SWAZILAND VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	535	2	921	- 386
Stroke	2	499	4	800	- 302
Coronary Heart Disease	3	464	5	755	- 291
HIV/AIDS	4	446	1	2,314	- 1,867
Malaria	5	367	67	0	+ 367
Tuberculosis	6	336	13	256	+ 80
Road Traffic Accidents	7	257	7	384	- 127
Low Birth Weight	8	219	14	233	- 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	215	6	517	- 302
Birth Trauma	10	204	18	166	+ 37
Liver Disease	11	199	11	274	- 74
Diabetes Mellitus	12	195	3	892	- 697
Kidney Disease	13	137	8	381	- 244
Congenital Anomalies	14	129	19	160	- 31
Lung Disease	15	103	12	264	- 162
Meningitis	16	98	23	97	+ 1
Liver Cancer	17	94	37	29	+ 64
Other Injuries	18	80	17	190	- 110
Hypertension	19	73	10	292	- 219
Cervical Cancer	20	71	15	215	- 144
Suicide	21	66	9	338	- 272
Maternal Conditions	22	66	21	116	- 50
Asthma	23	65	20	150	- 84
Endocrine Disorders	24	65	28	74	- 9
Breast Cancer	25	64	35	37	+ 27
Malnutrition	26	61	22	106	- 44
Violence	27	61	16	212	- 151
Inflammatory/Heart	28	53	24	94	- 41
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	43	27	77	- 34
Falls	30	38	32	41	- 3
Prostate Cancer	31	34	31	45	- 11
Lymphomas	32	29	36	31	- 2
Stomach Cancer	33	29	53	7	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	26	43	19	+ 8
Pertussis	35	24	33	39	- 14
Drownings	36	24	25	87	- 63
Fires	37	24	26	84	- 60
Ovary Cancer	38	23	52	10	+ 13
Drug Use	39	21	38	27	- 6
Poisonings	40	17	34	37	- 20
Syphilis	41	16	45	17	- 2
Oral Cancer	42	16	51	10	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	43	13	41	24	- 11
Encephalitis	44	12	59	5	+ 7
Leukemia	45	11	47	16	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	46	11	56	6	+ 5
Epilepsy	47	11	30	46	- 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	11	29	51	- 40
Oesophagus Cancer	49	9	44	18	- 9
Skin Disease	50	9	40	25	- 17
Schistosomiasis	51	8	49	13	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	8	39	26	- 18
Bladder Cancer	53	8	55	6	+ 2
Alcohol	54	8	48	16	- 8
Lung Cancers	55	8	46	17	- 9
Tetanus	56	7	62	4	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	57	7	50	11	- 4
Skin Cancers	58	7	42	20	- 13
Appendicitis	59	5	54	7	- 2
Measles	60	4	64	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	63	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	3	57	6	- 3
Other Neoplasms	63	2	61	4	- 2
War	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	4	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	58	5	- 4
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Ghana

Swaziland

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.