GHANA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	14,871	4	13,565	+ 1,305
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	13,240	1	16,262	- 3,022
Malaria	3	9,528	5	11,162	- 1,634
Road Traffic Accidents	4	9,133	7	7,808	+ 1,325
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	8,495	9	6,538	+ 1,957
Stroke	6	7,847	2	15,163	- 7,315
Birth Trauma	7	7,303	10	6,194	+ 1,109
Low Birth Weight	8	6,789	8	6,662	+ 128
Coronary Heart Disease	9	6,165	3	14,103	- 7,937
Tuberculosis	10	5,092	6	10,214	- 5,123
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,661	14	3,935	+ 725
Violence	12	4,334	27	1,857	+ 2,477
Liver Disease	13	3,595	11	6,053	- 2,459
Diabetes Mellitus	14	3,365	12	5,929	- 2,564
Cervical Cancer	15	3,072	20	2,161	+ 911
Meningitis	16	2,609	16	2,983	- 374
Maternal Conditions	17	2,556	22	1,991	+ 565
Malnutrition	18	2,328	26	1,868	+ 460
Kidney Disease	19	2,224	13	4,161	- 1,938
Other Injuries	20	2,197	18	2,433	- 236
Hypertension	21	2,190	19	2,231	- 41
Lung Disease	22	2,141	15	3,120	- 979
Syphilis	23	1,569	41	483	+ 1,086
Suicide	24	1,427	21	1,993	- 566
Pertussis	25	1,340	35	744	+ 595
Lymphomas	26	1,236	32	875	+ 362
Asthma	27	1,225	23	1,979	- 754
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,175	49	285	+ 890
Liver Cancer	29	1,068	17	2,851	- 1,783
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	903	29	1,294	- 391
Drownings	31	869	36	740	+ 128
Breast Cancer	32	792	25	1,937	- 1,146
Falls	33	791	30	1,168	- 377
Prostate Cancer	34	667	31	1,031	- 364
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	645	34	803	- 158
Fires	36	612	37	729	- 117
Inflammatory/Heart	37	603	28	1,615	- 1,012
Endocrine Disorders	38	534	24	1,965	- 1,431
Poisonings	39	523	40	522	+ 1
Oral Cancer	40	513	42	483	+ 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	482	48	321	+ 161
Leukemia	42	420	45	340	+ 80
Epilepsy	43	420	47	329	+ 91
Ovary Cancer	44	364	38	698	- 334
Stomach Cancer	45	361	33	870	- 509
Lung Cancers	46	309	55	237	+ 72
Pancreas Cancer	47	251	46	334	- 83
Parkinson's Disease	48	247	43	387	- 140
Skin Cancers	49	245	58	214	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	244	52	256	- 12
Measles	51	241	60	135	+ 106
Schistosomiasis	52	200	51	257	- 56
Tetanus	53	190	56	220	- 30
Alcohol	54	180	54	244	- 64
Skin Disease	55	170	50	264	- 94
Uterin Cancer	56	164	57	219	- 55
Drug Use	57	163	39	630	- 467
Appendicitis	58	148	59	146	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	59	127	53	245	- 118
Upper Respiratory	60	101	66	16	+ 84
Hepatitis B	61	87	62	101	- 15
Encephalitis	62	86	44	357	- 271
War	63	62	64	29	+ 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	39	67	16	+ 22
Trypanosomiasis	65	35	78	0	+ 35
Other Neoplasms	66	26	63	48	- 22
Hepatitis C	67	21	65	28	- 6
Leishmaniasis	68	20	77	0	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	69	11	61	113	- 101
Ascariasis	70	11	68	12	- 1
Otitis Media	71	8	72	0	+ 8
Diphtheria	72	8	69	4	+ 4
Chlamydia	73	4	70	3	+ 1
Dengue	74	1	71	0	+ 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	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
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	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.