GHANA VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	47,784	3	14,103	+ 33,681
Stroke	2	20,532	2	15,163	+ 5,369
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	10,385	1	16,262	- 5,877
Liver Disease	4	6,863	11	6,053	+ 809
Hypertension	5	5,726	19	2,231	+ 3,495
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,380	12	5,929	- 550
Low Birth Weight	7	5,199	8	6,662	- 1,462
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,861	7	7,808	- 2,946
Birth Trauma	9	4,229	10	6,194	- 1,965
Lung Disease	10	3,918	15	3,120	+ 798
Congenital Anomalies	11	3,607	14	3,935	- 328
Stomach Cancer	12	2,508	33	870	+ 1,637
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	2,443	9	6,538	- 4,096
Tuberculosis	14	2,438	6	10,214	- 7,776
Drownings	15	1,930	36	740	+ 1,189
Oesophagus Cancer	16	1,806	49	285	+ 1,521
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,723	29	1,294	+ 429
Epilepsy	18	1,419	47	329	+ 1,090
Kidney Disease	19	1,359	13	4,161	- 2,802
Suicide	20	1,327	21	1,993	- 666
Falls	21	1,230	30	1,168	+ 63
Meningitis	22	1,131	16	2,983	- 1,852
Fires	23	1,058	37	729	+ 328
Lung Cancers	24	1,016	55	237	+ 779
HIV/AIDS	25	972	4	13,565	- 12,594
Pertussis	26	965	35	744	+ 221
Other Injuries	27	957	18	2,433	- 1,476
Asthma	28	917	23	1,979	- 1,062
Parkinson's Disease	29	846	43	387	+ 459
Liver Cancer	30	786	17	2,851	- 2,065
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	739	52	256	+ 483
Lymphomas	32	739	32	875	- 136
Breast Cancer	33	716	25	1,937	- 1,221
Endocrine Disorders	34	678	24	1,965	- 1,287
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	671	34	803	- 131
Violence	36	565	27	1,857	- 1,292
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	537	48	321	+ 216
Alcohol	38	423	54	244	+ 178
Cervical Cancer	39	380	20	2,161	- 1,781
Uterin Cancer	40	369	57	219	+ 150
Oral Cancer	41	358	42	483	- 125
Leukemia	42	352	45	340	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	43	323	46	334	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	44	261	28	1,615	- 1,354
Maternal Conditions	45	209	22	1,991	- 1,782
Ovary Cancer	46	198	38	698	- 501
Upper Respiratory	47	183	66	16	+ 167
Bladder Cancer	48	171	53	245	- 75
Hepatitis B	49	134	62	101	+ 33
Poisonings	50	129	40	522	- 393
Skin Cancers	51	121	58	214	- 93
Prostate Cancer	52	109	31	1,031	- 922
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	92	67	16	+ 76
Encephalitis	54	91	44	357	- 266
Drug Use	55	71	39	630	- 559
Syphilis	56	68	41	483	- 415
Tetanus	57	67	56	220	- 153
Appendicitis	58	58	59	146	- 87
Skin Disease	59	30	50	264	- 234
Hepatitis C	60	26	65	28	- 1
Other Neoplasms	61	24	63	48	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	62	24	61	113	- 89
Leishmaniasis	63	13	77	0	+ 13
Malnutrition	64	9	26	1,868	- 1,860
Chlamydia	65	4	70	3	+ 1
War	66	4	64	29	- 26
Diphtheria	67	2	69	4	- 2
Ascariasis	68	2	68	12	- 11
Dengue	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	60	135	- 135
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	257	- 257
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Tajikistan

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.