RWANDA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,405	1	5,280	+ 1,125
Stroke	2	5,972	2	5,060	+ 912
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,554	4	3,605	+ 1,949
HIV/AIDS	4	5,343	7	2,826	+ 2,517
Malaria	5	4,396	5	3,298	+ 1,098
Tuberculosis	6	4,023	26	625	+ 3,398
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,075	3	3,718	- 643
Low Birth Weight	8	2,624	9	2,193	+ 431
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,575	6	3,121	- 546
Birth Trauma	10	2,440	10	1,888	+ 551
Liver Disease	11	2,384	8	2,548	- 164
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,335	11	1,858	+ 477
Kidney Disease	13	1,639	15	1,206	+ 433
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,550	12	1,777	- 227
Lung Disease	15	1,229	13	1,555	- 326
Meningitis	16	1,175	19	847	+ 328
Liver Cancer	17	1,123	23	706	+ 417
Other Injuries	18	958	17	944	+ 14
Hypertension	19	879	14	1,357	- 479
Cervical Cancer	20	851	18	941	- 89
Suicide	21	785	24	704	+ 81
Maternal Conditions	22	784	21	722	+ 62
Asthma	23	780	22	717	+ 62
Endocrine Disorders	24	774	41	219	+ 554
Breast Cancer	25	763	27	600	+ 163
Malnutrition	26	736	16	1,168	- 432
Violence	27	731	29	548	+ 183
Inflammatory/Heart	28	636	34	347	+ 289
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	510	25	657	- 148
Falls	30	460	31	412	+ 48
Prostate Cancer	31	406	32	396	+ 10
Lymphomas	32	345	30	450	- 105
Stomach Cancer	33	343	20	780	- 437
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	316	28	591	- 275
Pertussis	35	293	42	218	+ 76
Drownings	36	292	36	285	+ 7
Fires	37	287	38	270	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	38	275	53	92	+ 183
Drug Use	39	248	60	45	+ 204
Poisonings	40	205	40	220	- 15
Syphilis	41	190	46	173	+ 18
Oral Cancer	42	190	37	272	- 82
Parkinson's Disease	43	152	47	146	+ 6
Encephalitis	44	141	61	39	+ 102
Leukemia	45	134	35	317	- 183
Pancreas Cancer	46	132	43	214	- 82
Epilepsy	47	130	45	191	- 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	126	33	362	- 236
Oesophagus Cancer	49	112	44	213	- 101
Skin Disease	50	104	52	103	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	51	101	51	111	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	101	48	136	- 35
Bladder Cancer	53	97	62	35	+ 61
Alcohol	54	96	49	125	- 29
Lung Cancers	55	94	39	234	- 141
Tetanus	56	87	58	53	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	57	86	56	58	+ 28
Skin Cancers	58	84	50	113	- 28
Appendicitis	59	57	54	70	- 13
Measles	60	53	59	51	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	44	66	7	+ 37
Hepatitis B	62	40	55	68	- 28
Other Neoplasms	63	19	64	16	+ 3
War	64	11	69	3	+ 9
Hepatitis C	65	11	65	12	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	6	57	58	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	6	63	23	- 17
Ascariasis	68	5	67	5	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	2	71	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	70	2	- 1
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	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 RWANDA

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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.