TANZANIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	31,717	2	26,028	+ 5,689
Stroke	2	29,574	7	16,894	+ 12,680
Coronary Heart Disease	3	27,505	9	13,215	+ 14,291
HIV/AIDS	4	26,458	1	27,402	- 944
Malaria	5	21,770	3	21,758	+ 12
Tuberculosis	6	19,922	4	20,269	- 347
Road Traffic Accidents	7	15,228	5	18,054	- 2,826
Low Birth Weight	8	12,993	10	12,173	+ 820
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	12,752	6	17,587	- 4,835
Birth Trauma	10	12,081	8	15,086	- 3,005
Liver Disease	11	11,807	13	6,586	+ 5,221
Diabetes Mellitus	12	11,564	15	6,247	+ 5,318
Kidney Disease	13	8,116	19	4,547	+ 3,569
Congenital Anomalies	14	7,676	11	9,791	- 2,115
Lung Disease	15	6,085	22	3,051	+ 3,034
Meningitis	16	5,819	21	3,188	+ 2,630
Liver Cancer	17	5,561	36	1,413	+ 4,147
Other Injuries	18	4,745	20	4,270	+ 475
Hypertension	19	4,351	17	5,209	- 858
Cervical Cancer	20	4,215	14	6,424	- 2,209
Suicide	21	3,888	24	2,474	+ 1,413
Maternal Conditions	22	3,883	12	6,835	- 2,952
Asthma	23	3,860	30	1,700	+ 2,160
Endocrine Disorders	24	3,832	29	1,778	+ 2,054
Breast Cancer	25	3,779	37	1,285	+ 2,494
Malnutrition	26	3,644	16	5,574	- 1,931
Violence	27	3,622	18	4,713	- 1,091
Inflammatory/Heart	28	3,150	38	1,227	+ 1,922
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	2,524	27	2,048	+ 476
Falls	30	2,277	34	1,533	+ 744
Prostate Cancer	31	2,010	28	1,819	+ 191
Lymphomas	32	1,706	41	805	+ 901
Stomach Cancer	33	1,697	39	1,190	+ 507
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	1,566	33	1,567	- 2
Pertussis	35	1,452	23	2,774	- 1,322
Drownings	36	1,444	32	1,642	- 198
Fires	37	1,423	35	1,424	- 2
Ovary Cancer	38	1,362	53	337	+ 1,025
Drug Use	39	1,229	48	404	+ 825
Poisonings	40	1,017	40	1,170	- 153
Syphilis	41	942	26	2,115	- 1,173
Oral Cancer	42	941	31	1,646	- 704
Parkinson's Disease	43	754	45	513	+ 241
Encephalitis	44	697	59	199	+ 498
Leukemia	45	663	47	416	+ 247
Pancreas Cancer	46	652	62	158	+ 494
Epilepsy	47	642	43	707	- 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	625	46	462	+ 163
Oesophagus Cancer	49	557	25	2,247	- 1,691
Skin Disease	50	515	52	359	+ 156
Schistosomiasis	51	501	51	371	+ 130
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	499	50	401	+ 98
Bladder Cancer	53	478	44	667	- 189
Alcohol	54	476	56	270	+ 206
Lung Cancers	55	463	61	159	+ 304
Tetanus	56	429	49	402	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	57	427	57	218	+ 209
Skin Cancers	58	418	42	744	- 326
Appendicitis	59	284	58	218	+ 67
Measles	60	264	55	295	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	61	219	68	27	+ 193
Hepatitis B	62	197	60	168	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	63	94	64	58	+ 36
War	64	57	67	30	+ 27
Hepatitis C	65	54	66	40	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	66	32	54	299	- 267
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	32	63	81	- 50
Ascariasis	68	24	65	56	- 32
Diphtheria	69	8	70	11	- 3
Chlamydia	70	6	71	9	- 3
Dengue	71	0	73	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	69	17	- 17
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Ghana

Tanzania

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.