SINGAPORE VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,834	2	5,189	- 2,355
Stroke	2	2,643	3	1,559	+ 1,084
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,458	1	5,292	- 2,834
HIV/AIDS	4	2,364	45	18	+ 2,346
Malaria	5	1,945	75	0	+ 1,945
Tuberculosis	6	1,780	40	26	+ 1,755
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,361	26	121	+ 1,240
Low Birth Weight	8	1,161	41	25	+ 1,136
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,140	39	28	+ 1,112
Birth Trauma	10	1,080	55	3	+ 1,076
Liver Disease	11	1,055	20	209	+ 846
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,033	28	108	+ 926
Kidney Disease	13	725	6	1,028	- 303
Congenital Anomalies	14	686	31	80	+ 606
Lung Disease	15	544	14	383	+ 161
Meningitis	16	520	48	8	+ 512
Liver Cancer	17	497	7	746	- 249
Other Injuries	18	424	32	79	+ 345
Hypertension	19	389	8	732	- 343
Cervical Cancer	20	377	30	85	+ 292
Suicide	21	347	9	650	- 303
Maternal Conditions	22	347	53	3	+ 344
Asthma	23	345	35	37	+ 308
Endocrine Disorders	24	342	37	30	+ 312
Breast Cancer	25	338	10	605	- 268
Malnutrition	26	326	63	0	+ 326
Violence	27	324	46	15	+ 309
Inflammatory/Heart	28	281	19	215	+ 66
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	226	36	32	+ 193
Falls	30	203	18	218	- 14
Prostate Cancer	31	180	16	303	- 123
Lymphomas	32	152	13	397	- 244
Stomach Cancer	33	152	12	405	- 253
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	140	5	1,203	- 1,063
Pertussis	35	130	62	0	+ 130
Drownings	36	129	38	29	+ 100
Fires	37	127	49	7	+ 120
Ovary Cancer	38	122	21	204	- 82
Drug Use	39	110	44	19	+ 91
Poisonings	40	91	60	1	+ 90
Syphilis	41	84	65	0	+ 84
Oral Cancer	42	84	15	317	- 233
Parkinson's Disease	43	67	29	90	- 22
Encephalitis	44	62	61	0	+ 62
Leukemia	45	59	17	249	- 190
Pancreas Cancer	46	58	11	537	- 479
Epilepsy	47	57	42	25	+ 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	56	33	69	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	49	50	24	137	- 87
Skin Disease	50	46	25	136	- 90
Schistosomiasis	51	45	78	0	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	45	43	22	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	53	43	27	120	- 77
Alcohol	54	43	47	10	+ 32
Lung Cancers	55	41	4	1,540	- 1,499
Tetanus	56	38	73	0	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	57	38	23	147	- 109
Skin Cancers	58	37	34	56	- 19
Appendicitis	59	25	50	6	+ 20
Measles	60	24	72	0	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	61	20	57	3	+ 17
Hepatitis B	62	18	52	4	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	63	8	22	195	- 187
War	64	5	59	2	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	5	56	3	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	54	3	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	58	2	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	2	67	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	64	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	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	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Ghana

Singapore

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.