ZAMBIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	9,779	2	9,517	+ 262
Stroke	2	9,118	3	7,948	+ 1,170
Coronary Heart Disease	3	8,480	10	4,432	+ 4,048
HIV/AIDS	4	8,157	1	17,234	- 9,077
Malaria	5	6,712	4	7,882	- 1,170
Tuberculosis	6	6,142	6	5,941	+ 201
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,695	11	3,654	+ 1,041
Low Birth Weight	8	4,006	8	4,857	- 851
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	3,932	5	6,275	- 2,344
Birth Trauma	10	3,725	7	5,062	- 1,337
Liver Disease	11	3,640	9	4,501	- 861
Diabetes Mellitus	12	3,565	14	2,395	+ 1,170
Kidney Disease	13	2,502	18	1,760	+ 742
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,366	12	3,146	- 779
Lung Disease	15	1,876	21	1,273	+ 603
Meningitis	16	1,794	16	1,976	- 182
Liver Cancer	17	1,714	46	177	+ 1,538
Other Injuries	18	1,463	19	1,729	- 266
Hypertension	19	1,341	13	2,616	- 1,275
Cervical Cancer	20	1,299	17	1,799	- 499
Suicide	21	1,199	20	1,303	- 104
Maternal Conditions	22	1,197	22	1,188	+ 9
Asthma	23	1,190	26	741	+ 449
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,182	37	354	+ 828
Breast Cancer	25	1,165	35	366	+ 799
Malnutrition	26	1,123	15	2,303	- 1,179
Violence	27	1,117	23	1,153	- 36
Inflammatory/Heart	28	971	33	501	+ 470
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	778	29	590	+ 188
Falls	30	702	28	596	+ 106
Prostate Cancer	31	620	30	561	+ 58
Lymphomas	32	526	31	548	- 22
Stomach Cancer	33	523	42	206	+ 317
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	483	43	203	+ 280
Pertussis	35	448	25	743	- 295
Drownings	36	445	27	689	- 244
Fires	37	439	32	546	- 108
Ovary Cancer	38	420	57	82	+ 337
Drug Use	39	379	53	122	+ 256
Poisonings	40	314	34	456	- 143
Syphilis	41	290	24	885	- 594
Oral Cancer	42	290	48	155	+ 135
Parkinson's Disease	43	233	47	164	+ 69
Encephalitis	44	215	59	70	+ 145
Leukemia	45	205	39	261	- 57
Pancreas Cancer	46	201	62	42	+ 159
Epilepsy	47	198	38	332	- 134
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	193	40	246	- 53
Oesophagus Cancer	49	172	36	359	- 187
Skin Disease	50	159	52	126	+ 33
Schistosomiasis	51	154	51	128	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	154	45	190	- 36
Bladder Cancer	53	147	50	132	+ 16
Alcohol	54	147	49	140	+ 7
Lung Cancers	55	143	41	226	- 83
Tetanus	56	132	44	190	- 57
Uterin Cancer	57	132	64	30	+ 102
Skin Cancers	58	129	54	108	+ 21
Appendicitis	59	88	56	84	+ 4
Measles	60	81	61	48	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	61	68	67	13	+ 54
Hepatitis B	62	61	55	104	- 43
Other Neoplasms	63	29	65	20	+ 9
War	64	18	69	6	+ 11
Hepatitis C	65	17	66	18	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	10	60	68	- 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	10	63	30	- 20
Ascariasis	68	7	68	9	- 1
Diphtheria	69	2	73	3	- 0
Chlamydia	70	2	71	3	- 2
Dengue	71	0	74	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	58	72	- 72
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	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	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Ghana

Zambia

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.