SWITZERLAND VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,166	8	1,949	+ 2,217
Stroke	2	3,884	3	3,918	- 33
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,613	1	10,713	- 7,101
HIV/AIDS	4	3,475	54	29	+ 3,446
Malaria	5	2,859	77	0	+ 2,859
Tuberculosis	6	2,617	56	21	+ 2,595
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,000	34	193	+ 1,807
Low Birth Weight	8	1,707	43	105	+ 1,602
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,675	35	186	+ 1,489
Birth Trauma	10	1,587	52	32	+ 1,555
Liver Disease	11	1,551	21	677	+ 873
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,519	17	1,022	+ 497
Kidney Disease	13	1,066	13	1,261	- 195
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,008	31	305	+ 703
Lung Disease	15	799	5	2,902	- 2,103
Meningitis	16	764	57	20	+ 744
Liver Cancer	17	730	19	805	- 75
Other Injuries	18	623	30	410	+ 214
Hypertension	19	571	6	2,471	- 1,900
Cervical Cancer	20	554	42	105	+ 448
Suicide	21	511	14	1,249	- 738
Maternal Conditions	22	510	64	4	+ 506
Asthma	23	507	46	95	+ 412
Endocrine Disorders	24	503	25	593	- 90
Breast Cancer	25	496	11	1,577	- 1,081
Malnutrition	26	479	47	84	+ 394
Violence	27	476	51	42	+ 433
Inflammatory/Heart	28	414	16	1,027	- 613
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	331	2	7,192	- 6,861
Falls	30	299	9	1,919	- 1,620
Prostate Cancer	31	264	10	1,579	- 1,315
Lymphomas	32	224	15	1,131	- 907
Stomach Cancer	33	223	24	614	- 391
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	206	7	1,995	- 1,789
Pertussis	35	191	73	0	+ 191
Drownings	36	190	50	49	+ 140
Fires	37	187	55	21	+ 166
Ovary Cancer	38	179	29	457	- 278
Drug Use	39	161	36	176	- 15
Poisonings	40	134	60	13	+ 121
Syphilis	41	124	65	2	+ 122
Oral Cancer	42	124	26	500	- 377
Parkinson's Disease	43	99	18	857	- 758
Encephalitis	44	91	68	1	+ 91
Leukemia	45	87	22	671	- 584
Pancreas Cancer	46	86	12	1,486	- 1,400
Epilepsy	47	84	39	159	- 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	82	41	122	- 40
Oesophagus Cancer	49	73	28	491	- 418
Skin Disease	50	68	40	129	- 62
Schistosomiasis	51	66	72	0	+ 65
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	65	48	78	- 12
Bladder Cancer	53	63	23	669	- 607
Alcohol	54	63	32	229	- 166
Lung Cancers	55	61	4	3,520	- 3,459
Tetanus	56	56	70	0	+ 56
Uterin Cancer	57	56	33	224	- 168
Skin Cancers	58	55	27	493	- 438
Appendicitis	59	37	59	15	+ 23
Measles	60	35	75	0	+ 35
Multiple Sclerosis	61	29	38	160	- 131
Hepatitis B	62	26	63	5	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	63	12	20	681	- 669
War	64	7	67	1	+ 7
Hepatitis C	65	7	58	15	- 8
Upper Respiratory	66	4	61	11	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	49	68	- 64
Ascariasis	68	3	82	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	45	96	- 96
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	102	- 102
Osteoarthritis	84	0	37	170	- 170
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Ghana

Switzerland

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.