URUGUAY VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,610	6	1,370	+ 240
Stroke	2	1,502	2	2,850	- 1,348
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,397	1	4,265	- 2,868
HIV/AIDS	4	1,343	28	195	+ 1,148
Malaria	5	1,105	79	0	+ 1,105
Tuberculosis	6	1,012	41	81	+ 931
Road Traffic Accidents	7	773	16	512	+ 262
Low Birth Weight	8	660	42	73	+ 586
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	647	35	134	+ 513
Birth Trauma	10	613	53	22	+ 591
Liver Disease	11	599	27	206	+ 394
Diabetes Mellitus	12	587	11	747	- 160
Kidney Disease	13	412	8	1,040	- 628
Congenital Anomalies	14	390	30	170	+ 220
Lung Disease	15	309	4	1,706	- 1,397
Meningitis	16	295	58	10	+ 285
Liver Cancer	17	282	34	147	+ 135
Other Injuries	18	241	10	774	- 533
Hypertension	19	221	15	648	- 427
Cervical Cancer	20	214	29	172	+ 42
Suicide	21	197	12	735	- 538
Maternal Conditions	22	197	60	9	+ 188
Asthma	23	196	37	127	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	24	195	17	487	- 293
Breast Cancer	25	192	9	848	- 656
Malnutrition	26	185	43	73	+ 112
Violence	27	184	23	295	- 111
Inflammatory/Heart	28	160	22	314	- 154
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	128	3	1,899	- 1,770
Falls	30	116	47	55	+ 61
Prostate Cancer	31	102	13	707	- 605
Lymphomas	32	87	20	457	- 371
Stomach Cancer	33	86	18	480	- 394
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	79	7	1,245	- 1,165
Pertussis	35	74	72	0	+ 73
Drownings	36	73	45	65	+ 9
Fires	37	72	48	54	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	38	69	32	160	- 91
Drug Use	39	62	49	41	+ 22
Poisonings	40	52	55	17	+ 35
Syphilis	41	48	66	3	+ 45
Oral Cancer	42	48	31	167	- 119
Parkinson's Disease	43	38	21	320	- 282
Encephalitis	44	35	64	4	+ 32
Leukemia	45	34	25	280	- 247
Pancreas Cancer	46	33	14	656	- 622
Epilepsy	47	33	40	86	- 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	32	46	57	- 25
Oesophagus Cancer	49	28	24	286	- 258
Skin Disease	50	26	36	130	- 104
Schistosomiasis	51	25	77	0	+ 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	25	50	39	- 14
Bladder Cancer	53	24	26	276	- 252
Alcohol	54	24	39	104	- 80
Lung Cancers	55	24	5	1,463	- 1,439
Tetanus	56	22	71	0	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	57	22	38	115	- 94
Skin Cancers	58	21	33	149	- 128
Appendicitis	59	14	59	9	+ 5
Measles	60	13	74	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	61	11	56	13	- 2
Hepatitis B	62	10	63	4	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	63	5	19	464	- 459
War	64	3	70	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	3	65	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	62	5	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	51	35	- 33
Ascariasis	68	1	80	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	71	- 71
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Ghana

Uruguay

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.