GHANA VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,752	3	14,103	+ 16,650
Diabetes Mellitus	2	22,781	12	5,929	+ 16,852
Kidney Disease	3	11,805	13	4,161	+ 7,644
Stroke	4	10,527	2	15,163	- 4,636
Violence	5	8,585	27	1,857	+ 6,728
Liver Disease	6	7,894	11	6,053	+ 1,841
Lung Disease	7	7,705	15	3,120	+ 4,585
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	6,565	1	16,262	- 9,697
Hypertension	9	4,711	19	2,231	+ 2,480
Road Traffic Accidents	10	4,313	7	7,808	- 3,494
Other Injuries	11	3,221	18	2,433	+ 788
Endocrine Disorders	12	2,992	24	1,965	+ 1,027
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,766	14	3,935	- 1,169
Malnutrition	14	1,998	26	1,868	+ 130
Prostate Cancer	15	1,983	31	1,031	+ 952
Breast Cancer	16	1,952	25	1,937	+ 15
Lung Cancers	17	1,944	55	237	+ 1,707
Low Birth Weight	18	1,895	8	6,662	- 4,767
Stomach Cancer	19	1,836	33	870	+ 965
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,818	34	803	+ 1,015
Liver Cancer	21	1,804	17	2,851	- 1,048
Suicide	22	1,792	21	1,993	- 202
Other Neoplasms	23	1,641	63	48	+ 1,594
Lymphomas	24	1,313	32	875	+ 438
Leukemia	25	1,278	45	340	+ 938
Cervical Cancer	26	1,266	20	2,161	- 894
Pancreas Cancer	27	1,193	46	334	+ 859
HIV/AIDS	28	1,092	4	13,565	- 12,473
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	920	9	6,538	- 5,619
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	912	29	1,294	- 382
Skin Disease	31	801	50	264	+ 537
Alcohol	32	779	54	244	+ 535
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	723	48	321	+ 403
Ovary Cancer	34	701	38	698	+ 2
Falls	35	695	30	1,168	- 472
Birth Trauma	36	675	10	6,194	- 5,519
Anemia	37	577	83	0	+ 577
Tuberculosis	38	514	6	10,214	- 9,700
Epilepsy	39	506	47	329	+ 176
Skin Cancers	40	505	58	214	+ 291
Inflammatory/Heart	41	494	28	1,615	- 1,121
Drownings	42	476	36	740	- 265
Parkinson's Disease	43	415	43	387	+ 28
Drug Use	44	389	39	630	- 241
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	374	67	16	+ 358
Oral Cancer	46	358	42	483	- 124
Asthma	47	355	23	1,979	- 1,624
Bladder Cancer	48	337	53	245	+ 91
Oesophagus Cancer	49	331	49	285	+ 46
Uterin Cancer	50	239	57	219	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	237	85	0	+ 237
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	227	52	256	- 28
Appendicitis	53	205	59	146	+ 59
Maternal Conditions	54	198	22	1,991	- 1,793
Hepatitis C	55	165	65	28	+ 138
Fires	56	160	37	729	- 570
Poisonings	57	140	40	522	- 381
Meningitis	58	95	16	2,983	- 2,889
Osteoarthritis	59	81	84	0	+ 81
Multiple Sclerosis	60	78	61	113	- 34
Hepatitis B	61	56	62	101	- 46
Encephalitis	62	37	44	357	- 320
Schizophrenia	63	34	81	0	+ 34
Upper Respiratory	64	33	66	16	+ 17
Oral conditions	65	33	86	0	+ 33
War	66	30	64	29	+ 0
Dengue	67	8	71	0	+ 8
Otitis Media	68	8	72	0	+ 8
Chagas disease	69	6	76	0	+ 6
Pertussis	70	6	35	744	- 739
Tetanus	71	3	56	220	- 218
Ascariasis	72	1	68	12	- 11
Syphilis	73	1	41	483	- 482
Iodine Deficiency	74	1	79	0	+ 1
Leprosy	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	77	0	70	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	80	0	60	135	- 135
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	51	257	- 257
Malaria	84	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

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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.