GHANA VS KYRGYZSTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KYRGYZSTAN		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	51,288	3	14,103	+ 37,186
Stroke	2	20,770	2	15,163	+ 5,608
Liver Disease	3	9,499	11	6,053	+ 3,445
Lung Disease	4	6,380	15	3,120	+ 3,261
Low Birth Weight	5	5,042	8	6,662	- 1,620
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,553	7	7,808	- 3,254
Stomach Cancer	7	4,317	33	870	+ 3,447
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,903	1	16,262	- 12,359
Lung Cancers	9	3,390	55	237	+ 3,153
Congenital Anomalies	10	3,261	14	3,935	- 675
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,996	29	1,294	+ 1,702
Suicide	12	2,656	21	1,993	+ 662
Birth Trauma	13	2,636	10	6,194	- 3,558
Hypertension	14	2,315	19	2,231	+ 85
Liver Cancer	15	2,260	17	2,851	- 592
Kidney Disease	16	2,202	13	4,161	- 1,959
Tuberculosis	17	1,961	6	10,214	- 8,254
Inflammatory/Heart	18	1,879	28	1,615	+ 264
Cervical Cancer	19	1,754	20	2,161	- 407
Alcohol	20	1,743	54	244	+ 1,499
Breast Cancer	21	1,648	25	1,937	- 289
Violence	22	1,648	27	1,857	- 209
Other Injuries	23	1,554	18	2,433	- 879
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,512	34	803	+ 710
Diabetes Mellitus	25	1,456	12	5,929	- 4,473
Drownings	26	1,265	36	740	+ 525
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,182	46	334	+ 848
HIV/AIDS	28	1,109	4	13,565	- 12,456
Epilepsy	29	987	47	329	+ 658
Oesophagus Cancer	30	839	49	285	+ 553
Ovary Cancer	31	833	38	698	+ 134
Leukemia	32	801	45	340	+ 461
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	777	52	256	+ 522
Falls	34	769	30	1,168	- 399
Drug Use	35	712	39	630	+ 82
Oral Cancer	36	683	42	483	+ 200
Parkinson's Disease	37	527	43	387	+ 141
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	492	9	6,538	- 6,047
Maternal Conditions	39	439	22	1,991	- 1,552
Prostate Cancer	40	437	31	1,031	- 593
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	404	48	321	+ 83
Lymphomas	42	372	32	875	- 503
Fires	43	367	37	729	- 363
Uterin Cancer	44	345	57	219	+ 127
Poisonings	45	341	40	522	- 180
Skin Cancers	46	324	58	214	+ 110
Bladder Cancer	47	316	53	245	+ 71
Endocrine Disorders	48	285	24	1,965	- 1,680
Encephalitis	49	278	44	357	- 79
Asthma	50	259	23	1,979	- 1,720
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	213	67	16	+ 197
Meningitis	52	166	16	2,983	- 2,817
Upper Respiratory	53	101	66	16	+ 84
Skin Disease	54	90	50	264	- 174
Appendicitis	55	43	59	146	- 103
Hepatitis B	56	41	62	101	- 60
Other Neoplasms	57	33	63	48	- 15
Malnutrition	58	32	26	1,868	- 1,836
Leishmaniasis	59	30	77	0	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	60	26	61	113	- 87
War	61	4	64	29	- 25
Hepatitis C	62	2	65	28	- 26
Tetanus	63	1	56	220	- 219
Syphilis	64	1	41	483	- 482
Pertussis	65	1	35	744	- 744
Chlamydia	66	1	70	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	68	12	- 12
Diphtheria	68	0	69	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	60	135	- 135
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Chagas disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	257	- 257
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
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
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Kyrgyzstan

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.