YEMEN VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	15,111	4	11,978	+ 3,133
Stroke	2	14,089	2	13,570	+ 520
Coronary Heart Disease	3	13,104	1	30,158	- 17,054
HIV/AIDS	4	12,605	46	396	+ 12,209
Malaria	5	10,372	20	1,719	+ 8,653
Tuberculosis	6	9,491	18	1,899	+ 7,592
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,255	6	8,561	- 1,306
Low Birth Weight	8	6,190	5	8,810	- 2,620
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	6,075	9	4,372	+ 1,704
Birth Trauma	10	5,756	7	5,939	- 184
Liver Disease	11	5,625	13	2,891	+ 2,734
Diabetes Mellitus	12	5,510	19	1,794	+ 3,715
Kidney Disease	13	3,867	15	2,679	+ 1,188
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,657	10	4,291	- 634
Lung Disease	15	2,899	11	3,196	- 297
Meningitis	16	2,772	28	1,018	+ 1,754
Liver Cancer	17	2,649	39	609	+ 2,040
Other Injuries	18	2,260	16	2,225	+ 35
Hypertension	19	2,073	8	5,293	- 3,221
Cervical Cancer	20	2,008	57	119	+ 1,889
Suicide	21	1,852	21	1,699	+ 154
Maternal Conditions	22	1,850	32	890	+ 960
Asthma	23	1,839	17	2,106	- 267
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,826	36	738	+ 1,088
Breast Cancer	25	1,800	26	1,134	+ 667
Malnutrition	26	1,736	27	1,058	+ 678
Violence	27	1,726	14	2,839	- 1,113
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,501	40	585	+ 916
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,202	22	1,405	- 203
Falls	30	1,085	24	1,170	- 85
Prostate Cancer	31	958	63	39	+ 918
Lymphomas	32	813	45	433	+ 380
Stomach Cancer	33	809	31	902	- 93
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	746	30	913	- 167
Pertussis	35	692	23	1,239	- 547
Drownings	36	688	25	1,142	- 454
Fires	37	678	29	991	- 313
Ovary Cancer	38	649	52	188	+ 461
Drug Use	39	585	38	613	- 27
Poisonings	40	485	44	532	- 47
Syphilis	41	449	53	175	+ 273
Oral Cancer	42	449	42	547	- 99
Parkinson's Disease	43	359	49	362	- 2
Encephalitis	44	332	48	369	- 37
Leukemia	45	316	34	776	- 460
Pancreas Cancer	46	311	51	283	+ 28
Epilepsy	47	306	43	539	- 233
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	298	33	833	- 536
Oesophagus Cancer	49	265	35	765	- 500
Skin Disease	50	245	61	44	+ 201
Schistosomiasis	51	239	56	124	+ 115
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	238	37	707	- 469
Bladder Cancer	53	228	55	160	+ 68
Alcohol	54	227	59	78	+ 148
Lung Cancers	55	221	41	569	- 349
Tetanus	56	204	47	395	- 190
Uterin Cancer	57	203	69	5	+ 198
Skin Cancers	58	199	58	100	+ 100
Appendicitis	59	135	54	162	- 26
Measles	60	126	12	3,019	- 2,893
Multiple Sclerosis	61	105	62	42	+ 63
Hepatitis B	62	94	50	299	- 205
Other Neoplasms	63	45	64	21	+ 24
War	64	27	3	12,915	- 12,888
Hepatitis C	65	26	68	8	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	66	15	70	5	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	15	66	14	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	11	65	17	- 6
Diphtheria	69	4	67	14	- 10
Chlamydia	70	3	72	1	+ 2
Dengue	71	0	60	71	- 71
Otitis Media	72	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	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	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

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Yemen

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.