SENEGAL VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,861	1	7,184	+ 1,677
Stroke	2	8,262	4	5,342	+ 2,920
Coronary Heart Disease	3	7,684	2	6,224	+ 1,460
HIV/AIDS	4	7,392	20	1,186	+ 6,205
Malaria	5	6,082	5	4,595	+ 1,487
Tuberculosis	6	5,566	9	2,678	+ 2,887
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,254	6	3,832	+ 423
Low Birth Weight	8	3,630	7	3,636	- 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	3,563	3	5,343	- 1,780
Birth Trauma	10	3,375	8	3,448	- 72
Liver Disease	11	3,299	13	2,147	+ 1,152
Diabetes Mellitus	12	3,231	10	2,395	+ 835
Kidney Disease	13	2,268	12	2,210	+ 57
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,144	11	2,364	- 220
Lung Disease	15	1,700	18	1,351	+ 349
Meningitis	16	1,626	15	1,628	- 3
Liver Cancer	17	1,554	22	1,087	+ 466
Other Injuries	18	1,326	16	1,512	- 186
Hypertension	19	1,215	21	1,095	+ 120
Cervical Cancer	20	1,178	17	1,405	- 227
Suicide	21	1,086	24	978	+ 108
Maternal Conditions	22	1,085	14	1,669	- 584
Asthma	23	1,078	25	936	+ 142
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,071	23	1,041	+ 30
Breast Cancer	25	1,056	27	861	+ 195
Malnutrition	26	1,018	32	494	+ 524
Violence	27	1,012	19	1,247	- 235
Inflammatory/Heart	28	880	36	426	+ 454
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	705	26	879	- 174
Falls	30	636	30	622	+ 14
Prostate Cancer	31	562	29	642	- 80
Lymphomas	32	477	39	315	+ 161
Stomach Cancer	33	474	31	557	- 83
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	437	37	384	+ 53
Pertussis	35	406	28	771	- 366
Drownings	36	403	33	494	- 90
Fires	37	397	34	448	- 51
Ovary Cancer	38	381	42	220	+ 161
Drug Use	39	343	52	138	+ 205
Poisonings	40	284	40	315	- 30
Syphilis	41	263	53	122	+ 141
Oral Cancer	42	263	43	208	+ 56
Parkinson's Disease	43	211	41	273	- 62
Encephalitis	44	195	57	85	+ 109
Leukemia	45	185	54	113	+ 73
Pancreas Cancer	46	182	48	159	+ 23
Epilepsy	47	179	38	330	- 151
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	175	35	433	- 258
Oesophagus Cancer	49	155	55	99	+ 56
Skin Disease	50	144	47	159	- 15
Schistosomiasis	51	140	45	176	- 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	139	46	166	- 26
Bladder Cancer	53	134	50	155	- 21
Alcohol	54	133	59	74	+ 59
Lung Cancers	55	129	44	180	- 51
Tetanus	56	120	58	85	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	57	119	56	94	+ 25
Skin Cancers	58	117	51	147	- 30
Appendicitis	59	79	61	38	+ 41
Measles	60	74	49	158	- 84
Multiple Sclerosis	61	61	64	20	+ 41
Hepatitis B	62	55	60	70	- 15
Other Neoplasms	63	26	62	24	+ 2
War	64	16	69	4	+ 12
Hepatitis C	65	15	68	11	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	9	66	15	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	9	67	15	- 6
Ascariasis	68	7	65	18	- 11
Diphtheria	69	2	70	3	- 0
Chlamydia	70	2	71	2	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	63	21	- 21
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	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 SENEGAL

Ghana

Senegal

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.