GHANA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,948	3	14,103	+ 22,846
Stroke	2	15,894	2	15,163	+ 731
Road Traffic Accidents	3	11,658	7	7,808	+ 3,851
Kidney Disease	4	8,567	13	4,161	+ 4,405
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,804	1	16,262	- 10,458
Falls	6	5,054	30	1,168	+ 3,887
Liver Disease	7	4,667	11	6,053	- 1,386
Other Injuries	8	3,790	18	2,433	+ 1,357
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,682	12	5,929	- 2,248
Lung Disease	10	2,690	15	3,120	- 430
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,311	29	1,294	+ 1,018
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,184	14	3,935	- 1,752
Suicide	13	1,936	21	1,993	- 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,543	34	803	+ 740
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,370	24	1,965	- 595
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,270	28	1,615	- 345
Asthma	17	1,105	23	1,979	- 874
Low Birth Weight	18	936	8	6,662	- 5,726
Leukemia	19	875	45	340	+ 535
Breast Cancer	20	859	25	1,937	- 1,078
Liver Cancer	21	800	17	2,851	- 2,051
Hypertension	22	789	19	2,231	- 1,441
Fires	23	781	37	729	+ 52
Drownings	24	777	36	740	+ 37
Parkinson's Disease	25	735	43	387	+ 348
Lung Cancers	26	734	55	237	+ 496
Tuberculosis	27	712	6	10,214	- 9,503
Lymphomas	28	678	32	875	- 197
Epilepsy	29	657	47	329	+ 328
Violence	30	611	27	1,857	- 1,246
Pancreas Cancer	31	498	46	334	+ 164
Skin Disease	32	489	50	264	+ 225
Drug Use	33	465	39	630	- 165
Oral Cancer	34	440	42	483	- 43
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	432	9	6,538	- 6,106
Stomach Cancer	36	368	33	870	- 502
Birth Trauma	37	325	10	6,194	- 5,869
Uterin Cancer	38	306	57	219	+ 87
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	265	52	256	+ 9
Poisonings	40	264	40	522	- 257
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	261	48	321	- 60
Ovary Cancer	42	234	38	698	- 464
Encephalitis	43	222	44	357	- 135
Oesophagus Cancer	44	217	49	285	- 68
Meningitis	45	214	16	2,983	- 2,769
Bladder Cancer	46	203	53	245	- 43
HIV/AIDS	47	182	4	13,565	- 13,384
Maternal Conditions	48	163	22	1,991	- 1,828
Cervical Cancer	49	148	20	2,161	- 2,013
Prostate Cancer	50	140	31	1,031	- 890
Alcohol	51	121	54	244	- 123
Malnutrition	52	75	26	1,868	- 1,793
Hepatitis B	53	54	62	101	- 47
Pertussis	54	53	35	744	- 691
Skin Cancers	55	52	58	214	- 163
Multiple Sclerosis	56	46	61	113	- 66
Other Neoplasms	57	38	63	48	- 10
Appendicitis	58	33	59	146	- 113
Syphilis	59	31	41	483	- 452
Schistosomiasis	60	24	51	257	- 233
Tetanus	61	15	56	220	- 205
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	9	67	16	- 8
Dengue	63	8	71	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	64	7	65	28	- 21
War	65	3	64	29	- 26
Ascariasis	66	1	68	12	- 11
Leishmaniasis	67	1	77	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	60	135	- 135
Diphtheria	69	1	69	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	16	- 16
Chlamydia	71	0	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	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.