GHANA VS QATAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	QATAR		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,661	3	14,103	+ 559
Diabetes Mellitus	2	6,219	12	5,929	+ 290
Stroke	3	3,456	2	15,163	- 11,706
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,789	7	7,808	- 5,019
Liver Disease	5	2,744	11	6,053	- 3,309
Kidney Disease	6	2,427	13	4,161	- 1,734
Suicide	7	2,240	21	1,993	+ 247
Falls	8	1,742	30	1,168	+ 574
Other Injuries	9	1,557	18	2,433	- 876
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	1,460	1	16,262	- 14,802
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,125	34	803	+ 322
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,014	29	1,294	- 280
Lung Cancers	13	986	55	237	+ 749
Congenital Anomalies	14	948	14	3,935	- 2,987
Lung Disease	15	928	15	3,120	- 2,192
Leukemia	16	775	45	340	+ 435
Breast Cancer	17	714	25	1,937	- 1,223
Lymphomas	18	656	32	875	- 219
Drownings	19	611	36	740	- 129
Low Birth Weight	20	607	8	6,662	- 6,055
Liver Cancer	21	602	17	2,851	- 2,249
Fires	22	576	37	729	- 154
Stomach Cancer	23	568	33	870	- 302
Endocrine Disorders	24	530	24	1,965	- 1,435
Inflammatory/Heart	25	438	28	1,615	- 1,177
Parkinson's Disease	26	381	43	387	- 6
Bladder Cancer	27	365	53	245	+ 120
Hypertension	28	357	19	2,231	- 1,873
Oral Cancer	29	339	42	483	- 143
Pancreas Cancer	30	337	46	334	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	31	239	31	1,031	- 792
Ovary Cancer	32	232	38	698	- 466
Skin Disease	33	216	50	264	- 48
Violence	34	190	27	1,857	- 1,667
Epilepsy	35	182	47	329	- 148
Cervical Cancer	36	173	20	2,161	- 1,988
Oesophagus Cancer	37	171	49	285	- 114
Birth Trauma	38	170	10	6,194	- 6,024
Drug Use	39	165	39	630	- 465
Asthma	40	139	23	1,979	- 1,840
Diarrhoeal diseases	41	135	9	6,538	- 6,403
Poisonings	42	120	40	522	- 401
Skin Cancers	43	110	58	214	- 105
Tuberculosis	44	109	6	10,214	- 10,106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	106	52	256	- 150
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	99	48	321	- 222
Meningitis	47	95	16	2,983	- 2,888
Alcohol	48	95	54	244	- 149
Uterin Cancer	49	86	57	219	- 133
Encephalitis	50	70	44	357	- 287
Other Neoplasms	51	36	63	48	- 12
Maternal Conditions	52	34	22	1,991	- 1,956
Syphilis	53	33	41	483	- 450
Pertussis	54	32	35	744	- 713
Multiple Sclerosis	55	26	61	113	- 87
Hepatitis B	56	26	62	101	- 75
Appendicitis	57	16	59	146	- 129
Malnutrition	58	12	26	1,868	- 1,857
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	7	67	16	- 10
Tetanus	60	4	56	220	- 216
War	61	4	64	29	- 25
Dengue	62	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	65	28	- 27
Ascariasis	64	1	68	12	- 12
Upper Respiratory	65	1	66	16	- 16
Diphtheria	66	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	67	0	60	135	- 135
Chlamydia	68	0	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	4	13,565	- 13,565
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	51	257	- 257
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	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.