SERBIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		SERBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,128	11	1,832	+ 1,295
Stroke	2	2,916	2	16,241	- 13,325
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,712	1	21,776	- 19,064
HIV/AIDS	4	2,609	56	25	+ 2,584
Malaria	5	2,147	77	0	+ 2,147
Tuberculosis	6	1,964	46	100	+ 1,864
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,502	24	655	+ 846
Low Birth Weight	8	1,281	38	187	+ 1,094
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,257	39	167	+ 1,090
Birth Trauma	10	1,191	52	45	+ 1,146
Liver Disease	11	1,164	19	887	+ 277
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,140	7	3,611	- 2,471
Kidney Disease	13	800	5	4,169	- 3,369
Congenital Anomalies	14	757	40	162	+ 595
Lung Disease	15	600	6	3,853	- 3,253
Meningitis	16	574	54	35	+ 538
Liver Cancer	17	548	17	918	- 370
Other Injuries	18	468	30	406	+ 61
Hypertension	19	429	12	1,621	- 1,192
Cervical Cancer	20	416	25	638	- 223
Suicide	21	383	16	996	- 613
Maternal Conditions	22	383	59	12	+ 371
Asthma	23	381	31	390	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	24	378	36	309	+ 69
Breast Cancer	25	373	10	2,284	- 1,912
Malnutrition	26	359	61	10	+ 349
Violence	27	357	45	108	+ 250
Inflammatory/Heart	28	311	3	15,274	- 14,963
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	249	9	2,876	- 2,627
Falls	30	225	33	362	- 137
Prostate Cancer	31	198	14	1,317	- 1,119
Lymphomas	32	168	20	831	- 663
Stomach Cancer	33	167	15	1,203	- 1,035
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	154	8	3,429	- 3,275
Pertussis	35	143	63	6	+ 137
Drownings	36	142	48	73	+ 69
Fires	37	140	50	64	+ 76
Ovary Cancer	38	134	29	555	- 421
Drug Use	39	121	49	72	+ 49
Poisonings	40	100	57	23	+ 78
Syphilis	41	93	67	2	+ 91
Oral Cancer	42	93	23	680	- 588
Parkinson's Disease	43	74	21	804	- 729
Encephalitis	44	69	66	2	+ 67
Leukemia	45	65	22	710	- 645
Pancreas Cancer	46	64	13	1,402	- 1,338
Epilepsy	47	63	37	223	- 159
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	62	28	594	- 533
Oesophagus Cancer	49	55	35	332	- 277
Skin Disease	50	51	43	113	- 62
Schistosomiasis	51	49	78	0	+ 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	49	47	78	- 29
Bladder Cancer	53	47	18	893	- 846
Alcohol	54	47	34	341	- 294
Lung Cancers	55	46	4	6,539	- 6,493
Tetanus	56	42	65	2	+ 40
Uterin Cancer	57	42	32	369	- 327
Skin Cancers	58	41	26	638	- 597
Appendicitis	59	28	58	16	+ 12
Measles	60	26	72	1	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	61	22	42	146	- 125
Hepatitis B	62	19	53	36	- 16
Other Neoplasms	63	9	27	601	- 592
War	64	6	71	1	+ 5
Hepatitis C	65	5	60	12	- 6
Upper Respiratory	66	3	64	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	55	34	- 31
Ascariasis	68	2	84	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	80	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	85	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	70	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	44	109	- 109
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	41	152	- 152
Osteoarthritis	84	0	62	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	51	- 51
Oral conditions	86	0	69	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SERBIA

Ghana

Serbia

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.