SOLOMON ISL. VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	342	3	371	- 29
Stroke	2	319	2	670	- 351
Coronary Heart Disease	3	296	1	975	- 679
HIV/AIDS	4	285	80	0	+ 285
Malaria	5	235	7	146	+ 89
Tuberculosis	6	215	23	45	+ 170
Road Traffic Accidents	7	164	8	111	+ 53
Low Birth Weight	8	140	14	65	+ 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	137	5	218	- 81
Birth Trauma	10	130	21	51	+ 79
Liver Disease	11	127	10	89	+ 38
Diabetes Mellitus	12	125	4	322	- 198
Kidney Disease	13	87	15	64	+ 24
Congenital Anomalies	14	83	16	63	+ 20
Lung Disease	15	66	6	209	- 143
Meningitis	16	63	43	13	+ 50
Liver Cancer	17	60	18	60	+ 0
Other Injuries	18	51	17	60	- 9
Hypertension	19	47	13	76	- 29
Cervical Cancer	20	45	25	41	+ 4
Suicide	21	42	9	98	- 56
Maternal Conditions	22	42	22	46	- 4
Asthma	23	42	12	78	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	24	41	39	15	+ 26
Breast Cancer	25	41	26	34	+ 7
Malnutrition	26	39	36	19	+ 20
Violence	27	39	30	26	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	28	34	37	17	+ 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	27	28	32	- 5
Falls	30	25	20	55	- 30
Prostate Cancer	31	22	41	13	+ 9
Lymphomas	32	18	42	13	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	33	18	44	12	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	17	31	23	- 6
Pertussis	35	16	50	7	+ 8
Drownings	36	16	11	80	- 65
Fires	37	15	40	14	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	38	15	33	21	- 7
Drug Use	39	13	58	1	+ 12
Poisonings	40	11	38	15	- 4
Syphilis	41	10	29	28	- 18
Oral Cancer	42	10	49	8	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	43	8	34	21	- 13
Encephalitis	44	8	54	2	+ 6
Leukemia	45	7	35	20	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	46	7	51	4	+ 3
Epilepsy	47	7	45	11	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	7	32	22	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	49	6	57	1	+ 5
Skin Disease	50	6	46	10	- 5
Schistosomiasis	51	5	77	0	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	5	19	59	- 53
Bladder Cancer	53	5	52	4	+ 1
Alcohol	54	5	48	9	- 3
Lung Cancers	55	5	27	33	- 28
Tetanus	56	5	59	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	57	5	47	9	- 4
Skin Cancers	58	5	69	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	3	55	1	+ 2
Measles	60	3	75	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	61	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	2	53	3	- 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	56	1	- 0
War	64	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	62	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	60	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	24	41	- 41
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	71	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Ghana

Solomon Isl.

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.