SAUDI ARABIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	17,181	5	6,132	+ 11,050
Stroke	2	16,020	2	16,793	- 773
Coronary Heart Disease	3	14,900	1	39,037	- 24,137
HIV/AIDS	4	14,332	47	192	+ 14,140
Malaria	5	11,793	75	0	+ 11,793
Tuberculosis	6	10,792	27	752	+ 10,040
Road Traffic Accidents	7	8,249	3	12,317	- 4,068
Low Birth Weight	8	7,038	18	989	+ 6,050
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	6,908	35	457	+ 6,451
Birth Trauma	10	6,544	37	343	+ 6,201
Liver Disease	11	6,396	7	4,931	+ 1,464
Diabetes Mellitus	12	6,265	9	3,890	+ 2,375
Kidney Disease	13	4,397	4	9,051	- 4,654
Congenital Anomalies	14	4,158	12	2,307	+ 1,851
Lung Disease	15	3,296	10	2,842	+ 454
Meningitis	16	3,152	45	227	+ 2,925
Liver Cancer	17	3,012	21	845	+ 2,167
Other Injuries	18	2,570	8	4,004	- 1,434
Hypertension	19	2,357	22	834	+ 1,523
Cervical Cancer	20	2,283	49	157	+ 2,126
Suicide	21	2,106	13	2,046	+ 60
Maternal Conditions	22	2,103	48	172	+ 1,931
Asthma	23	2,091	17	1,168	+ 924
Endocrine Disorders	24	2,076	15	1,447	+ 629
Breast Cancer	25	2,047	20	908	+ 1,139
Malnutrition	26	1,974	52	79	+ 1,894
Violence	27	1,962	30	646	+ 1,316
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,706	16	1,342	+ 365
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,367	11	2,442	- 1,075
Falls	30	1,234	6	5,340	- 4,107
Prostate Cancer	31	1,089	50	148	+ 941
Lymphomas	32	924	28	716	+ 209
Stomach Cancer	33	919	36	389	+ 531
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	848	14	1,630	- 782
Pertussis	35	787	54	56	+ 730
Drownings	36	782	24	821	- 39
Fires	37	771	23	825	- 55
Ovary Cancer	38	738	42	247	+ 490
Drug Use	39	666	33	491	+ 175
Poisonings	40	551	40	279	+ 272
Syphilis	41	510	59	33	+ 478
Oral Cancer	42	510	34	465	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	43	409	25	776	- 368
Encephalitis	44	377	43	234	+ 143
Leukemia	45	359	19	925	- 565
Pancreas Cancer	46	353	31	526	- 173
Epilepsy	47	348	29	694	- 346
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	339	41	275	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	49	301	44	229	+ 72
Skin Disease	50	279	32	516	- 237
Schistosomiasis	51	271	60	25	+ 246
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	270	39	280	- 10
Bladder Cancer	53	259	46	214	+ 45
Alcohol	54	258	51	128	+ 129
Lung Cancers	55	251	26	775	- 524
Tetanus	56	232	61	16	+ 217
Uterin Cancer	57	231	38	323	- 92
Skin Cancers	58	226	55	55	+ 172
Appendicitis	59	154	58	35	+ 119
Measles	60	143	68	1	+ 142
Multiple Sclerosis	61	119	56	49	+ 70
Hepatitis B	62	107	53	57	+ 50
Other Neoplasms	63	51	57	40	+ 11
War	64	31	65	3	+ 28
Hepatitis C	65	29	64	7	+ 22
Upper Respiratory	66	17	70	1	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	17	62	9	+ 8
Ascariasis	68	13	66	1	+ 12
Diphtheria	69	4	69	1	+ 4
Chlamydia	70	3	71	0	+ 3
Dengue	71	0	63	9	- 9
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	67	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Ghana

Saudi Arabia

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.