SLOVENIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	986	13	412	+ 575
Stroke	2	920	2	1,977	- 1,058
Coronary Heart Disease	3	855	1	3,617	- 2,762
HIV/AIDS	4	823	70	0	+ 823
Malaria	5	677	81	0	+ 677
Tuberculosis	6	620	46	15	+ 605
Road Traffic Accidents	7	474	31	105	+ 369
Low Birth Weight	8	404	43	17	+ 387
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	397	52	4	+ 392
Birth Trauma	10	376	57	1	+ 374
Liver Disease	11	367	12	429	- 62
Diabetes Mellitus	12	360	18	340	+ 19
Kidney Disease	13	252	28	143	+ 109
Congenital Anomalies	14	239	38	49	+ 190
Lung Disease	15	189	7	675	- 485
Meningitis	16	181	50	5	+ 176
Liver Cancer	17	173	19	285	- 112
Other Injuries	18	148	23	203	- 55
Hypertension	19	135	4	881	- 745
Cervical Cancer	20	131	36	60	+ 71
Suicide	21	121	14	411	- 290
Maternal Conditions	22	121	56	1	+ 119
Asthma	23	120	45	16	+ 104
Endocrine Disorders	24	119	33	93	+ 27
Breast Cancer	25	118	9	484	- 366
Malnutrition	26	113	64	0	+ 113
Violence	27	113	42	19	+ 94
Inflammatory/Heart	28	98	20	239	- 141
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	78	16	375	- 297
Falls	30	71	6	708	- 637
Prostate Cancer	31	63	10	476	- 414
Lymphomas	32	53	11	465	- 412
Stomach Cancer	33	53	17	341	- 288
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	49	5	743	- 694
Pertussis	35	45	66	0	+ 45
Drownings	36	45	44	17	+ 28
Fires	37	44	48	8	+ 36
Ovary Cancer	38	42	29	122	- 80
Drug Use	39	38	41	24	+ 14
Poisonings	40	32	51	4	+ 28
Syphilis	41	29	55	2	+ 27
Oral Cancer	42	29	27	145	- 116
Parkinson's Disease	43	23	24	196	- 173
Encephalitis	44	22	65	0	+ 22
Leukemia	45	21	21	225	- 205
Pancreas Cancer	46	20	15	409	- 389
Epilepsy	47	20	35	62	- 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	19	37	55	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	49	17	32	93	- 75
Skin Disease	50	16	49	5	+ 11
Schistosomiasis	51	16	82	0	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	16	26	151	- 136
Bladder Cancer	53	15	22	211	- 197
Alcohol	54	15	8	511	- 496
Lung Cancers	55	14	3	1,261	- 1,247
Tetanus	56	13	59	1	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	57	13	30	106	- 92
Skin Cancers	58	13	25	191	- 178
Appendicitis	59	9	54	2	+ 7
Measles	60	8	76	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	39	35	- 28
Hepatitis B	62	6	58	1	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	63	3	34	69	- 66
War	64	2	61	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	67	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	63	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	40	30	- 29
Ascariasis	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	62	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	47	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	60	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	53	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

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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.