SURINAME VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	304	5	171	+ 134
Stroke	2	284	2	615	- 332
Coronary Heart Disease	3	264	1	650	- 387
HIV/AIDS	4	254	7	138	+ 116
Malaria	5	209	78	0	+ 209
Tuberculosis	6	191	37	17	+ 174
Road Traffic Accidents	7	146	13	89	+ 57
Low Birth Weight	8	125	19	51	+ 73
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	122	27	31	+ 91
Birth Trauma	10	116	30	28	+ 88
Liver Disease	11	113	8	134	- 21
Diabetes Mellitus	12	111	3	286	- 175
Kidney Disease	13	78	4	281	- 203
Congenital Anomalies	14	74	22	40	+ 34
Lung Disease	15	58	12	93	- 34
Meningitis	16	56	50	5	+ 51
Liver Cancer	17	53	21	45	+ 8
Other Injuries	18	45	15	73	- 27
Hypertension	19	42	9	134	- 92
Cervical Cancer	20	40	20	48	- 8
Suicide	21	37	6	148	- 110
Maternal Conditions	22	37	41	14	+ 23
Asthma	23	37	39	16	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	24	37	24	37	- 0
Breast Cancer	25	36	17	55	- 19
Malnutrition	26	35	43	13	+ 22
Violence	27	35	26	34	+ 1
Inflammatory/Heart	28	30	23	37	- 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	24	10	117	- 93
Falls	30	22	25	34	- 12
Prostate Cancer	31	19	14	78	- 59
Lymphomas	32	16	34	23	- 6
Stomach Cancer	33	16	33	25	- 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	15	16	72	- 57
Pertussis	35	14	59	1	+ 13
Drownings	36	14	29	28	- 14
Fires	37	14	44	13	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	38	13	42	14	- 1
Drug Use	39	12	45	7	+ 4
Poisonings	40	10	57	2	+ 8
Syphilis	41	9	52	3	+ 6
Oral Cancer	42	9	40	16	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	43	7	31	28	- 20
Encephalitis	44	7	51	4	+ 2
Leukemia	45	6	35	20	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	46	6	32	26	- 20
Epilepsy	47	6	36	18	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	6	28	29	- 23
Oesophagus Cancer	49	5	56	2	+ 3
Skin Disease	50	5	18	53	- 48
Schistosomiasis	51	5	55	2	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	5	47	6	- 2
Bladder Cancer	53	5	48	5	- 1
Alcohol	54	5	38	16	- 12
Lung Cancers	55	4	11	102	- 98
Tetanus	56	4	62	1	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	57	4	49	5	- 1
Skin Cancers	58	4	60	1	+ 3
Appendicitis	59	3	53	3	- 0
Measles	60	3	73	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	61	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	2	63	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	54	3	- 2
War	64	1	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	58	1	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	46	7	- 7
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	64	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	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 SURINAME

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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.