SYRIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	11,220	4	2,958	+ 8,262
Stroke	2	10,462	2	8,088	+ 2,373
Coronary Heart Disease	3	9,730	1	28,203	- 18,473
HIV/AIDS	4	9,360	58	15	+ 9,345
Malaria	5	7,701	79	0	+ 7,701
Tuberculosis	6	7,048	56	23	+ 7,024
Road Traffic Accidents	7	5,387	5	2,550	+ 2,837
Low Birth Weight	8	4,596	12	1,652	+ 2,944
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	4,511	7	2,156	+ 2,355
Birth Trauma	10	4,274	21	744	+ 3,529
Liver Disease	11	4,177	11	1,720	+ 2,457
Diabetes Mellitus	12	4,091	15	1,534	+ 2,557
Kidney Disease	13	2,871	6	2,329	+ 542
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,715	8	2,077	+ 638
Lung Disease	15	2,153	13	1,601	+ 551
Meningitis	16	2,058	35	295	+ 1,763
Liver Cancer	17	1,967	31	366	+ 1,601
Other Injuries	18	1,678	24	521	+ 1,157
Hypertension	19	1,539	23	707	+ 832
Cervical Cancer	20	1,491	42	188	+ 1,303
Suicide	21	1,375	33	333	+ 1,043
Maternal Conditions	22	1,374	45	105	+ 1,269
Asthma	23	1,366	17	1,052	+ 313
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,356	26	418	+ 938
Breast Cancer	25	1,337	10	1,953	- 616
Malnutrition	26	1,289	51	73	+ 1,216
Violence	27	1,281	25	444	+ 837
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,114	32	337	+ 777
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	893	14	1,551	- 658
Falls	30	806	29	383	+ 423
Prostate Cancer	31	711	28	404	+ 307
Lymphomas	32	604	18	827	- 223
Stomach Cancer	33	600	22	725	- 124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	554	16	1,224	- 670
Pertussis	35	514	37	289	+ 225
Drownings	36	511	40	215	+ 296
Fires	37	503	43	179	+ 324
Ovary Cancer	38	482	34	328	+ 154
Drug Use	39	435	39	249	+ 185
Poisonings	40	360	46	98	+ 262
Syphilis	41	333	55	31	+ 302
Oral Cancer	42	333	36	289	+ 44
Parkinson's Disease	43	267	30	367	- 100
Encephalitis	44	246	50	77	+ 169
Leukemia	45	235	19	796	- 561
Pancreas Cancer	46	231	27	411	- 180
Epilepsy	47	227	48	92	+ 135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	221	49	79	+ 142
Oesophagus Cancer	49	197	47	97	+ 99
Skin Disease	50	182	61	8	+ 174
Schistosomiasis	51	177	60	11	+ 166
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	176	41	197	- 21
Bladder Cancer	53	169	20	757	- 588
Alcohol	54	168	53	51	+ 118
Lung Cancers	55	164	9	2,048	- 1,884
Tetanus	56	152	52	57	+ 94
Uterin Cancer	57	151	44	146	+ 5
Skin Cancers	58	148	38	276	- 129
Appendicitis	59	101	54	36	+ 64
Measles	60	93	70	0	+ 93
Multiple Sclerosis	61	78	59	14	+ 63
Hepatitis B	62	70	63	5	+ 65
Other Neoplasms	63	33	57	21	+ 12
War	64	20	3	7,760	- 7,740
Hepatitis C	65	19	68	1	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	66	11	66	3	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	11	62	7	+ 5
Ascariasis	68	8	67	1	+ 7
Diphtheria	69	3	64	5	- 2
Chlamydia	70	2	69	1	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	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	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Ghana

Syria

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.