ROMANIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,532	5	9,357	- 825
Stroke	2	7,956	2	49,707	- 41,752
Coronary Heart Disease	3	7,399	1	71,810	- 64,411
HIV/AIDS	4	7,117	47	219	+ 6,899
Malaria	5	5,856	75	0	+ 5,856
Tuberculosis	6	5,359	28	1,015	+ 4,344
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,096	20	1,992	+ 2,104
Low Birth Weight	8	3,495	41	317	+ 3,179
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	3,430	46	223	+ 3,207
Birth Trauma	10	3,250	57	38	+ 3,212
Liver Disease	11	3,176	6	8,920	- 5,744
Diabetes Mellitus	12	3,111	18	2,230	+ 881
Kidney Disease	13	2,183	9	5,175	- 2,991
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,065	38	367	+ 1,698
Lung Disease	15	1,637	7	7,359	- 5,722
Meningitis	16	1,565	54	76	+ 1,489
Liver Cancer	17	1,496	13	3,114	- 1,618
Other Injuries	18	1,276	19	2,139	- 863
Hypertension	19	1,170	3	11,007	- 9,837
Cervical Cancer	20	1,134	22	1,870	- 736
Suicide	21	1,046	21	1,886	- 841
Maternal Conditions	22	1,045	58	35	+ 1,009
Asthma	23	1,038	45	225	+ 813
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,031	48	193	+ 838
Breast Cancer	25	1,017	11	3,851	- 2,834
Malnutrition	26	980	50	142	+ 839
Violence	27	974	44	255	+ 719
Inflammatory/Heart	28	847	10	4,433	- 3,586
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	679	15	2,839	- 2,160
Falls	30	613	24	1,504	- 891
Prostate Cancer	31	541	16	2,449	- 1,908
Lymphomas	32	459	25	1,385	- 926
Stomach Cancer	33	457	12	3,457	- 3,000
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	421	8	6,835	- 6,414
Pertussis	35	391	69	0	+ 390
Drownings	36	388	32	596	- 208
Fires	37	383	36	421	- 39
Ovary Cancer	38	366	27	1,109	- 742
Drug Use	39	331	40	346	- 15
Poisonings	40	274	39	366	- 93
Syphilis	41	253	66	1	+ 252
Oral Cancer	42	253	17	2,290	- 2,036
Parkinson's Disease	43	203	31	741	- 538
Encephalitis	44	187	62	6	+ 181
Leukemia	45	178	26	1,342	- 1,164
Pancreas Cancer	46	175	14	2,935	- 2,760
Epilepsy	47	173	42	314	- 141
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	168	33	531	- 363
Oesophagus Cancer	49	150	30	755	- 605
Skin Disease	50	139	53	97	+ 41
Schistosomiasis	51	135	74	0	+ 135
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	134	35	440	- 306
Bladder Cancer	53	129	23	1,715	- 1,586
Alcohol	54	128	37	409	- 281
Lung Cancers	55	125	4	10,113	- 9,989
Tetanus	56	115	67	1	+ 114
Uterin Cancer	57	115	34	522	- 407
Skin Cancers	58	112	29	1,003	- 891
Appendicitis	59	76	60	21	+ 56
Measles	60	71	61	7	+ 64
Multiple Sclerosis	61	59	55	66	- 7
Hepatitis B	62	53	59	30	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	63	25	43	289	- 263
War	64	15	65	2	+ 13
Hepatitis C	65	15	52	98	- 84
Upper Respiratory	66	9	63	3	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	8	85	0	+ 8
Ascariasis	68	6	82	0	+ 6
Diphtheria	69	2	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	2	78	0	+ 2
Dengue	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	51	103	- 103
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	56	59	- 59
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	143	- 143
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Ghana

Romania

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.