+ 213
Liver Cancer	17	210	21	44	+ 166
Other Injuries	18	179	9	115	+ 65
Hypertension	19	165	28	26	+ 138
Cervical Cancer	20	159	36	13	+ 147
Suicide	21	147	7	165	- 18
Maternal Conditions	22	147	52	3	+ 144
Asthma	23	146	40	10	+ 136
Endocrine Disorders	24	145	24	39	+ 106
Breast Cancer	25	143	17	53	+ 90
Malnutrition	26	138	58	1	+ 137
Violence	27	137	34	14	+ 123
Inflammatory/Heart	28	119	25	32	+ 87
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	95	12	75	+ 21
Falls	30	86	8	129	- 42
Prostate Cancer	31	76	31	18	+ 58
Lymphomas	32	65	18	48	+ 16
Stomach Cancer	33	64	23	42	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	59	11	83	- 24
Pertussis	35	55	54	2	+ 53
Drownings	36	55	19	45	+ 10
Fires	37	54	22	42	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	38	52	32	17	+ 34
Drug Use	39	46	39	12	+ 34
Poisonings	40	38	42	9	+ 30
Syphilis	41	36	53	2	+ 33
Oral Cancer	42	36	29	25	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	43	29	26	28	+ 0
Encephalitis	44	26	50	5	+ 21
Leukemia	45	25	16	57	- 32
Pancreas Cancer	46	25	30	25	- 0
Epilepsy	47	24	35	13	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	24	46	7	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	49	21	37	13	+ 8
Skin Disease	50	19	33	16	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	51	19	78	0	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	19	45	8	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	53	18	27	27	- 9
Alcohol	54	18	48	7	+ 11
Lung Cancers	55	18	13	73	- 55
Tetanus	56	16	60	0	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	57	16	49	6	+ 10
Skin Cancers	58	16	43	8	+ 8
Appendicitis	59	11	57	1	+ 10
Measles	60	10	67	0	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	55	2	+ 6
Hepatitis B	62	7	56	2	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	63	4	51	3	+ 1
War	64	2	61	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	63	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	65	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	59	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	64	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	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 QATAR

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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.