GHANA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	38,765	2	15,163	+ 23,602
Coronary Heart Disease	2	30,615	3	14,103	+ 16,513
Diabetes Mellitus	3	28,744	12	5,929	+ 22,815
Kidney Disease	4	16,404	13	4,161	+ 12,243
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	13,519	1	16,262	- 2,744
Prostate Cancer	6	11,583	31	1,031	+ 10,552
Road Traffic Accidents	7	11,228	7	7,808	+ 3,420
Lung Disease	8	10,875	15	3,120	+ 7,755
Hypertension	9	10,799	19	2,231	+ 8,568
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	9,795	29	1,294	+ 8,501
Violence	11	7,616	27	1,857	+ 5,759
Liver Disease	12	7,172	11	6,053	+ 1,118
Inflammatory/Heart	13	6,483	28	1,615	+ 4,868
Breast Cancer	14	5,239	25	1,937	+ 3,302
Stomach Cancer	15	4,510	33	870	+ 3,639
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	4,344	34	803	+ 3,541
Endocrine Disorders	17	4,152	24	1,965	+ 2,187
Lung Cancers	18	3,848	55	237	+ 3,610
Low Birth Weight	19	3,538	8	6,662	- 3,124
Skin Disease	20	3,326	50	264	+ 3,062
Other Injuries	21	3,036	18	2,433	+ 603
Suicide	22	2,963	21	1,993	+ 970
Parkinson's Disease	23	2,855	43	387	+ 2,468
Lymphomas	24	2,693	32	875	+ 1,819
Cervical Cancer	25	2,441	20	2,161	+ 280
Falls	26	2,167	30	1,168	+ 999
Asthma	27	1,974	23	1,979	- 5
Drownings	28	1,919	36	740	+ 1,179
Alcohol	29	1,902	54	244	+ 1,658
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,666	14	3,935	- 2,270
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,659	46	334	+ 1,325
Epilepsy	32	1,465	47	329	+ 1,135
Malnutrition	33	1,355	26	1,868	- 513
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,105	48	321	+ 784
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	942	9	6,538	- 5,596
Leukemia	36	910	45	340	+ 570
Liver Cancer	37	832	17	2,851	- 2,019
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	810	52	256	+ 555
Fires	39	682	37	729	- 47
Oesophagus Cancer	40	646	49	285	+ 361
Ovary Cancer	41	644	38	698	- 55
Birth Trauma	42	637	10	6,194	- 5,557
Oral Cancer	43	633	42	483	+ 150
Tuberculosis	44	600	6	10,214	- 9,614
Uterin Cancer	45	419	57	219	+ 200
Drug Use	46	394	39	630	- 236
Maternal Conditions	47	380	22	1,991	- 1,611
Other Neoplasms	48	374	63	48	+ 326
Meningitis	49	301	16	2,983	- 2,683
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	269	67	16	+ 253
Appendicitis	51	231	59	146	+ 85
Encephalitis	52	227	44	357	- 131
Dengue	53	121	71	0	+ 121
Multiple Sclerosis	54	92	61	113	- 21
Poisonings	55	54	40	522	- 468
Tetanus	56	44	56	220	- 176
Syphilis	57	39	41	483	- 444
War	58	34	64	29	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	59	26	66	16	+ 10
Hepatitis B	60	12	62	101	- 89
Schistosomiasis	61	10	51	257	- 246
Chlamydia	62	9	70	3	+ 6
Pertussis	63	6	35	744	- 738
Ascariasis	64	2	68	12	- 10
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	28	- 27
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	69	4	- 4
Skin Cancers	68	0	58	214	- 214
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	53	245	- 245
Schizophrenia	73	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	60	135	- 135
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Leishmaniasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	4	13,565	- 13,565
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Saint Lucia

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.