TRINIDAD/TOB. VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	662	10	205	+ 457
Stroke	2	618	3	822	- 205
Coronary Heart Disease	3	574	1	1,476	- 901
HIV/AIDS	4	553	12	196	+ 357
Malaria	5	455	72	0	+ 455
Tuberculosis	6	416	43	22	+ 395
Road Traffic Accidents	7	318	15	130	+ 188
Low Birth Weight	8	271	23	83	+ 188
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	266	45	18	+ 248
Birth Trauma	10	252	40	25	+ 227
Liver Disease	11	247	14	136	+ 111
Diabetes Mellitus	12	242	2	1,275	- 1,034
Kidney Disease	13	170	5	439	- 270
Congenital Anomalies	14	160	22	93	+ 67
Lung Disease	15	127	16	129	- 2
Meningitis	16	122	52	9	+ 112
Liver Cancer	17	116	28	66	+ 50
Other Injuries	18	99	30	61	+ 38
Hypertension	19	91	11	201	- 110
Cervical Cancer	20	88	21	97	- 9
Suicide	21	81	17	121	- 40
Maternal Conditions	22	81	50	10	+ 71
Asthma	23	81	35	40	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	24	80	18	119	- 39
Breast Cancer	25	79	7	258	- 179
Malnutrition	26	76	47	17	+ 60
Violence	27	76	4	549	- 474
Inflammatory/Heart	28	66	25	72	- 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	53	9	215	- 162
Falls	30	48	33	43	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	31	42	6	330	- 288
Lymphomas	32	36	20	111	- 76
Stomach Cancer	33	35	26	69	- 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	33	13	196	- 163
Pertussis	35	30	67	0	+ 30
Drownings	36	30	39	31	- 1
Fires	37	30	48	16	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	38	28	24	80	- 52
Drug Use	39	26	44	19	+ 7
Poisonings	40	21	59	1	+ 20
Syphilis	41	20	61	0	+ 20
Oral Cancer	42	20	38	31	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	43	16	32	51	- 36
Encephalitis	44	15	54	6	+ 8
Leukemia	45	14	29	62	- 49
Pancreas Cancer	46	14	19	114	- 100
Epilepsy	47	13	37	32	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	13	31	52	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	49	12	41	24	- 13
Skin Disease	50	11	36	39	- 28
Schistosomiasis	51	10	71	0	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	10	49	11	- 1
Bladder Cancer	53	10	34	41	- 31
Alcohol	54	10	42	23	- 13
Lung Cancers	55	10	8	217	- 208
Tetanus	56	9	65	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	57	9	27	68	- 59
Skin Cancers	58	9	57	4	+ 4
Appendicitis	59	6	56	4	+ 2
Measles	60	6	76	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	58	2	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	4	60	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	63	2	51	10	- 8
War	64	1	46	17	- 16
Hepatitis C	65	1	62	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	53	8	- 7
Ascariasis	68	1	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	63	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	55	5	- 5
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Ghana

Trinidad/Tob.

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.