GHANA VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	30,037	15	3,120	+ 26,917
Coronary Heart Disease	2	21,868	3	14,103	+ 7,766
Tuberculosis	3	18,376	6	10,214	+ 8,162
Stroke	4	14,346	2	15,163	- 816
Liver Disease	5	7,094	11	6,053	+ 1,041
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,932	1	16,262	- 9,330
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	6,747	9	6,538	+ 209
Asthma	8	6,591	23	1,979	+ 4,611
Road Traffic Accidents	9	5,173	7	7,808	- 2,635
Kidney Disease	10	4,761	13	4,161	+ 600
Low Birth Weight	11	4,248	8	6,662	- 2,414
Lung Cancers	12	3,985	55	237	+ 3,748
Falls	13	3,691	30	1,168	+ 2,524
Diabetes Mellitus	14	3,255	12	5,929	- 2,674
Birth Trauma	15	2,974	10	6,194	- 3,220
Suicide	16	2,858	21	1,993	+ 864
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	2,578	52	256	+ 2,323
Hypertension	18	2,325	19	2,231	+ 94
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	2,247	29	1,294	+ 953
Cervical Cancer	20	2,189	20	2,161	+ 28
Congenital Anomalies	21	2,166	14	3,935	- 1,770
Other Injuries	22	1,839	18	2,433	- 594
Drownings	23	1,673	36	740	+ 932
Oral Cancer	24	1,543	42	483	+ 1,061
Stomach Cancer	25	1,533	33	870	+ 663
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	1,297	34	803	+ 495
Breast Cancer	27	1,154	25	1,937	- 784
Maternal Conditions	28	1,086	22	1,991	- 905
Encephalitis	29	980	44	357	+ 623
Epilepsy	30	971	47	329	+ 642
Malnutrition	31	939	26	1,868	- 929
Lymphomas	32	853	32	875	- 22
Parkinson's Disease	33	844	43	387	+ 458
HIV/AIDS	34	819	4	13,565	- 12,746
Violence	35	782	27	1,857	- 1,075
Leukemia	36	742	45	340	+ 402
Ovary Cancer	37	650	38	698	- 49
Oesophagus Cancer	38	546	49	285	+ 260
Poisonings	39	526	40	522	+ 5
Pertussis	40	503	35	744	- 241
Pancreas Cancer	41	495	46	334	+ 161
Skin Cancers	42	444	58	214	+ 230
Meningitis	43	419	16	2,983	- 2,564
Bladder Cancer	44	361	53	245	+ 116
Endocrine Disorders	45	286	24	1,965	- 1,679
Liver Cancer	46	284	17	2,851	- 2,567
Appendicitis	47	245	59	146	+ 99
Inflammatory/Heart	48	241	28	1,615	- 1,373
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	213	48	321	- 108
Fires	50	204	37	729	- 525
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	192	67	16	+ 176
Alcohol	52	186	54	244	- 58
Tetanus	53	149	56	220	- 71
Syphilis	54	149	41	483	- 334
Dengue	55	133	71	0	+ 133
Hepatitis B	56	130	62	101	+ 29
Drug Use	57	104	39	630	- 526
Prostate Cancer	58	95	31	1,031	- 936
Measles	59	67	60	135	- 69
Uterin Cancer	60	63	57	219	- 156
Other Neoplasms	61	55	63	48	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	62	43	77	0	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	63	43	61	113	- 70
Hepatitis C	64	32	65	28	+ 4
War	65	27	64	29	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	26	66	16	+ 10
Skin Disease	67	19	50	264	- 245
Chlamydia	68	6	70	3	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	5	68	12	- 8
Otitis Media	70	4	72	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	71	1	69	4	- 3
Malaria	72	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Schistosomiasis	73	0	51	257	- 257
Chagas disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Nepal

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.