SWEDEN VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,979	7	2,659	+ 2,320
Stroke	2	4,642	3	6,035	- 1,392
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,318	1	15,136	- 10,818
HIV/AIDS	4	4,153	61	13	+ 4,140
Malaria	5	3,417	74	0	+ 3,417
Tuberculosis	6	3,127	56	24	+ 3,103
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,390	34	315	+ 2,075
Low Birth Weight	8	2,040	51	50	+ 1,989
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,002	36	289	+ 1,712
Birth Trauma	10	1,896	55	34	+ 1,863
Liver Disease	11	1,853	23	723	+ 1,130
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,815	11	1,834	- 19
Kidney Disease	13	1,274	12	1,629	- 355
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,205	35	308	+ 897
Lung Disease	15	955	4	4,344	- 3,389
Meningitis	16	913	54	35	+ 878
Liver Cancer	17	873	22	752	+ 121
Other Injuries	18	745	15	1,374	- 629
Hypertension	19	683	10	1,838	- 1,155
Cervical Cancer	20	662	38	228	+ 434
Suicide	21	610	14	1,479	- 869
Maternal Conditions	22	610	64	5	+ 605
Asthma	23	606	42	158	+ 448
Endocrine Disorders	24	602	24	702	- 100
Breast Cancer	25	593	13	1,582	- 989
Malnutrition	26	572	45	117	+ 455
Violence	27	569	47	113	+ 456
Inflammatory/Heart	28	494	28	547	- 53
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	396	2	10,917	- 10,521
Falls	30	357	17	1,109	- 752
Prostate Cancer	31	316	8	2,622	- 2,307
Lymphomas	32	268	16	1,357	- 1,089
Stomach Cancer	33	266	26	612	- 346
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	246	6	3,049	- 2,804
Pertussis	35	228	67	0	+ 227
Drownings	36	227	46	114	+ 112
Fires	37	223	49	65	+ 159
Ovary Cancer	38	214	27	553	- 339
Drug Use	39	193	30	423	- 230
Poisonings	40	160	60	18	+ 142
Syphilis	41	148	72	0	+ 148
Oral Cancer	42	148	31	379	- 231
Parkinson's Disease	43	118	19	943	- 825
Encephalitis	44	109	71	0	+ 109
Leukemia	45	104	20	825	- 721
Pancreas Cancer	46	102	9	1,849	- 1,746
Epilepsy	47	101	44	121	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	98	37	277	- 179
Oesophagus Cancer	49	87	29	538	- 451
Skin Disease	50	81	39	220	- 139
Schistosomiasis	51	79	69	0	+ 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	78	48	110	- 32
Bladder Cancer	53	75	21	760	- 685
Alcohol	54	75	32	359	- 284
Lung Cancers	55	73	5	3,722	- 3,649
Tetanus	56	67	68	0	+ 67
Uterin Cancer	57	67	33	345	- 278
Skin Cancers	58	66	25	650	- 585
Appendicitis	59	45	59	18	+ 27
Measles	60	41	83	0	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	61	34	41	170	- 136
Hepatitis B	62	31	62	9	+ 22
Other Neoplasms	63	15	18	1,036	- 1,021
War	64	9	65	2	+ 7
Hepatitis C	65	9	53	44	- 36
Upper Respiratory	66	5	58	20	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	43	129	- 124
Ascariasis	68	4	81	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	50	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	40	175	- 175
Osteoarthritis	84	0	57	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	46	- 46
Oral conditions	86	0	63	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Ghana

Sweden

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.