SOMALIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,120	1	21,712	- 15,592
Stroke	2	5,706	6	8,595	- 2,889
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,307	7	7,233	- 1,925
HIV/AIDS	4	5,105	33	610	+ 4,495
Malaria	5	4,201	22	1,942	+ 2,259
Tuberculosis	6	3,844	4	10,261	- 6,417
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,938	11	4,231	- 1,293
Low Birth Weight	8	2,507	8	6,250	- 3,743
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,461	2	15,363	- 12,902
Birth Trauma	10	2,331	5	9,573	- 7,242
Liver Disease	11	2,278	13	3,917	- 1,639
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,231	16	2,888	- 656
Kidney Disease	13	1,566	21	2,051	- 485
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,481	15	3,410	- 1,929
Lung Disease	15	1,174	19	2,442	- 1,268
Meningitis	16	1,123	9	5,381	- 4,258
Liver Cancer	17	1,073	53	256	+ 817
Other Injuries	18	916	14	3,602	- 2,686
Hypertension	19	839	18	2,643	- 1,804
Cervical Cancer	20	813	28	883	- 70
Suicide	21	750	27	1,219	- 469
Maternal Conditions	22	749	12	4,127	- 3,377
Asthma	23	745	23	1,878	- 1,133
Endocrine Disorders	24	739	44	406	+ 333
Breast Cancer	25	729	26	1,232	- 502
Malnutrition	26	703	10	4,825	- 4,122
Violence	27	699	29	828	- 129
Inflammatory/Heart	28	608	39	521	+ 87
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	487	32	647	- 160
Falls	30	439	37	548	- 108
Prostate Cancer	31	388	52	285	+ 103
Lymphomas	32	329	34	605	- 275
Stomach Cancer	33	328	49	310	+ 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	302	38	546	- 244
Pertussis	35	280	20	2,054	- 1,774
Drownings	36	279	25	1,272	- 993
Fires	37	275	30	810	- 536
Ovary Cancer	38	263	50	295	- 32
Drug Use	39	237	65	54	+ 183
Poisonings	40	196	31	758	- 562
Syphilis	41	182	45	378	- 196
Oral Cancer	42	182	46	328	- 146
Parkinson's Disease	43	146	56	184	- 38
Encephalitis	44	134	63	91	+ 44
Leukemia	45	128	35	562	- 434
Pancreas Cancer	46	126	62	108	+ 18
Epilepsy	47	124	43	419	- 295
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	121	36	559	- 438
Oesophagus Cancer	49	107	40	516	- 409
Skin Disease	50	99	58	151	- 52
Schistosomiasis	51	97	42	435	- 339
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	96	41	446	- 350
Bladder Cancer	53	92	61	149	- 57
Alcohol	54	92	59	151	- 59
Lung Cancers	55	89	54	233	- 144
Tetanus	56	83	17	2,648	- 2,565
Uterin Cancer	57	82	64	78	+ 5
Skin Cancers	58	81	57	164	- 83
Appendicitis	59	55	55	188	- 133
Measles	60	51	3	11,576	- 11,525
Multiple Sclerosis	61	42	71	8	+ 34
Hepatitis B	62	38	48	315	- 277
Other Neoplasms	63	18	70	12	+ 6
War	64	11	24	1,318	- 1,307
Hepatitis C	65	10	67	34	- 24
Upper Respiratory	66	6	47	326	- 320
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	6	66	35	- 29
Ascariasis	68	5	69	30	- 25
Diphtheria	69	2	60	150	- 148
Chlamydia	70	1	72	5	- 4
Dengue	71	0	73	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	68	32	- 31
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	51	290	- 290
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Ghana

Somalia

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.