ZIMBABWE VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,063	2	10,779	- 2,716
Stroke	2	7,518	5	5,126	+ 2,392
Coronary Heart Disease	3	6,992	3	8,493	- 1,500
HIV/AIDS	4	6,726	1	19,988	- 13,262
Malaria	5	5,534	15	2,003	+ 3,531
Tuberculosis	6	5,065	16	1,999	+ 3,066
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,871	4	6,037	- 2,166
Low Birth Weight	8	3,303	7	4,038	- 734
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	3,242	6	4,595	- 1,353
Birth Trauma	10	3,071	8	3,405	- 334
Liver Disease	11	3,001	17	1,941	+ 1,060
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,940	9	3,344	- 404
Kidney Disease	13	2,063	12	2,214	- 150
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,951	11	2,217	- 266
Lung Disease	15	1,547	23	1,163	+ 384
Meningitis	16	1,479	22	1,325	+ 154
Liver Cancer	17	1,414	38	510	+ 904
Other Injuries	18	1,206	20	1,656	- 449
Hypertension	19	1,106	24	1,146	- 40
Cervical Cancer	20	1,071	14	2,023	- 951
Suicide	21	988	13	2,069	- 1,080
Maternal Conditions	22	987	19	1,749	- 762
Asthma	23	981	21	1,531	- 549
Endocrine Disorders	24	974	34	553	+ 421
Breast Cancer	25	961	28	839	+ 122
Malnutrition	26	926	10	2,396	- 1,470
Violence	27	921	18	1,916	- 995
Inflammatory/Heart	28	801	25	1,047	- 247
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	642	31	768	- 126
Falls	30	579	41	465	+ 114
Prostate Cancer	31	511	32	628	- 117
Lymphomas	32	434	26	960	- 526
Stomach Cancer	33	432	33	559	- 127
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	398	40	505	- 107
Pertussis	35	369	42	419	- 50
Drownings	36	367	27	956	- 589
Fires	37	362	30	793	- 431
Ovary Cancer	38	346	51	173	+ 173
Drug Use	39	312	48	213	+ 100
Poisonings	40	259	37	515	- 257
Syphilis	41	239	55	124	+ 115
Oral Cancer	42	239	49	208	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	43	192	46	226	- 34
Encephalitis	44	177	56	117	+ 60
Leukemia	45	169	45	244	- 75
Pancreas Cancer	46	166	47	217	- 51
Epilepsy	47	163	39	508	- 344
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	159	35	548	- 389
Oesophagus Cancer	49	141	29	801	- 660
Skin Disease	50	131	52	173	- 42
Schistosomiasis	51	127	53	172	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	127	36	542	- 415
Bladder Cancer	53	122	54	125	- 3
Alcohol	54	121	61	48	+ 73
Lung Cancers	55	118	43	286	- 168
Tetanus	56	109	57	102	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	57	109	50	182	- 73
Skin Cancers	58	106	44	264	- 158
Appendicitis	59	72	58	66	+ 6
Measles	60	67	63	30	+ 37
Multiple Sclerosis	61	56	67	14	+ 42
Hepatitis B	62	50	60	57	- 7
Other Neoplasms	63	24	62	37	- 13
War	64	14	65	26	- 12
Hepatitis C	65	14	66	14	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	8	59	65	- 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	8	64	26	- 18
Ascariasis	68	6	70	2	+ 4
Diphtheria	69	2	72	2	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	2	69	3	- 2
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	2	- 2
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 ZIMBABWE

Ghana

Zimbabwe

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.