GHANA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	52,012	2	15,163	+ 36,850
Coronary Heart Disease	2	30,069	3	14,103	+ 15,967
Lung Disease	3	11,733	15	3,120	+ 8,613
Diabetes Mellitus	4	11,074	12	5,929	+ 5,145
Road Traffic Accidents	5	9,640	7	7,808	+ 1,832
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	9,585	29	1,294	+ 8,291
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	9,104	1	16,262	- 7,158
Kidney Disease	8	8,259	13	4,161	+ 4,097
Liver Cancer	9	8,175	17	2,851	+ 5,323
Liver Disease	10	7,817	11	6,053	+ 1,763
Lung Cancers	11	6,964	55	237	+ 6,727
Hypertension	12	6,502	19	2,231	+ 4,271
Falls	13	5,045	30	1,168	+ 3,878
Stomach Cancer	14	4,950	33	870	+ 4,079
Tuberculosis	15	3,089	6	10,214	- 7,125
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,701	34	803	+ 1,898
Asthma	17	2,665	23	1,979	+ 686
Suicide	18	2,371	21	1,993	+ 378
Low Birth Weight	19	2,333	8	6,662	- 4,329
Oral Cancer	20	2,318	42	483	+ 1,835
Congenital Anomalies	21	2,310	14	3,935	- 1,625
Breast Cancer	22	2,024	25	1,937	+ 86
Other Injuries	23	1,811	18	2,433	- 621
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,752	28	1,615	+ 137
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,746	43	387	+ 1,359
Drownings	26	1,667	36	740	+ 927
HIV/AIDS	27	1,633	4	13,565	- 11,932
Leukemia	28	1,602	45	340	+ 1,262
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	1,436	9	6,538	- 5,102
Lymphomas	30	970	32	875	+ 95
Cervical Cancer	31	782	20	2,161	- 1,379
Birth Trauma	32	765	10	6,194	- 5,429
Oesophagus Cancer	33	741	49	285	+ 455
Endocrine Disorders	34	681	24	1,965	- 1,284
Prostate Cancer	35	625	31	1,031	- 406
Violence	36	584	27	1,857	- 1,273
Measles	37	582	60	135	+ 447
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	559	52	256	+ 303
Encephalitis	39	510	44	357	+ 153
Skin Disease	40	496	50	264	+ 231
Drug Use	41	447	39	630	- 183
Uterin Cancer	42	379	57	219	+ 160
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	313	48	321	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	44	304	46	334	- 30
Bladder Cancer	45	293	53	245	+ 48
Alcohol	46	283	54	244	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	47	282	38	698	- 416
Poisonings	48	272	40	522	- 249
Maternal Conditions	49	253	22	1,991	- 1,738
Pertussis	50	231	35	744	- 514
Meningitis	51	204	16	2,983	- 2,779
Fires	52	194	37	729	- 535
Epilepsy	53	191	47	329	- 139
Skin Cancers	54	153	58	214	- 62
Hepatitis B	55	124	62	101	+ 23
Syphilis	56	107	41	483	- 376
Other Neoplasms	57	106	63	48	+ 58
Tetanus	58	94	56	220	- 126
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	73	67	16	+ 57
Appendicitis	60	66	59	146	- 80
Multiple Sclerosis	61	44	61	113	- 68
Dengue	62	41	71	0	+ 41
Malnutrition	63	39	26	1,868	- 1,829
Hepatitis C	64	26	65	28	- 2
War	65	11	64	29	- 18
Upper Respiratory	66	11	66	16	- 5
Malaria	67	5	5	11,162	- 11,157
Ascariasis	68	3	68	12	- 9
Diphtheria	69	1	69	4	- 3
Chlamydia	70	0	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	257	- 257
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	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.