GHANA VS KIRIBATI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KIRIBATI		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	52,519	3	14,103	+ 38,417
Stroke	2	49,110	2	15,163	+ 33,947
Diabetes Mellitus	3	45,537	12	5,929	+ 39,608
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	16,747	1	16,262	+ 485
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	16,149	9	6,538	+ 9,611
Asthma	6	14,063	23	1,979	+ 12,083
Tuberculosis	7	12,817	6	10,214	+ 2,603
Kidney Disease	8	12,533	13	4,161	+ 8,371
Suicide	9	9,874	21	1,993	+ 7,881
Lung Disease	10	9,549	15	3,120	+ 6,429
Cervical Cancer	11	9,010	20	2,161	+ 6,849
Liver Disease	12	8,893	11	6,053	+ 2,840
Low Birth Weight	13	8,126	8	6,662	+ 1,464
Birth Trauma	14	6,855	10	6,194	+ 661
Congenital Anomalies	15	6,835	14	3,935	+ 2,900
Rheumatic Heart Disease	16	5,464	52	256	+ 5,208
Malnutrition	17	4,439	26	1,868	+ 2,571
Breast Cancer	18	4,428	25	1,937	+ 2,490
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	4,231	48	321	+ 3,910
Lung Cancers	20	4,150	55	237	+ 3,913
Hypertension	21	4,040	19	2,231	+ 1,810
Meningitis	22	4,013	16	2,983	+ 1,029
Stomach Cancer	23	3,441	33	870	+ 2,571
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	3,241	29	1,294	+ 1,947
Other Injuries	25	3,097	18	2,433	+ 664
Oral Cancer	26	3,088	42	483	+ 2,605
Liver Cancer	27	2,756	17	2,851	- 95
Drownings	28	2,729	36	740	+ 1,989
Inflammatory/Heart	29	2,237	28	1,615	+ 622
Endocrine Disorders	30	2,143	24	1,965	+ 178
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	2,090	34	803	+ 1,287
Pertussis	32	1,893	35	744	+ 1,148
Parkinson's Disease	33	1,777	43	387	+ 1,390
Violence	34	1,684	27	1,857	- 173
Maternal Conditions	35	1,682	22	1,991	- 308
Oesophagus Cancer	36	1,634	49	285	+ 1,348
Syphilis	37	1,317	41	483	+ 834
Epilepsy	38	1,309	47	329	+ 980
Leukemia	39	1,223	45	340	+ 883
Skin Disease	40	1,176	50	264	+ 912
Lymphomas	41	929	32	875	+ 54
Falls	42	926	30	1,168	- 241
Poisonings	43	920	40	522	+ 399
Prostate Cancer	44	799	31	1,031	- 232
Road Traffic Accidents	45	672	7	7,808	- 7,136
Uterin Cancer	46	615	57	219	+ 396
Fires	47	606	37	729	- 123
Hepatitis B	48	576	62	101	+ 475
Pancreas Cancer	49	564	46	334	+ 230
Ovary Cancer	50	336	38	698	- 362
Bladder Cancer	51	286	53	245	+ 41
Appendicitis	52	242	59	146	+ 96
Encephalitis	53	212	44	357	- 145
Alcohol	54	191	54	244	- 53
Tetanus	55	133	56	220	- 87
Skin Cancers	56	128	58	214	- 86
Drug Use	57	120	39	630	- 510
Other Neoplasms	58	92	63	48	+ 44
Dengue	59	79	71	0	+ 79
Upper Respiratory	60	79	66	16	+ 63
Multiple Sclerosis	61	53	61	113	- 59
Hepatitis C	62	49	65	28	+ 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	32	67	16	+ 16
Ascariasis	64	19	68	12	+ 6
Diphtheria	65	15	69	4	+ 11
Chlamydia	66	11	70	3	+ 7
War	67	6	64	29	- 23
Measles	68	4	60	135	- 132
Otitis Media	69	3	72	0	+ 3
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	4	13,565	- 13,565
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	257	- 257
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Kiribati

Ghana

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.