GHANA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,639	3	14,103	+ 29,537
Stroke	2	41,815	2	15,163	+ 26,652
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	24,368	29	1,294	+ 23,074
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	23,217	1	16,262	+ 6,955
Lung Cancers	5	14,931	55	237	+ 14,693
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	14,875	34	803	+ 14,072
Lung Disease	7	14,524	15	3,120	+ 11,404
Diabetes Mellitus	8	12,204	12	5,929	+ 6,275
Kidney Disease	9	9,500	13	4,161	+ 5,338
Stomach Cancer	10	8,580	33	870	+ 7,710
Prostate Cancer	11	7,197	31	1,031	+ 6,166
Breast Cancer	12	6,767	25	1,937	+ 4,830
Other Injuries	13	6,564	18	2,433	+ 4,131
Hypertension	14	6,370	19	2,231	+ 4,140
Pancreas Cancer	15	5,656	46	334	+ 5,322
Lymphomas	16	5,447	32	875	+ 4,572
Endocrine Disorders	17	5,241	24	1,965	+ 3,276
Liver Cancer	18	4,305	17	2,851	+ 1,454
Suicide	19	3,971	21	1,993	+ 1,978
Bladder Cancer	20	3,967	53	245	+ 3,721
Parkinson's Disease	21	3,861	43	387	+ 3,474
Liver Disease	22	3,814	11	6,053	- 2,239
Falls	23	3,499	30	1,168	+ 2,332
Leukemia	24	3,441	45	340	+ 3,101
Oral Cancer	25	3,091	42	483	+ 2,608
Inflammatory/Heart	26	3,080	28	1,615	+ 1,465
Road Traffic Accidents	27	2,840	7	7,808	- 4,967
Other Neoplasms	28	2,210	63	48	+ 2,162
Oesophagus Cancer	29	2,110	49	285	+ 1,825
Skin Cancers	30	1,774	58	214	+ 1,560
Epilepsy	31	1,407	47	329	+ 1,077
Uterin Cancer	32	1,376	57	219	+ 1,157
Ovary Cancer	33	1,346	38	698	+ 648
Cervical Cancer	34	1,114	20	2,161	- 1,047
HIV/AIDS	35	1,083	4	13,565	- 12,482
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	782	9	6,538	- 5,757
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	774	48	321	+ 454
Tuberculosis	38	722	6	10,214	- 9,493
Skin Disease	39	686	50	264	+ 422
Congenital Anomalies	40	666	14	3,935	- 3,270
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	572	52	256	+ 316
Anemia	42	511	83	0	+ 511
Asthma	43	496	23	1,979	- 1,483
Drug Use	44	435	39	630	- 195
Alcohol	45	376	54	244	+ 132
Fires	46	367	37	729	- 362
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	335	67	16	+ 319
Violence	48	327	27	1,857	- 1,530
Hepatitis C	49	294	65	28	+ 266
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	279	85	0	+ 279
Drownings	51	269	36	740	- 472
Low Birth Weight	52	267	8	6,662	- 6,395
Malnutrition	53	267	26	1,868	- 1,602
Multiple Sclerosis	54	191	61	113	+ 78
Schizophrenia	55	166	81	0	+ 166
Meningitis	56	145	16	2,983	- 2,839
Poisonings	57	99	40	522	- 422
Osteoarthritis	58	97	84	0	+ 97
Hepatitis B	59	88	62	101	- 13
Birth Trauma	60	81	10	6,194	- 6,113
Appendicitis	61	71	59	146	- 75
Upper Respiratory	62	50	66	16	+ 34
Maternal Conditions	63	24	22	1,991	- 1,967
Syphilis	64	10	41	483	- 472
Oral conditions	65	10	86	0	+ 10
Otitis Media	66	8	72	0	+ 8
Encephalitis	67	4	44	357	- 353
Leishmaniasis	68	4	77	0	+ 4
War	69	4	64	29	- 26
Leprosy	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Measles	71	1	60	135	- 134
Pertussis	72	0	35	744	- 744
Tetanus	73	0	56	220	- 220
Diphtheria	74	0	69	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	70	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	257	- 257
Malaria	78	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	68	12	- 12
Dengue	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Portugal

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.